He was a fireman based in Chelsea during the war and broke into acting by accident. He appeared in a wartime documentary film, and someone saw his character appeal which enabled him to start a new career in acting usually in uncredited or minor roles. He became a qualified London Taxi Driver, who kept his badge and worked as a taxi driver between filming jobs. Interestingly he played a taxi driver in no less than 20 films, although he appeared as a truck driver in the Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne film Stop Press Girl in 1949 (1st photo) . He appeared alongside the two actors in Passport to Pimlico 1949 - he played the part of a Spiv (2nd photo).
Some of the other films that he appeared in include It Always rains on Sunday 1947, Double Confession 1950, I Believe in You 1952, The Cruel Sea 1953, Genevieve 1953, Hell Below Zero 1954, Doctor at Sea 1955, Barnacle Bill 1957, I’m All Right Jack 1959, Carry on Regardless 1961, The Big Job 1965 and Dad’s Army 1971 where he played the part of Bert King.
In total he appeared in over 100 in total. He died in 1994 at the age of 82.