- He was one of the cast members of the 1952 world tour of "Porgy and Bess".
- He was the alternate Porgy when the 1952 world tour of "Porgy and Bess" played on Broadway in 1953.
- Appeared in the 1950's revival of the musical revue "Shuffle Along".
- (May 17, 1954) He acted in the musical, "Porgy and Bess," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Leontyne Price (Bess); LeVern Hutcherson (Porgy); Cab Calloway (Sportin Life); Helen Dowdy; Irene Williams; Elizabeth Foster; Georgia Burke; Helen Colbert; Joseph James; William Veasey; John McCurry; Howard Roberts; Moses LaMarr; Sam Kasakoff; Helen Thigpen; Catherine Ayres; Jerry Laws; Sherman Sneed; and Ray Yeates in the cast. Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward wrote the book. George Gershwin was composer. Du Bose Hayward and Ira Gershwin wrote the music and lyrics. Wolfgang Roth was set designer. Jed Mace was costume designer. Eva Jessye was choral director. Alexander Smallens was conductor. Robert Breen was director. Blevins Davis and Robert Breen were producers.
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