He is believed to have made his first appearance in London at the Haymarket Theatre about 1847, again playing Charles Surface to his father's Teazle.
Later that year at the Haymarket, he was Arthur Courtnay in a comedy by Sullivan entitled Family Pride, in which his father was Doctor Dodge.
At the Olympic in November 1850, he created the role of Fontaine in Westland Marston's Philip of France and Marie de Méranie.
Later that year, he was Claude Melnotte in The Lady of Lyons opposite Laura Keene, who was making her first appearance as Pauline.
Another daughter, "Nellie", was a well-known actress in Victorian burlesque and other comedy at the Gaiety, among other theatres.