Emerging from a non-theatrical family in Berkhamsted, he received his early education at Windlesham House School and Brighton College, where a growing fascination with drama led him to join an amateur troupe and attract the attention of Shakespearean directors. After wartime service as a lieutenant-commander on HMS Illustrious, he resumed acting, gaining a foothold in television and minor film par… Read more
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Known for Barry Lyndon 1975 Labyrinth 1986 Gandhi 1982 Where Eagles Dare 1968 Series ★ 7.6 Shōgun 1980
Friar Domingo Series ★ 7.9 Inspector Morse 1987
Doctor Starkie ★ 7.1 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1965
Ashe ★ 7.2 Anne of the Thousand Days 1969
Thomas Boleyn ★ 7.7 The Secret Garden 1987
Ben Weatherstaff Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Squire Banks Series ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986
Wilfred Shotley ★ 6.8 Young Sherlock Holmes 1985
Older Watson (voice) ★ 6.9 The Taming of the Shrew 1967
Baptista ★ 7.2 A Christmas Carol 1971
Marley's Ghost (voice) ★ 7 The Man Who Never Was 1956
Gen. Coburn ★ 6.8 El Cid 1961
Don Diego ★ 6.9 Sink the Bismarck! 1960
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George' ★ 6.9 Lady Jane 1986
Dr. Feckenham ★ 6.9 Passport to Pimlico 1949
Bashford ★ 6.8 The Medusa Touch 1978
Atropos - Fortune Teller ★ 7 The Wind in the Willows 1983
Badger ★ 7 The Card 1952
Bank Manager ★ 6.9 The Slipper and the Rose 1976
King ★ 6.7 Theatre of Blood 1973
George Maxwell ★ 6.9 The Night My Number Came Up 1955
Lindsay Series ★ 6.8 Tales of the Unexpected 1979
Cyril Bixby ★ 6.9 I Was Monty's Double 1958
Governor of Gibralter ★ 6.9 Comrades 1987
Mr. Pitt ★ 6.7 Oliver Twist 1982
Mr. Brownlow ★ 6.7 A Christmas Carol 1977
Ebenezer Scrooge ★ 6.6 Whistle and I'll Come to You 1968
Professor Parkins ★ 6.5 The Magic Box 1952
Official Receiver ★ 6.3 The Spanish Gardener 1956
Harrington Brande ★ 6.2 Danny the Champion of the World 1989
Lord Claybury ★ 6.4 Ivanhoe 1982
Cedric ★ 6.3 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972
Mock Turtle ★ 6.3 Cast a Giant Shadow 1966
British Ambassador ★ 6.4 Khartoum 1966
Lord Granville ★ 6.1 Up Pompeii 1971
Ludicrus Sextus ★ 5.9 Royal Flash 1975
Headmaster ★ 6.2 The V.I.P.s 1963
Airport Director ★ 5.9 The Pied Piper 1972
Melius, Alchemist ★ 6.2 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952
Scathelock ★ 6.1 The Yellow Rolls-Royce 1964
Harnsworth ★ 6.3 Juggernaut 1974
Mr. Baker ★ 5.7 How I Won the War 1967
Grapple ★ 5.9 The Bed Sitting Room 1969
Bules Martin ★ 5.6 The Possession of Joel Delaney 1972
Justin ★ 4.7 The Trouble with Spies 1987
Jason Locke ★ 6.1 Alexander the Great 1956
Demosthenes ★ 6.1 The MacKintosh Man 1973
Brown ★ 6.1 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966
Senex ★ 5.2 Freddie As F.R.O.7. 1992
King (voice) ★ 5.6 The Missionary 1982
Slatterthewaite/Narrator ★ 5.3 Demons of the Mind 1972
Priest ★ 5.6 Yellowbeard 1983
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