 He sang for Landon Ronald, and was awarded the Heilbut Major scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, where he studied with the tenor Walter Hyde.In their production of "Autumn Crocus" he was heard by Basil Dean, who engaged him for films such as "Java Head", "Sing As We Go" and "Look up and Laugh" (with Gracie Fields), and "Whom the Gods Love" (a film about the life of Mozart).Norman Walker's first appearance with the Hallé Orchestra and Choir was in the Bach Mass in B minor in 1933.