He was considered for the role of Richard Bellamy (eventually played by David Langton) in "Upstairs Downstairs".
In 1938, he joined one of BBC Television's earliest sketch shows, "Light Relief", with Cicely Paget-Bowman, Queenie Leonard, Frank Napier and Anthony Cope.
On the shortlist for Waterfield (played by John Bailey) in Doctor Who: Evil of The Daleks