Didn't appear in the last episode of the first series of "Secret Army"
due to an attack of appendicitis.
Appeared on the front page of "The Radio Times" in February 1963
publicizing "Moonstrike".
As a lad, he joined the Air Cadets (to avoid "square-bashing" with the
army cadets) but was exempted from National Service because he failed
the eyesight test.
Studied at LAMDA (London School of Dramatic Art) in the early
60s.
Is an avid GO player (a.k.a., weiqi or baduk - a game of strategy
currently popular in Asia that was invented in China several thousands
of years ago). Rumored to have been ranked at 2 dan.
His great-grandfather was founder of George Culver Optics Ltd.