A few years later, he was selected for the 1942 Barter Theatre Scholarship, which included summer in a kind of boot camp for aspiring thespians.
To provide an income more stable than that from stage acting he took on more voiceover work in the 1950s with television commercials.
[39] In 1957 Gene Deitch invited him to work at Terrytoons,[40] voicing all the characters for the innovative cliffhanger cartoon series Tom Terrific, including Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog and memorable baddie Crabby Appleton.
In 2001, after completing 33 Courage episodes, Wilson retired due to illness and was replaced by Arthur Anderson.
[75] Wilson wrote a dozen books for children,[76] the scripts for several of his audiobooks such as the Clifford series,[77] and authored or co-authored the plays Pocket Full O'Rye (with Stanley Schacter),[78] Simon Says (with Fred Ebb),[79] Oh Where Have You Been, Billy Boy (with Lawrence N. Kasha),[80] Come And Be Killed,[81] and The Mischief on Merry Mountain.