In the early 60s, he came to national attention in the Spin-A-Disc panel on the ITV programme, Thank Your Lucky Stars, and he recorded a single with Polly Perkins, "I Reckon You" [3].

[4][5] During the summer of 1979 he was the co-host of Saturday morning children's TV show The Mersey Pirate, based on the ferry MV Royal Iris.

It was broadcast live from the BBC Radio Merseyside Studio’s on Paradise Street, Liverpool on Sundays from 11 am to 1 pm, using Root Beer Rag composed by Billy Joel as its regular catchy theme tune.

[13] In 1998 Billy Butler and Wally Scott won a Sony Bronze Comedy Award for the Hold Your Plums Christmas Special.

The Scouseology awards were created in 1988 to salute those Merseysiders who have contributed to local life and gained national recognition in the process.