[1] He was the youngest of seven children of John Malin (1850–1921), a purse maker in a fancy leather works,[2] and Martha née Hackworthy (1855–1905).

[3] During World War I, he served in the Royal Navy and became a Freemason in the Antioch Lodge No.

[5] He achieved most of his fame as the mute and geriatric character of Walter Tattersall in the sitcom Nearest and Dearest from 1969 to 1973.

[6] Malin died on 1 March 1977, aged 82 at the King Edward Memorial hospital in Ealing, London.

[7] He had been resident at the actors' retirement home of Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex, for several years.