Trivia

Five days before dying, he gave a very moving interview in Paul Eddington (1995), an episode from the revival of Face to Face (1959). He discussed his childhood and parents, his schooling as a Quaker, his acting career, the challenges of having an unknown illness followed by a decade knowing that it would be fatal, and how his skin condition made it no longer possible to be cast for television. With typical modesty, he said that his epitaph should simply be, "He did very little harm".

He was awarded the 1992 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor for his performance in "No Man's Land.".

The first time the cast of The Good Life (1975) ever met as a group was in the garage of a private home, in the middle of winter. As they were actors, the quite proper woman who owned the place refused to let them into the house.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.

A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 29th February 1996.

Four children with Patricia Scott: actor Toby Eddington (born 1954), Hugo, Dominic and Gemma.

Graduated from RADA in 1951.

An only son brought up at Quaker schools he did not think he could be an actor until a Quaker girlfriend went to RADA.

Awarded the Variety Club of Great Britain best stage actor award for ' Forty Years On. '.

First TV lead was to be in a play called 'On Easy Terms' for Rediffusion TV, written by Ken Taylor and directed by Tania Lieven. He was to play an amorous door-to-door salesman. However the production was cancelled during rehearsals, near the end of Rediffusion's tenure. The play was taken by Belgian TV and made as Facilités de payement (1970).

He wanted to be an artist like his father and grandfather.

Used to be a window dresser in Birmingham.

Educated at a co - ed Quaker boarding school where he used to do his best to escape games,.

Youngest son, Dominic, born1961, is stage technician at Bury St Edmonds.