When television came to Ireland in 1961 he was appointed first Chairman
of its state-run governing body the RTE Authority
The only person to have appeared on the American version of What's My Line? (1950) as a panelist, a mystery guest, and a host, filling in for John Daly in the latter capacity in a 1959 show.
He began work as an insurance clerk at £60 a year. As a side line he started commentating on sporting events but was caught out when one his bosses heard him and suggested he find other employment.
He played Danny in the film Night Must Fall.
He was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s.