Claimed to do theatre work for love, TV for fame and films for money.
Father of actress Sarah Badel
Married his wife Yvonne at age 18 and became a father at 19.
Numerous credits in live television in the 1950s, most notably as Mr. Darcy in "Pride And Prejudice"
Was a British paratrooper and liaised with the French Resistance in World War II; being half-French, he did a lot of work behind enemy lines with the Resistance and claimed he had killed several men in hand-to-hand combat.