
Acting
Birth Date
April 19, 1931
Death Date
December 5, 2009
(passed away at 78)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK
Popularity
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His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.


1962 • 7 episodes

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Gilbert
1961 • 2 episodes

Jim Pinder
1992 • 1 episode

1972 • 2 episodes

Mundt
1962 • 1 episode

Clive Mills
1999 • 1 episode

1959 • 4 episodes

Mendham
1969 • 1 episode

Peter Hayward
1971 • 1 episode

Wolfe
1965 • 1 episode

Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins
1975 • 46 episodes

Nokes
1964 • 1 episode

Commander Jolly
1986 • 1 episode

Geoff
2007

1969 • 1 episode

1964 • 1 episode

1967 • 1 episode

1979 • 69 episodes

1969 • 1 episode