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By the time of Bergerac (1981) a condition of the retina made him blind in one eye and threatened the sight in the other.

At 18 he joined the Army and was badly wounded after his armoured car was hit in an enemy attack. His leg and foot was severely damaged and one eardrum was injured leaving him with a permanent "whistle" in his ear. As late as the mid-1970s, he developed a limp and subsequently had surgery to remove the shrapnel from his leg. He left the Army at the end of the war with a 50 per cent disability pension.

For over 30 years from the early 1960s onward, he was the voice of numerous UK theatrical trailers and television commercials.

Considered the part of Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac (1981) as the best role of his career.

Although he was born in London, he was brought up in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. He used his Yorkshire accent for the part of Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac (1981).