Career
His film career included appearances in Women in Love (1969), Waterloo (1970), Penny Gold (1973), The Sign of Four (1983), and Possession (2002). He played supporting roles in a variety of television series in his early career, including Department South, The Pathfinders and Jason King, before landing the role of British Army Captain Tim Downing in the British Broadcasting Corporation/Universal television series, Colditz (1972-1974), in which Heffer was a regular throughout. He went on to play Detroit
Heffer went on to guest in Father Brown, Public Eye and Survivors in the 1970s.
He played Peter Witney alongside Roy Marsden in Airline in 1982, and took the leading role of rabies expert Michael Hilliard in the acclaimed British Broadcasting Corporation thriller The Mad Death in 1983. He also played Doctor Charles Cartwright in the early series of the sitcom, Don"t Wait Up.
Heffer continued to appear regularly on television drama series in the 1980s, going on to star alongside Marsden again in Anglia"s adaptation of The Black Tower, and continued to appear in guest roles in Boon, Howards" Way. His appearances on television have been less prolific in recent years although he has appeared in Wycliffe, Trial & Retribution, Heartbeat and Rosemary & Thyme.
He has also narrated two special feature documentaries for 2entertain"s Doctor Who Digital Video Disc range in 2010.