At the age of 18, he joined the Royal Irish Animated Picture Company in Tipperary, Ireland, a travelling film show managed by Arthur Jameson.
Percival | John Percival | Percival Serle | Percival Lowell | Percival Farquhar | Percival Davis | John Mackey | Vera Mackey | Thomas Percival | Percival Willoughby | Percival Pembroke | Percival Molson | Percival, Iowa | Percival Gull | Percival Goodman | Percival Everett | Mick Mackey | M. Cecil Mackey | John Mackey (composer) | Biz Mackey | Sandra Mackey | Richard Percival Lister | Percival Spear | Percival Mackey | Percival Baker | Moana Mackey | Mackey Airlines | Lance Percival | John Percival Postgate | John Mackey (hurler) |
The film sticks closely to the plot of the book, but is lighter in tone, and capitalizes on the glamour of broadcasting by including a number of cameo appearances by radio stars, among them Hannen Swaffer, Gillie Potter, Elisabeth Welch and Percival Mackey.