- Having an Austrian father, he spoke fluent German and thus landed many parts "on the other side" in war films.
- As well as English, he was also fluent in German, Russian and French.
- He appeared in two versions of the Robin Hood story: The Legend of Robin Hood (1975) as Maid Marion's father and Robin of Sherwood (1984) as the forest deity, Herne the Hunter. Sean Connery played Robin Hood in the former while his son Jason Connery played the role in the latter.
- Father of Daniel Abineri and Sebastian Abineri.
- Duncan Lamont had died while filming Hostage (1979), so he took over the part of "Ushton".
- Had 3 sons and one daughter with his ex-wife, Hilary Bamford.
- Father-in-law of Claudia Rosencrantz.
- Learned acting at the Old Vic Drama School.
- Has acted in both The James Bond Eon franchise and the Doctor Who franchise (four roles).
- He was dubbed in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
- Had four different roles in Dr Who.
- Considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Bukovsky, Sir Percy Heseltine and the Pathologist in Lifeforce (1985).
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