His first appearance on the stage, at age of twenty-one, was at the "Garrick Theatre, London", in "School". In 1906 he toured with success throughout the United States, appearing in plays made memorable by his father, "The Lyons Mail", "Charles I," and "The Bells". In 1905 he gave a lecture, largely autobiographical, to the "Academy of Dramatic Art" in London. Inevitably, his early years as an actor were spent in the shadow of his father, especially as, at first, he was a member of "Sir Henry Irving's Company".