 He toured in "Springtime for Henry" (1940), of which "The Manchester Guardian" commented, "Mr. Tom Walls is, of course, outstanding.Deliciously amusing, with a masterly attention to detail, his progress from sin to virtue and back again is a delight to watch".The following year he toured in Frederick Lonsdale's "Canaries Sometimes Sing", and in 1942 presented and starred in another farce, "Why Not To-Night?"