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".
Known For
Thunderball
(1965)
Vargas
Wilde
(1997)
Judge
Escape to Athena
(1979)
Vogel
Ivanhoe
(1982)
Grand Master
And the Ship Sails On
(1983)
Il Primo Ministro
Jacob
(1994)
Wahrsager
Full Filmography
Acting
Cloak Without Dagger
(1956)
1st Soldier
Heart of a Child
(1958)
1st Soldier
A Night Out
(1960)
Kedge
The Cupboard
(1960)
Bert
Follow That Man
(1961)
Vicar
The Girl on the Boat
(1962)
Bream Mortimer
On the Run
(1963)
Dave Hughes
Face of a Stranger
(1964)
Father Came Too!
(1964)
Stan
Hamlet at Elsinore
(1964)
Osric
Thunderball
(1965)
Vargas
The Fiction Makers
(1968)
Frug
A Day Out
(1972)
Gregory Wilkins
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973)
Hanske
Antony and Cleopatra
(1975)
Agrippa
She Fell Among Thieves
(1978)
Acorn
Butterflies Don't Count
(1978)
O'Neil
Escape to Athena
(1979)
Vogel
Porridge
(1979)
Banyard
Dead Man's Kit
(1980)
Cmdr. Lloyd
Ivanhoe
(1982)
Grand Master
The Disappearance of Harry
(1982)
Guthfrithson
Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday
(1982)
Bigon
Ascendancy
(1983)
Dr Strickland
And the Ship Sails On
(1983)
Il Primo Ministro
The Inquiry
(1986)
The Secret Garden
(1987)
Pitcher
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(1988)
Sir Larry
Virtuoso
(1989)
Wilfred Stiff
Jekyll & Hyde
(1990)
Editor
Turbulence
(1991)
Vic
Jacob
(1994)
Wahrsager
Tom & Viv
(1994)
Charles Haigh-Wood
This World, Then the Fireworks
(1997)
Marty Lakewood's Father
Wilde
(1997)
Judge
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
Vargas (archive footage) (uncredited)