Background
He was born into a working-class family in Tottenham, North London.
He was born into a working-class family in Tottenham, North London.
After he left school at 16 he first became a journalist with an American News Agency on Fleet Street. He then served in the Royal Air Force during World World War II and was stationed in Gibraltar where he joined a theatre group. Upon his return to the United Kingdom he found work as an actor with the West Riding Theatre Company.
He then made his West End debut and as an actor on stage he appeared in the original London production of Fiddler on the Roof playing the Rabbi.
His television appearances include. Coronation Street, Anna Karenina (1977), Dixon of Dock Green (1959), The Avengers (1963), Stand Up Nigel Barton (1965) and Porridge (1975) as the prison medical officer