He is best known for his role as King John in the popular comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
in the drama, Minder, playing Arklow, as well as appearing as Jonas in Jesus of Nazareth (1977), some episodes of the first series of Blackadder, Worzel Gummidge series 2, episode 4 as Sergeant Beetroot and playing the Chief Officer in Doctor Who's Vengeance on Varos.
With 'sentence' passed, as the 'guilty' man (who professes his genuine guilt) is taken away, the viewer sees that the wick in the candle had been pre-cut, and the flame would have naturally extinguished anyway.
His character, Pengelly, appears to have withheld information from Dock Green police who are investigating the death of a woman in a gas explosion.
His film career includes roles in The Hiding Place (1975), Intimate Games (1976), Black Joy (1977), Gulag (1985), Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985), Biggles (1986) and The Lady and the Highwayman (1988).