In the 1960s his novel 'Clap Hands If You Believe in Fairies' was a first in bringing the devastation caused by the thalidomide drug to the attention of a wider public.
Retired from film making and acting with his long-term partner Rod Pienaar to the Italian region of Tuscany in 1996.
They returned to London, England in 2010.
He discovered Patrick Wymark's body after Wymark had died in Australia while on a theater tour.
Author of Close Up (memoirs published in 2004), Bard in the Bush (about
his touring company the London Shakespeare Company), novels - Clap
Hands If You Believe in Fairies, In Place of Reason, and a play -
Cannibal Crackers.
Film, television and theatre actor from childhood until his retirement in 1996.