
Birmingham, England, UK
1931-04-19
Biography: His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.

28 Weeks Later

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

Another Day, Another Dollar

The Informers

On the Run

Our Mother's House

A Prize of Arms
Murder Elite
Man Charged

Perfect Friday

Catch Me a Spy

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

The Odessa File

Regan

Born Kicking

Deceptions

A Fear of Strangers

George & Mildred

The Survivor
Bel Ami
