Career
He made his film debut in Fast and Loose in 1930 and played his only lead role in 1934"s Romance in Rhythm. He went onto specialize in hooray henrys, silly asses and military types most prominently in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger"s and Peter Ustinov"s and Vice Versa (1948). He continued in film and television until the 1970s.
During the 1960s he often played the role of Colonel Pickering in stage productions of My Fair Lady.