 He was a principal artist at the LVL through 1947, spending five seasons performing leading roles in works like François Bazin's "Le voyage en Chine" and Oscar Straus's "Drei Walzer".During the 1940s through the 1960s he performed as a singer and actor on a variety of CBC Radio and CBC Television programs and appeared in supporting roles on the dramatic stage and in Canadian films.In 1948 Woolley founded the Opéra national du Québec, serving as the company's first artistic director through 1952.