The young performer's first exposure to the stage came at the age of six, when he played a bear in his mother's 1921 revival of The Tempest at the Aldwych Theatre in London and continued through his childhood years, as exemplified by his portrayal, at eleven-and-a-half, of Lieutenant Spicer in a January 1927 juvenile production of Quality Street.
The young performer's first stage appearance came at six years old, during their mother's 1921 revival of The Tempest at the Aldwych Theatre in London and persisted throughout childhood. This was also evident when they portrayed Lieutenant Spicer in a 1927 juvenile production of Quality Street.