Lean, jaunty British character actor with military-style moustache and easy manner, who specialised in playing dapper scoundrels, philanderers, dissipated bon vivants and con artists in a career lasting three and a half decades. Born in Hove, East Sussex, he spent two years working on the London stock exchange, before making his move to acting. On...
Had not acted since 1970 when he suffered a heart attack soon after finishing a BBC play, "Did Your Nanny Come from Bergen," a "Thirty Minute Theatre" production. (The Glasgow Herald, June 31 1973).
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Made his stage debut in 1928 in Salisbury with his first London appearance coming the following year.
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Married burlesque actress Anita Arden (Feb 1916 - May 1999) on May 7 1949. Arden appeared in musical revues mainly in New York but also toured with United Service Organizations (USO) in Europe during World War Two. She continued with USO after the war appearing, with amongst others, Gypsy Rose Lee. She also had an uncredited part in the film Malaga (1954) alongside her husband.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Potter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1970
TV Series
Twin
The Magic Christian
1969
Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited)
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
General Sir William Robertson
The Mini-Mob
1967
Colonel Highwater
The Wednesday Play
1967
TV Series
Chairman at Magistrate's Court
Doctor Who
1967
TV Series
Colonel Attwood
What Every Woman Wants
1962
George Barker
The Fur Collar
1962
Resident
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
Drunken Fox Hunter (uncredited)
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
TV Series
Escort for Hire
1960
Arthur Vickers
Educating Archie
1959
TV Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1959
TV Series
Fred Harper
Theatre Night
1959
TV Series
Reggie (Lord Rayne)
Storm Over Jamaica
1958
Duffield
Be Soon
1957-1958
TV Series
Cynthia
Hancock's Half Hour
1957
TV Series
Ex-Captain
Light Fingers
1957
Colonel
Let's Be Happy
1957
Mr. Fielding
Doctor at Large
1957
Major Porter
Alive on Saturday
1957
George Pilbeam
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1957
TV Series
Now and Forever
1956
Hector
A Yank in Ermine
1955
Bertram Maltravers
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
1955
Earl of Wickenware
Make Me an Offer
1955
Armstrong
Break in the Circle
1955
Maj. Hobart
The Harassed Hero
1954
Murray Selwyn
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
Squadron Leader Scott
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
Eric Rowbottom-Smith
Malaga
1954
Soames Howard
Rheingold Theatre
1954
TV Series
Carruthers
Conflict of Wings
1954
The Adjutant
Front Page Story
1954
Gentle
Break to Freedom
1953
Bongo
The Fake
1953
Smith
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1953
TV Series
Percy Courtney
Never Look Back
1952
Guy Ransome
Young Wives' Tale
1951
Victor Manifold
Laughter in Paradise
1951
Simon Russell
The Third Visitor
1951
Inspector Mallory
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
Victor Hyde-Brown
No Place for Jennifer
1950
Brian Stewart
Marry Me
1949
Sir Gordon Blake
Once Upon a Dream
1949
Major Gilbert
One Night with You
1948
Matty
Snowbound
1948
Gilbert Mayne
Bad Sister
1947
Fobey
A Man About the House
1947
Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench
Night Boat to Dublin
1946
Capt. Tony Hunter
The Captive Heart
1946
Capt. Jim Grayson
Notorious Gentleman
1945
Fogroy
The Facts of Love
1945
Gerald Jones
Champagne Charlie
1944
Tipsy Swell
Her Man Gilbey
1944
Captain Standish
The Halfway House
1944
Fortescue
Adventure for Two
1943
Dick Christian
Talk About Jacqueline
1942
Captain Tony Brook
Suicide Squadron
1941
Shorty
For Freedom
1940
Pierre
French Without Tears
1940
Brian Curtis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
McCulloch (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1939
Milton
Break the News
1938
Englishman
Keep Fit
1937
Hector Kent
Take a Chance
1937
Richard Carfax
The Gay Adventure
1936
Aram
Two Who Dared
1936
Alioshka
Fame
1936
Lester Cordwell
Under Proof
1936
Bruce
Trust the Navy
1935
Lieutenant Richmond
Two Hearts in Harmony
1935
Mario
Jimmy Boy
1935
The Count
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lord's Taverners Ball
1957
TV Movie
Himself
Known for movies
Laughter in Paradise (1951) as Simon Russell
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) as Victor Hyde-Brown
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as General Sir William Robertson
$16 Million
