[2] Born in London as Reginald George Thompson, his first listed television role was as Dr. Watson alongside Alan Wheatley's Holmes in a 1951 BBC TV series entitled We Present Alan Wheatley as Mr Sherlock Holmes in..., the earliest TV adaptation of the tales.

[4] His distinguished appearance often led to roles as senior policemen, military men and English aristocrats; he played such parts in series including Dickens of London, Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Cedar Tree, Tales of the Unexpected, After Julius, Drummonds, the first Joan Hickson Miss Marple episode "The Body in the Library" as Sir Henry Clithering, and his final appearance was in a 1987 Ruth Rendell Mysteries adaptation.

[2][5] He also appeared as Clement Lawrence in the 1973 episode 'The Windsor Royal' of the long running TV series Public Eye.

He met Margaret during World War II in connection with the Entertainments National Service Association's (ENSA) touring stage production of The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse.

After her husband’s death in 1987, Margaret resumed her acting career and became well known to the public, appearing in Will Gould’s fantasy film The Wolves of Kromer (1998, as Doreen), in George Lucas’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, as Jira), and in Ricky Gervais’s TV series Derek (2012, as Edna).