Career

Among the plays he presented were Christopher Fry"s The Lady"s Not Foreign Burning. He gave the actor and dramatist Peter Ustinov his first break with his production The House of Regrets. His film career was brief, but varied.

He played Hastings in Laurence Olivier"s, and also appeared in wartime films such as, although he was in fact a conscientious objector.

He also appeared in. Clunes"s later stage work included succeeding Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins in the stage musical My Fair Lady in 1959.

His final stage appearance was in 1968. Undermind playing "Police Sergeant" in episode: "Onset of Fear" (episode Number 11) 24 April 1968 The Ronnie Barker Playhouse playing "Peregrine" in episode: "The Incredible Mister Tanner" (episode Number 14) 24 April 1968 Clunes played Governor Woodes Rogers, the lead in the first three episodes of The Buccaneers in 1956. He was also offered the lead part of Professor Bernard Quatermass in the famous British Broadcasting Corporation science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit in 1958, but declined the role (André Morell was cast instead).