 As a writer, he produced the book and lyrics for "Hitchy-Koo" (1917), which was a success on Broadway.and wrote the successful 1918 revue "Tabs", with music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Ronald Jeans.He wrote (and sometimes appeared in) a series of revues, including "Odds and Ends", "Erb and Emma", and "Mind Your Backs" during the World War I and into the 1920s, some of them produced by André Charlot and some with the child star Betty Bolton.