Military service He harboured a childhood ambition to be a ballet dancer but instead joined the Royal Air Force and the British Merchant Navy as a teenager. On one occasion he was made to stand watch in the blazing sun for hours on end while crossing the Pacific Ocean, because his mentally ill captain feared an attack by Japanese midget submarines despite the Pacific War having ended. He moved into television work after short careers in dance and photography.
Military service He harboured a childhood ambition to be a ballet dancer but instead joined the Royal Air Force and the British Merchant Navy as a teenager On one occasion he was made to stand watch in the blazing sun for hours on end while crossing the Pacific Ocean because his mentally ill captain feared an attack by Japanese midget submarines despite the Pacific War having ended He moved into television work after short careers in dance and photography