Background
Born in North London, the son of an engineer, he was educated at Aldenham School, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
Born in North London, the son of an engineer, he was educated at Aldenham School, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.
He was commissioned in 1944 into the 5th Battalion, the Welsh Guards. He served in Palestine and Egypt, and joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Jerusalem. He later helped start up the British Broadcasting Corporation Overseas News station in Mombasa, Kenya.
After leaving the army he failed to get a job as a British Broadcasting Corporation Radio announcer, but joined British Broadcasting Corporation Television as an announcer in March 1952 after a trial at Alexandra Palace, then the base of British Broadcasting Corporation Television.
He joined the team of continuity announcers headed by McDonald Hobley and Sylvia Peters. He went on to present Come Dancing and Picture Parade, a film review programme in 1956 with co-presenter Derek Bond, the actor.
In 1958 he provided the British Broadcasting Corporation commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest, staged that year in Hilversum, Netherlands. He also provided the British Broadcasting Corporation radio commentary for the contest in 1962.
He also presented the British Broadcasting Corporation radio programme Movie Go Round on Sunday afternoons in the early 1960s.
The couple had a daughter, Peta Louise. From the early "70s he lived in Portugal running a restaurant and bar popular with British tourists, and met his German-born second wife, Inge. They returned to the United Kingdom in the 1980s but he could not resume his broadcasting career.
He made a final television appearance as guest of Des Lynam on a series called lieutenant"s My Pleasure.
He later worked occasionally for British Broadcasting Corporation radio and did voice-overs for advertisements.