For fans of Charters and Caldicott, he played the part of the devious Ali in the Charters and Caldicott film Crook's Tour in 1941.
His film career started in 1931 as the role of Dubois in the film Dreyfus; other films he appeared in include Little Miss Nobody 1933, Nell Gwyn 1934, The House of the Spaniard 1936, Freedom Radio 1941, Matter Of Life and Death 1946, , Ghosts of Berkeley Square 1947, The Merchant of Venice 1947, Cairo Road 1950, Quo Vadis 1951, Bhowani Junction 1956, Captain Sinbad 1963, Journey to the Centre of Time 1967 and 1970's Chisum. He also had a long and fruitful TV career including the 1960’s Lost in Space as Sobram, Star Trek twice - once as the Melkotian Voice, The Twilight Zone and the Hitchcock Hour.
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