 He was of Irish descent and was educated at the Salesian College, Battersea and trained as an actor at RADA, before appearing at the Bristol Old Vic and in repertory theatre and in the 1986 first national tour of "The Sound of Music" as Captain von Trapp.His film credits include "Rasputin the Mad Monk" (1966), "Alfie" (1966), "The Witches" (1966), "The Viking Queen" (1967), "Quatermass and the Pit" (1967), "Mosquito Squadron" (1969), "I Start Counting" (1970), "Man in the Wilderness" (1971), "Because of the Cats" (1973), "The Tamarind Seed" (1974) and "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).By far, his most well remembered film role is the part of Councillor Harris in the crime film "The Long Good Friday" (1980).