He then acted at the Old Vic, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and Sadler's Wells, mostly in the classics.
[2] His roles – on live television in the early days – included Mr Posket in The Magistrate, The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, Gerald in Rookery Nook, Aubrey in Tons of Money and Captain Absolute in The Rivals.
In London in 1966 he was Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace with Sybil Thorndike and Athene Seyler.
[1] On television in the 1960s he was known for starring in the sitcom series Beggar My Neighbour, taking over from Peter Jones as the harassed junior executive.
[4] His cinema films included Carry on Admiral (1957), The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?