- His last screen performance was on BBC Television's Noel's Telly Addicts in 1993, just two days before he died.
- He played the father of his real life son Jeremy Connor in Carry on Nurse (1959).
- The only actor in the "Carry On..." films to appear, along with Kenneth Williams and Eric Barker in the first (Carry on Sergeant (1958)) and last authentic "Carry On..." films (Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)). This does not include the heavily criticized Carry on Columbus (1992).
- He enjoyed reading books about the sea and had a boat on the Thames and was a keen football fan.
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
- He was a regular on the radio series 'The Goon Show' due to his gift for comic voices.
- Called his wife Margaret - Micky.
- Attended the Central School of Music and Drama, where he won a gold medal.
- Father of Jeremy Connor and grandfather of child actors Thomas Connor, Hayley and Rose.
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