Curiosidades

It was his idea that the marching POWs whistle "The Colonel Bogey March" in A Ponte do Rio Kwai (1957).

A British soldier in World War II, he was captured by the Japanese army and interned in a POW camp for 4 years. He once spent six months in the cooler for stealing a tin of corned beef.

Because he had first-hand experience of Japanese POW camps, he was paid an extra £5.00 per week by David Lean to act as a consultant on A Ponte do Rio Kwai (1957).

Made his first stage appearance in Julius Caesar at Stratford.

Children Vanessa, Colin, Katrina.

Considered for the role of the Fatherly Guard in Força Sinistra (1985).