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
28 Weeks Later
⭐ 6.613The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
⭐ 6.319Another Day, Another Dollar
⭐ 0The Informers
⭐ 6.8On the Run
⭐ 0Our Mother's House
⭐ 7.1A Prize of Arms
⭐ 6.6Murder Elite
⭐ 8Man Charged
⭐ 0Perfect Friday
⭐ 6.42Catch Me a Spy
⭐ 4.6Henry VIII and His Six Wives
⭐ 5.8Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
⭐ 4.6The Odessa File
⭐ 6.6Regan
⭐ 0Born Kicking
⭐ 0Deceptions
⭐ 6.7A Fear of Strangers
⭐ 0George & Mildred
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