He acted in John Osborne and Anthony Creighton's play, "Epitaph for George Dillon," at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Robert Stephens, Wendy Craig, Yvonne Mitchell, Alison Legatt, Avril Elgar, Philip Locke, and Nigel Davenport in the cast. William Gaskill was director.
Familiar British character actor who after laboring for over twenty years in minor roles in many films and TV programmes achieved his greatest fame playing Sam Pearson in the Yorkshire-based soap opera 'Emmerdale Farm',a role he played for over 10 years until his death.
