(September 3, 1935 to October 22, 1935) He played Captain Tim in Jack Kirkland's stage adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's novel, "Tobacco Road," at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Donald Barry (Dude Lester); Mary Servoss (Ada Lester); Henry Hull (Jeeter Lester); Pauline Drake (Ellie May); Hallene Hilt (Grandma Lester); Leon Ames (Lov Bensey); Herbert A. Pratt (Henry Penbody); Bonita Des Londes (Sister Bessie Rice); Haila Stoddard (Pearl) and Fiske O'Hara (George Payne) in the cast.