At Cranbrook, he was a member of the school's dramatic society, playing Mr Puff in Sheridan's The Critic and Bolingbroke in Richard II.
[1] Croucher also appeared in a number of films, notably The Black Torment (1964), Genghis Khan (1965) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), as well as several TV dramas.
His productions included Friday by Hugo Claus, Dreams of Mrs Fraser by Gabriel Josipovici and short plays by Samuel Beckett.
[13][14] In 2000 he became president of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), dividing his time between the school's Los Angeles and New York branches.
One of his first duties was to officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the school's central Hollywood campus on North La Brea Avenue.
During his period of office, he implemented a new computer system, introduced e-mail on both campuses and oversaw the development of the academy's website.