
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.
Acting
April 19, 1931
December 5, 2009
78 years old
Birmingham, England, UK
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28 Weeks Later
Geoff

Bad Girls
Clive Mills

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Davies the School

Born Kicking
William Curtley

Heartbeat
Jim Pinder

No Job for a Lady
Norman
The Nineteenth Hole
George Brady (The Captain)

You Must Be The Husband

Lovejoy
Commander Jolly
Murder Elite
Inspector Moss

Deceptions

Number 10
General Sir William Robertson

The Bounder
Scrimshaw

Hallelujah!
West End Tales
The Bishop

George & Mildred
Bridges

Minder

Shelley

The Sweeney
Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins

The Odessa File
Israeli General

Regan
Det. Chief Insp. Haskins

Armchair Cinema
Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Rogerson

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Gardiner

Crown Court

The Edwardians
Edward Emblem

The Train Now Standing
Mr Pitts
Man Charged
Calvin

Catch Me a Spy
The Husband
Bel Ami
Jacques Rivat

The Persuaders!
Peter Hayward
Bel Ami
Jacques Rivat

Perfect Friday
1st Airport Official

1+1=1.5
Henry Beldon

On the Buses

Department S
Mendham

Hadleigh

Paul Temple

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
A.C. Strain

Two in Clover
Mr Benson
The Jazz Age
Borrow

Spindoe
Webster

Another Day, Another Dollar
Danny

Our Mother's House
Mr. Moley

Callan

Man in a Suitcase

The Informer
Dyson
The Mask of Janus
Janacek

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Wolfe

A Fear of Strangers
Detective Sergeant Miller

Detective

The Likely Lads
Jeffcock
The Villains
Durrell

Redcap
Bob McGregor

The Wednesday Play
Nokes

The Informers
Police Inspector (uncredited)

On the Run
Meredith

Sergeant Cork
Prince Frederick of Silesia

A Prize of Arms
Military Policeman with Dog

Z-Cars

The Scales of Justice
Mr. Andrews

The Saint
Mundt

Out of This World
Reception Clerk

The Survivor
Albert Pooley

The Avengers
Gilbert

No Hiding Place