His television credits include Homicide, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, A Country Practice and Wildside.
His character's authoritarian regime led to the 1980 season cliffhanger, where a number of inmates escape in a tunnel which subsequently collapses, killing a prisoner and trapping others.
Later, in 1987, he guest starred in another Grundy soap opera, Neighbours (1985-), as Frank Darcy, an artist friend of Anne Haddy's character, Helen Daniels.
The character memorably wore a leather eye patch and came from Bungle Bungles, and he and Helen almost moved there together, but in the end, Helen decided to stay in Melbourne with her family and Frank left without her.
He is also known for his prominent role as Sergeant Bumpher in the 1975 film classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock.