"which aired for a two years on radio station WGKV-AM (later WHMS and WXIT, now WSWW (AM)) in his hometown of Charleston, West Virginia.Before permanently moving to California, and also before his Hollywood work, he spent several years working in regional theaters from one end of the U.S. to the other, and had built an impressive resume of glowing reviews of his performances in such roles as "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Abe Lincoln In Illinois", Sir Thomas More in "A Man For All Seasons", Henry Drummond in "Inherit The Wind", "Richard III" and the like, but he was never offered such lofty challenges in films or television.