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In addition to his acting career, Gwynne sang professionally, painted, and wrote and illustrated children's books, including It's Easy to See Why, A Chocolate Moose for Dinner, The King Who Rained, Best In Show, Pondlarker, The Battle of the Frogs and Mice, and A Little Pigeon Toad.

Many of these efforts were based on children's frequent misperceptions of things they hear from adults, such as the " chocolate moose for dinner ," which was illustrated as a large brown quadruped seated at the dinner table.

The other books on this theme were " The King Who Rained ," " A Little Pigeon Toad " ( in which a child's mother thus describes her father ), and " The Sixteen Hand Horse.

" Perhaps one of the reasons the books did not achieve wider popularity was the fact that their format was geared to a very young audience, but the concept itself was more appealing to older children and adults.

He also lent his voice talents to commercials and radio shows such as CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and for some radio fans, he is known foremost for his contribution to CBSRMT's success.

Later, he held a number of shows of his art work, the first in 1989.