He acted in Jimmy Perry and David Croft's play, "Hi-De-Hi," at the Victoria Palace in London, England with Simon Cadell, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Felix Bowness, Barry Howard, Ben Warriss, Su Pollard, and Tim Swinton in the cast. Jimmy Perry, David Croft, and Tudor Davies were directors.
Worked as a miner at Silverwood Colliery near Rotherham, and was an amateur singer and stand-up comic in his spare time. Following an accident at the colliery in which he was injured, he turned professional in 1974.
