Biography
His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.
Filmography
Cast Credits

28 Weeks Later
Character: Geoff
MOVIE • 2007

Bad Girls
Character: Clive Mills
TV • 1999

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Character: Davies the School
MOVIE • 1995

Born Kicking
Character: William Curtley
MOVIE • 1992

Heartbeat
Character: Jim Pinder
TV • 1992

No Job for a Lady
Character: Norman
TV • 1990
The Nineteenth Hole
Character: George Brady (The Captain)
TV • 1989

You Must Be The Husband
Character:
TV • 1987

Lovejoy
Character: Commander Jolly
TV • 1986

Deceptions
Character:
MOVIE • 1985
Murder Elite
Character: Inspector Moss
MOVIE • 1985

The Bounder
Character: Scrimshaw
TV • 1982
Hallelujah!
Character:
TV • 1981
Hallelujah!
Character: Brig. Langton
TV • 1981
West End Tales
Character: The Bishop
TV • 1981

George & Mildred
Character: Bridges
MOVIE • 1980

Minder
Character:
TV • 1979

Minder
Character: Superintendent Mason
TV • 1979

Minder
Character: Supt. Mason
TV • 1979

Shelley
Character:
TV • 1979