translation: He tried his luck in the New York theatre scene in the early '50s, and later served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956, in England.
translation: Он попытал счастья на театральных сценах Нью-Йорка в начале 1950-х годов, а затем служил в ВВС Англии с 1952 по 1956 год.