[5] As well as his theatre work, he had a number of small roles in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s such as Dark Journey (1937), The Drum (1938) and Caesar and Cleopatra (1945).

Larger parts came his way towards the late forties and early fifties including The Monkey's Paw (1948), The Third Visitor (1951) and The Long Memory (1952).

[5] He married children's book illustrator Hester Margetson in 1927 under the name Jack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey.

In the 1950s, he teamed with the composer Margaret More to form the Hans Andersen Players, performing selected works from the work of Hans Christian Andersen.

Besides dance, his other artistic interests included poetry, painting and pottery.