1970: my move to NYC and acting/dancing with Ginger Rogers in the musical "Coco" !

1974, Boxer sketch from Kraft "I'm A Fan" TV Special with Dick Van Dyke and Carol Channing. Broadway choreographer Larry Fuller ("Evita") and I did a dancing threesome with Ms. Channing and I played a boxer in one of the sketches.

1977:   Back in LA after working with late great Pres (Robert Preston) and Bernie (Bernadette Peters) in"Mack and Mabel" at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway for the late Gower Champion.

1980, First full beard.  A very hectic year with me flying in from doing "George M" (2 shows a night, 6 nights a week) in Las Vegas while simultaneously filming the Mouseketeer 25th Anniversary Special during the day in L.A. I was the only Mouse on the production side of the Special as second writer-Creative Consultant.  In addition I was appearing at Mouseketeer  weekend daytime shows with five other Mice at Disneyland.  I wrote this variety half hour and choreographed & directed with Barbara Epstein.

1974, with Peter Marshall in "The Music Man".  Peter played Harold Hill  and I played his sidekick Marcellus in this  summer stock production  on Cape Cod.  

1990, playing a lead role as 1930's Italian Fascisti killer and womanizer Capt. Aldo Finzi in "Tamara" at Il Vittoriale in Los Angeles.  The guy in the photo in Finzi's office is my character's leader and idol, Benito Mussolini, Il Duce. As the dastardly Capitano with his Luger always on his hip,  I had to make love to  numerous ladies like Shelley Hack from "Charlie's Angels" and Shari Belafonte. It's hard work but somebody has to do it!

1980.   During a break after one of the live shows at Disneyland's now defunct Tomorrowland Stage, my friend Mickey and I posed for this photo
for some fans. But who is that kid in the middle???

1999. One of the things I enjoy about being a character actor is the variety and depth of the work I do as you can see in this scene from
Arthur Miller's classic drama "Death of A Salesman".   

Dancing as Marcellus in "The Music Man".

1980 Tomorrowland live show as I execute an  "over-the-leg".

The Charleston from the 1981 Disneyland performance!

And 24 years before!

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