 In 1964, he joined the fledgling ATV-0 as a news reader and general announcer, but soon became the station's "jack of all trades", playing the roles of Gasper Goblin, Cassius Cuckoo and Leonardo da Funbird in ATV-O's popular national 1960s children's TV show "Magic Circle Club" (1965–67), starring as Ocker Ramsay in the 1967 comedy series "Hey You", and appearing in many other ATV-O programs including "Off to the Races" (1967–69), "Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go" (1969–72), "Musical Cashbox" (1969–71, which he also produced for a brief period), and hosting programs including "Carosello" (1967–68), and 1968s "Rendezvous" (which he also produced and directed).He also played the roles of Miser Meanie and Gussie Galah in "Adventure Island" (1967–72), and appeared as a regular on "The Ernie Sigley Show" (1974–75), and "Turpie Tonight" (1982–83).He died of cancer after lapsing into a coma at a Gold Coast hospital on 21 August 2005.