Served in East Africa as a major in World War II, adjutant to the 2nd (Nyasaland) Battalion of the King's African Rifles.
Craggy-faced English character actor from the Shakespearean stage, well-remembered on screen as the fake "Lord" Melbury in the very first episode of Fawlty Towers (1975).
He collapsed and died while on location for a TV play.