Though initially unenthusiastic about acting, he returned from service, auditioned for a Broadway play, and was offered a role.

Traveling to Chicago, Atkins auditioned for Red Foley, who was leaving his star position on WLS-AM's National Barn Dance to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Barrymore's career began when she was auditioned for a dog food commercial at 11 months old.

In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast in the female lead role in Romance on the High Seas.

He auditioned for the part of Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the television show St.

It was Ball, according to numerous radio historians, who suggested Arden for Our Miss Brooks after Shirley Booth auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball – committed at the time to My Favorite Husband – could not.

Pitt auditioned for the role of J. D.

Moore modeled anonymously on the covers of a number of record albums and auditioned for the role of the older daughter of Danny Thomas for his long-running TV show, but was turned down.

Variety reported that Cruz had originally auditioned for the role of the film within a film's star, Claudia, which eventually went to Nicole Kidman.

Another Sex habitué, Johnny Rotten, auditioned for and won the job.

Robert Picardo initially auditioned for Neelix.

Several " tall, slim, black actors " auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along, walking into the audition in character and not smiling ( Indeed, Michael Dorn found the seriousness of the role, especially during the audition, at first to be uncomfortable, since he considers himself a comedian at heart ).

Kate Mulgrew, who had previously auditioned for the role, was brought in.

Actresses Erin Gray and Chelsea Field also auditioned for the role.

LeVar Burton auditioned for the role in 1986.

Two weeks later, she auditioned for a part in An Invasion of Privacy, a television film starring Valerie Harper, Carol Kane and Jeff Daniels.

Multiple actors in Hollywood auditioned for the film, intrigued by the opportunity.

" A few painful years of struggle " followed for Sondheim, during which he continually auditioned songs, living in his father's dining room to save money ; he also spent time in Hollywood writing for the television series Topper.

At the age of 15, she auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski on the television show Saved by the Bell, which was highly publicized and received a great deal of fanfare from the same magazine that discovered her.

Emilio Estevez originally auditioned for the role of John Bender.

Green and Duchovny were both convinced it was a good script, so he auditioned for the lead.

Gillian Anderson auditioned for the role of Dana Scully in 1993.

Perkins successfully auditioned for Sam Phillips at Sun Records during early October 1954.

Eugene Ormandy auditioned him in 1954 and at once engaged him for his Philadelphia Orchestra debut, which took place in November 1956.

Mars was quickly auditioned and subsequently hired by Sixx and Lee.

Although a lead vocalist named O ' Dean was auditioned, Lee had known Vince Neil from their high school days at Charter Oak High School in Covina, California and the two had performed in different bands on the garage band circuit.

The character Walter Skinner was played by actor Mitch Pileggi, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the roles of two or three other characters on The X-Files before getting the part.

After more than 60 actresses had been auditioned, the first choice to play the role was Elizabeth Shepherd.

Sondheim auditioned by playing the score for Saturday Night, his musical that was scheduled to open in the fall.

Following its release, Barry Andrews left the group ; the group initially sought a new keyboard player and Thomas Dolby was among those who auditioned ) but they eventually selected guitarist and keyboardist Dave Gregory.

Without telling his parents, Prinze successfully auditioned for the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, where he was introduced to drama and continued ballet — and where he discovered his gift for comedy while entertaining crowds in the boys restroom.

Originally, James L. Brooks was interested in directing the film according to actress Leslie Mann who auditioned for a role but was not cast.

Audrey Tautou was the first actress he auditioned having seen her on the poster for Venus Beauty Institute.

She continued to gain experience with minor television appearances, and after she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music, Ransohoff gave Tate walk-on roles in two motion pictures in which he was producer: The Americanization of Emily and The Sandpiper.

It was during a tour with his debate team that Tracy auditioned for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts ( AADA ) in New York City.

However, her mother supported her and was beaten when her husband discovered Carmen had auditioned for a radio show.

She auditioned unsuccessfully for Yves Boisset's Bleu comme l ' enfer and Robin Davis's Hors la loi, but was eventually cast in My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister ( 1986 ) by Jacques Rouffio opposite the popular French stars Michel Serrault and Michel Piccoli.

In 1956, Burr auditioned for the role of District Attorney Hamilton Burger in Perry Mason, a new courtroom drama based on the highly successful novels written and created by Erle Stanley Gardner that was to air on CBS.

I don't know if he auditioned other people, but it was very quick.

" She auditioned for admission to Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory, but was rejected by LeGallienne who described her attitude as " insincere " and " frivolous ".

Christ auditioned well but it wasn't until leaving countless guitar solos on Glenn Danzig's answering machine that he was finally invited to join the band.

Monthly auditions were held in the U. S until January 1985, and Jane Krakowski, Yasmine Bleeth, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marisa Tomei, Laura Dern, Ally Sheedy, Maddie Corman and Mia Sara all auditioned for the role.

The character was to be of Native American descent until Geary auditioned for the role.

She auditioned for the role in 1967 but funding problems delayed filming until 1969.

Over the next several months, North continued to make television appearances on such shows as 77 Sunset Strip, Rescue 8, Cheyenne, Bronco, Colt. 45, and Sugarfoot, as well as breaking into feature films with roles in The Miracle of the Hills and The Big Operator until, in the spring of 1959, almost a year after he'd first auditioned, MacMillan contacted North's mother to tell her young North had been chosen to play the role of Dennis " The Menace " Mitchell.

The band played up to five sets a night, six days a week, until they auditioned for the TV show Star Search in 1983.

The search for a bass player continued, until Mark Ambler auditioned.

Chita lived in the neighborhood until the age of 15 when she auditioned for and was admitted to the prestigious Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, D. C. and her career took off.