He experienced again huge popularity later in his live as a TV chef for the Bavarian broadcast at the end of the 50's. It followed publications of several cookery books.
In the 50's he began to act as a bit player in front of the camera.
He was a regular staff and composer at the Metropol Theater in Berlin where among others his works "Melodie der Nacht" (1938), "Die oder Keine!" (1939) and "Frauen im Metropol" (1940) were staged.
He continued his career after the war and he wrote film compositions for "Der himmlische Walzer" (1948), "Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee" 19(49) and "Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt" (1952).
He got by with casual works before he appeared together with two friends as a trio on luxury liners. At this occasion he also used his own compositions.