A student at Italia Conti from 1953, he enjoyed enormous success as a child actor. He took part in more than 200 television plays and dramas, acted in the West End of London and, most famously, played the juvenile lead opposite Sir Norman Wisdom in the 1956 film "Up in the World".
Television was filmed live in those days. There were no retakes and usually no audience so it was like acting in a play but to camera - terrifying and exhilarating.
