
Geboren 19. Apr. 1931 · Birmingham, England, UK
His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.

28 Weeks Later
2007

Bad Girls
1999

Der Engländer, der auf einen Hügel stieg und von einem Berg herunterkam
1995

Heartbeat
1992

Born Kicking
1992

No Job for a Lady
1990

Liebe schwarz auf weiß
1987

Lovejoy
1986

Die Zwillingsschwestern
1985

Number 10
1983

The Bounder
1982

Hallelujah!
1981

George & Mildred
1980

Der Aufpasser
1979

Shelley
1979

Die Füchse
1975

Die Akte Odessa
1974

Armchair Cinema
1974

Regan
1974

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973

Crown Court
1972

The Edwardians
1972

Heinrich VIII und seine sechs Frauen
1972

Die 2
1971

Catch Me a Spy
1971

Treffpunkt London Airport
1970

Paul Temple
1969

Nichts als Ärger im Depot
1969

Department S
1969

Hadleigh
1969

Two in Clover
1969

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969

Spindoe
1968

Der Mann mit dem Koffer
1967

Callan
1967

Jede Nacht um 9
1967

Another Day, Another Dollar
1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965

The Wednesday Play
1964

Detective
1964

Redcap
1964

The Likely Lads
1964

A Fear of Strangers
1964

Sergeant Cork
1963

The Informers
1963

On the Run
1963

Simon Templar
1962

Z-Cars
1962

Out of This World
1962

The Scales of Justice
1962

Das Netz
1962

Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone
1961

Der Schwur des Soldaten Pooley
1961

No Hiding Place
1959