 He became a juvenile stage and radio actor; then in 1953, at age 15, became the television host and producer of his own Saturday night teen music show, "Rucker's Rumpus Room", first on WKBN-TV, then, until 1957, on WFMJ.Arriving in Manhattan in 1957, he worked first as an NBC page, then as a production assistant on the troubled quiz show Twenty One, the events at which were recreated in the 1994 film "Quiz Show", directed by Robert Redford.In 1958, he continued his Saturday night television legacy, launching "Al Rucker and the Seven Teens" program on WJAR-TV, Providence, Rhode Island.