D'entre a suya filmografía como actor, se puet citar as suyas actuacions en cintas como Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, Terry Jones), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983, Terry Jones), Clockwise (1986, Christopher Morahan), A Fish Called Wanda (1988, Charles Crichton), The Out-of-Towners (1999, Sam Weisman), u Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002, Chris Columbus). Tamién ha partecipato en quantas series de televisión, como How to Irritate People (1968), Fawlty Towers (1975) u How to Irritate People (1969-1974).