He worked as an actor at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen from 1895, and chaired the theatre Sekondteatret in Kristiania from 1899 to 1901, together with his wife Ludovica Levy.

From 1904 he lived with actress and teacher Anne Marie Andersen, the later wife of Knut Hamsun.

[1] He initiated his stage career in 1892 as reciter of poems at Den literære Variété at Christiania Tivoli.

[5] Levy had been appointed as actress and instructor at Den Nationale Scene from 1895.

He was then director for various touring theatres, including Det Norske Skuespillerselskab.