- Considered for Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
- Registered in a civil partnership with James Belchamber in 2006, aged 90. They had been together for nearly 60 years.
- Was asked to play a major guest role in Season 14 of Doctor Who (1963), but rejected the role because it would have required him to wear a mask and he hated wearing masks.
- Retired living in Somerset, England (December 2004)
- Offered the role of Bennett in Doctor Who (1963): The Rescue, but was unavailable.
- Considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Bukovsky, Dr. Armstrong, Sir Percy Heseltine and the Pathologist in Lifeforce (1985).
- After leaving school he started as an office worker but found it uninteresting. He obtained a scholarship to RADA then spent time at Chesterfield Rep and the Malvern Festival.
- He was considered for the role of Lord President Borusa (played by Leonard Sachs) in Arc of Infinity: Part One (1983).
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