 Brady received his first major New York credit as the coauthor (again with Kerr) of a 1942 Broadway musical revue called "Count Me In".After serving in World War II, where he continued creating as a writer and radio producer for the Army Recruitment Service, Brady returned to civilian life as a drama teacher at his alma mater.For a brief time he wrote film criticism for the "Washington Post", while teaching, doing some acting and also beginning his career as a stage director.