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.
At six years old, the young performer made their stage debut in a performance of The Tempest by his mother at the Aldwych Theatre in London. This experience continued throughout childhood and was further shown when they played Lieutenant Spicer in a 1927 juvenile production of Quality Street.