A scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts led him to acting and in 1954 he joined the Stratford Festival in its second season.
After a two-year stint (1967-68) with his own nationally broadcast mid-morning CBC radio show Gerussi, Words and Music, Gerussi won the lead role on the popular CBC family adventure series The Beachcombers (1972-90) created by Marc and Susan Strange [REF].