Emerging from an aristocratic lineage that linked him to the 4th Earl of Clarendon and the Talbot earldom, he was educated at Wellington College before honing his craft at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1953. His screen career began in 1958 and quickly established him as a distinctive character actor noted for articulate, aristocratic villains. Notable film appearances include Jo… Read more
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Known for For Your Eyes Only 1981 Repulsion 1965 King Ralph 1991 Sherlock Holmes 1984 Series ★ 8.2 Sherlock Holmes 1984
Lord Cantlemere Series ★ 7.4 The Saint 1962
Inspector Pryor ★ 7.1 Murder at the Gallop 1963
Michael Shane Series ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986
Lionel Beckwith ★ 7.1 King and Country 1964
Capt. Midgley Series ★ 7.5 The Famous Five 1978
Johnson ★ 6.9 The Nanny 1965
Bill Fane ★ 7.1 The Wind in the Willows 1995
Magistrate (voice) Series ★ 7.1 Rumpole of the Bailey 1975
Sir Arthur Remnant ★ 6.8 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982
Baron de Batz ★ 6.7 Let Him Have It 1991
Cassels ★ 6.6 The Amazing Mr. Blunden 1972
Uncle Bertie (Albert) ★ 6.6 Saint Jack 1979
Frogget ★ 6.6 Mountains of the Moon 1990
Lord Oliphant ★ 6.6 Under the Volcano 1984
Brit ★ 6.3 Otley 1969
Hendrickson ★ 6.4 The Wrong Box 1966
Sydney Whitcombe Sykes ★ 6.4 Carry On Sergeant 1958
Seventh Recruit ★ 6.4 The Ruling Class 1972
Dinsdale ★ 5.8 Some Girls Do 1969
Carl Petersen ★ 6.3 The Damned 1962
Captain Gregory ★ 6 Eva 1962
Alan McCormick - a Screenwriter ★ 5.7 The Alphabet Murders 1965
Franklin ★ 6 Scandal 1989
Conservative M.P. ★ 5.6 Uncovered 1995
Montegrifo ★ 6.1 Asylum 1972
George ★ 5.6 Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971
Eugene Corbeck ★ 5.4 King Ralph 1991
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