- In November 2009 he was working on an autobiography.
- He was a British stage and screen character actor with distinctively deep-set eyes, usually cast as authority figures or heavies. Today he is probably best remembered for his role as Stevens in The Green Death: Episode One (1973), a popular serial from the Jon Pertwee era of the series.
- He was paid 9 £ per week when acting (as one of the mariners) in a 1952 production of "The Tempest" in Stratford-upon-Avon for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to the RSC in 2002 for the role of Gonzalo,.
- He was the older brother of opera singer Nuala Willis.
- He was the brother-in-law of opera singer John Rawnsley.
- He had four daughters.
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