
Born
April 19, 1931
Died
December 5, 2009
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the sev…

28 Weeks Later
2007

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995

Born Kicking
1992

Deceptions
1985
Murder Elite
1985

George & Mildred
1980

The Odessa File
1974

Regan
1974

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Man Charged
1971

Catch Me a Spy
1971
Bel Ami
1971

Perfect Friday
1970

1+1=1.5
1969

Our Mother's House
1967

Another Day, Another Dollar
1967

A Fear of Strangers
1964

The Informers
1963

On the Run
1963

A Prize of Arms
1962

The Survivor
1961

Bad Girls
1999

Heartbeat
1992

No Job for a Lady
1990
The Nineteenth Hole
1989

You Must Be The Husband
1987

Lovejoy
1986

The Bounder
1982

Hallelujah!
1981

Hallelujah!
1981
West End Tales
1981

Minder
1979

Minder
1979

Minder
1979

Shelley
1979

Dick Turpin
1979

The Sweeney
1975

Armchair Cinema
1974

The Edwardians
1972

Crown Court
1972

Crown Court
1972

The Train Now Standing
1972

The Persuaders!
1971
Bel Ami
1971

Paul Temple
1969

Hadleigh
1969

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969

Department S
1969

On the Buses
1969

Two in Clover
1969
The Jazz Age
1968

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Callan
1967

The Informer
1966
The Mask of Janus
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Likely Lads
1964

Redcap
1964

Detective
1964
The Villains
1964

Sergeant Cork
1963

The Saint
1962

Out of This World
1962

The Scales of Justice
1962

The Scales of Justice
1962

Z-Cars
1962

The Avengers
1961

The Avengers
1961

The Avengers
1961

No Hiding Place
1959