In February 1866 he was seen at Drury Lane as Baron Steinfort in The Stranger, in January 1867 as Frank Rochdale in John Bull, and in March 1868 as Count Henry de Villetaneuve in The Prisoner of Toulon.
Some of the most important parts he played were Captain Absolute at the Charing Cross, November 1872; Claude Melnotte at the Haymarket, May 1876; Pygmalion in the revival of Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea at the same house, January 1877; and Count d'Aubeterre in Proof at the Adelphi, 1878.
He afterwards appeared as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, a part which he acted with spirit and discretion, and of which after the death of George Vining he was the best exponent.
On 18 October 1880 he, while rehearsing the character of Horatio at the Haymarket Theatre, fell into the scene dock at the back of the stage, inadvertently left open.
He died of erysipelas on 28 October at the Charing Cross Hospital, and was buried at Highgate Cemetery on 2 November, leaving a widow and one daughter.