Educated at St Marylebone Central School. Began as a professional actor at the Oldham Repertory Theatre in 1954. Attended RADA. Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Performed with the National Theatre. Performed at the Royal Court Theatre. Was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Sherlock Holmes".
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(Hanske)
Jacob
(Wahrsager)
Escape to Athena
(Vogel)
Tom & Viv
(Charles Haigh-Wood)
This World, Then the Fireworks
(Marty Lakewood's Father)
And the Ship Sails On
(Il Primo Ministro)
The Inquiry
Ivanhoe
(Grand Master)
The Secret Garden
(Pitcher)
Antony and Cleopatra
(Agrippa)
On the Run
(Dave Hughes)
Virtuoso
(Wilfred Stiff)
Thunderball
(Vargas)
Turbulence
(Vic)
She Fell Among Thieves
(Acorn)
A Day Out
(Gregory Wilkins)
The Cupboard
(Bert)
Best Ever Bond
(Vargas (archive footage) (uncredited))
Face of a Stranger
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(Sir Larry)
The Portable Phonograph
(The Book Lover)
Porridge
(Banyard)
Wilde
(Judge)
Ascendancy
(Dr Strickland)
The Disappearance of Harry
(Guthfrithson)
Follow That Man
(Vicar)
The Girl on the Boat
(Bream Mortimer)
Father Came Too!
(Stan)
The Fiction Makers
(Frug)
Heart of a Child
(1st Soldier)
Jekyll & Hyde
(Editor)
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
(Bigon)
A Night Out
(Kedge)
Butterflies Don't Count
(O'Neil)
Hamlet at Elsinore
(Osric)
Cloak Without Dagger
(1st Soldier)
Dead Man's Kit
(Cmdr. Lloyd)
True Patriot
(The Church Superintendent)
Department S
(Topek)
Jeeves and Wooster
(Glossop)
Doctor Who
(Bigon / Control)
Z-Cars
The Avengers
(Primble)
Inspector Morse
(Freddie Mortimer)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Pilcher)
The Champions
(Yeats)
Van der Valk
(Conrad Molenaar)
No Hiding Place
Play for Today
(O'Neil)
Pennies from Heaven
(Farmer)
Connie
(Borridge)
Minder
(Fingers Rossetti)
Bergerac
(Roger Lemaire)
The Saint
(Frug)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(Vark)
BBC2 Play of the Week
(Acorn)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Sir Larry)