Trivia

Educated at a finishing school in Dorset. then did 2 years national service rising to second lieutenant.

Father was a colonel in the British Army in India.

Lives in an 18th-century cottage in Sussex.

Was considered for the role of Herr Flick in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982) before Richard Gibson was cast in the role.

In 1982, Clegg made a return to the theatre, co-producing with his wife a one-man show about Rudyard Kipling which achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

He married actress Mavis Pugh in 1959. Due to the twenty year age gap between Clegg and Pugh many were sceptical as to whether the marriage would last, apart from Jimmy Perry and his wife Gillian. After the wedding there was a whip-round at the theatre which collected enough money to buy what Clegg described in an interview as 'lots of practical things, like sponges and cloths - the most practical things you could imagine.'.

In 1973 he was cast in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum as Gunner Graham, the concert party's pianist, although he could not actually play the piano. The show ran for eight series and Clegg appeared in all 56 episodes. However Clegg did not appear in the 1979 stage adaptation of the series. Instead, the role was taken up by David Rowley, who was able to play the piano live on stage.

During his time at Watford, Clegg appeared in many performances including farces such as Charley's Aunt and The Happiest Days of Your Life.

He also appeared in thrillers such as Gas Light.

In 1995 he appeared as a guest on David Croft's appearance on This Is Your Life.

Clegg's first television role was as D.C. Greaves in Dixon of Dock Green in 1961.

When he and his parents arrived back from British India in the United Kingdom, Clegg became a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After leaving RADA, Clegg joined the Watford Palace Theatre Company.

He made many television appearances, including the dramatised documentary "The Gunpowder Plot" in which he played Francis Tresham; during the documentary he starred alongside Martin Shaw, whom he later featured alongside in "Death in Holy Order" in 2003.

In 1979, he made an appearance in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure, in which he played Froth, the foolish gentleman.

His first film appearance was as a minor role in the 1967 musical film Half a Sixpence, playing a shop assistant.

The son of his cousin Nicky is the politician Nick Clegg.