Born in Berkswell, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton, he refined his diction at the Central School of Speech and Drama under Elsie Fogerty before adopting the stage name Brett. After a repertory debut in Manchester (1954) and an Old Vic appearance in Troilus and Cressida (1956), he entered film with War and Peace (1956) and later played the romantic lead Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Br…
