Emerging from a lift-engineer apprenticeship after schooling at Tonbridge, the Beckenham-born actor entered the profession in 1934 and quickly became a staple of British radio, supplying dozens of voices for programmes such as ITMA and Much Binding in the Marsh and later voicing the entire cast of the 1954 animated adaptation of Animal Farm. His film career featured a BAFTA-nominated turn as Blore… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Doctor Who 1963 The Day of the Jackal 1973 Animal Farm 1954 Night of the Demon 1957 Series ★ 7.9 Doctor Who 1963
Edgeworth / Azmael Series ★ 8.2 Sherlock Holmes 1984
Reverend Merridew ★ 7.6 Oliver Twist 1948
Chief of Police Series ★ 7.9 Inspector Morse 1987
Lance Mandeville Series ★ 8.2 Porridge 1974
Rawley ★ 7.2 84 Charing Cross Road 1987
George Martin Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Mr. Fielding Series ★ 7.6 The Professionals 1977
Sir James Temple ★ 7.5 Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington 1987
Luther Crackenthorpe Series ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986
Sir Max Spence ★ 7 The Nanny 1965
Dr. Beamaster ★ 6.9 The Heroes of Telemark 1965
Doctor ★ 7 The Million Pound Note 1954
Jonathan Reid Series ★ 7.5 You Rang, M'Lord? 1990
Captain Cedric Dolby ★ 7 Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
Kokovtsov ★ 6.9 Sink the Bismarck! 1960
Commander Richards ★ 7 No Highway in the Sky 1951
Series ★ 7.2 Minder 1979
Billings Series ★ 7.3 Danger Man 1960
Volos ★ 6.8 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1965
Trawler Skipper Series ★ 7.1 Rumpole of the Bailey 1975
Mr. Justice Gwent-Evans ★ 7 The Last Vampyre 1993
Augustus Merridew Series ★ 6.9 Sherlock Holmes 1964
★ 6.8 The Upturned Glass 1947
Mobile Policeman ★ 6.7 Our Man in Havana 1960
Admiral ★ 6.7 Two-Way Stretch 1960
Governor Horatio Bennett ★ 6.7 23 Paces to Baker Street 1956
Inspector Grovening ★ 6.7 Operation Crossbow 1965
RAF Officer ★ 6.6 Barnacle Bill 1957
Crowley ★ 6.5 The 7th Dawn 1964
Tarlton ★ 6.6 H.M.S. Defiant 1962
Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon) ★ 6.6 They Made Me a Fugitive 1947
Mr. Fenshaw ★ 6.6 Paranoiac 1963
John Kossett ★ 6.3 The Spanish Gardener 1956
Pedro (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Malta Story 1953
British Officer ★ 6.2 The Mark 1961
Arnold Cartwright ★ 6.2 Carrington V.C. 1954
Lt. Col. Reeve ★ 6.5 The Purple Plain 1954
Blore ★ 6.2 Blanche Fury 1948
Major Fraser ★ 6.2 Miranda 1948
Cockle Vendor Series ★ 6.1 Great Performances 1971
Senor Diego ★ 6.5 Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971
Mr. Greville ★ 5.8 Schalcken the Painter 1979
Gerrit Dou ★ 6.5 Julia 1977
Undertaker ★ 5.8 Doctor at Sea 1955
Steward Easter ★ 5.6 Danger Route 1967
Peter Ravenspur ★ 5.8 Some Girls Do 1969
Mr. Mortimer ★ 5.6 The Night Caller 1965
Dr. Morley ★ 5.3 Time Bomb 1953
Jim Warrilow ★ 5.2 The Long Duel 1967
Governor ★ 6.2 Torture Garden 1967
Uncle Roger (segment 1 "Enoch") ★ 6 Shout at the Devil 1976
Mr. Smythe ★ 6.1 After the Fox 1966
Chief of Interpol ★ 5.7 The Alphabet Murders 1965
Inspector Japp ★ 5.7 Countess Dracula 1971
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