He was also a commercial artist, creating advertisements for Scrubb's Ammonia, Oxo and others, and drew a 24' x 5' drawing entitled "The Ruthless Hunt" which covered three walls in Punch's Club in London, and a book illustrator. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, before moving to New York and serving in the US Army from 1942, and producing training films and cartoons. After the war he worked in advertising for companies like McCann Eriksson and Esso. He produced very few cartoons after 1960.