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