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.
28 Weeks Later
The Odessa File
Our Mother's House
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
George & Mildred
Deceptions
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Catch Me a Spy
Perfect Friday
Murder Elite
A Prize of Arms
The Informers
On the Run
Regan
Born Kicking
A Fear of Strangers
Another Day, Another DollarMan Charged
