- Worked at MGM for several years from 1940, later free-lancing. Had a vague resemblance to Errol Flynn, which got him the part of 'the Fox' in The Court Jester (1955).
- He died only four days after his ex-wife Nora Swinburne.
- Leading man in 1930s UK films; supporting player in 1940s and '50s US films.
- Was the son of a Master Mariner and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, who worked as a second officer for the P & O Steam Navigation Company in Australia.
- Father, with Nora Swinburne, of son Francis.
- Filmed a scene for 1982's "Poltergeist" as Dr. Farrow, an elderly mentor to Beatrice Straight's Dr. Lesh, that was cut before the film's release.
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