Michael Ninian Harbour was born in Edinburgh on 4 July 1945, a son of Harold Ernest, a veterinary surgeon, and Mary Phillipa (née McManus).
His stage debut came in April 1975 when he played Frid in Wheeler and Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, alongside stars such as Jean Simmons, Hermione Gingold and Joss Ackland.
His television career prospered with appearances in many major series such as Budgie, Casualty, Heartbeat, Midsomer Murders and A Last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter by Don Taylor, in which he co-starred with Peter Vaughan and Michael Pennington.
[1] Harbour met his future wife, Lesley Sizer Grieve, at St Columba’s.
He was a keen gardener and spent much time at his late brother's house in Trebetherick in Cornwall, where he died on 9 April 2009, at the age of 63.