He acted in Terence Rattigan's play, "Adventure Story," at the St. James's Theatre in London, England with Paul Scofield, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Joy Parker, Veronica Turleigh, Robert Flemyng, Noel Willman, William Devlin, Terence Longdon, Frederick Treves, Stanley Baker, Nicholas Hannen, and Cecil Trouncer in the cast.
Chosen for the role of General Gogol in the James Bond movies of the 1970s and 80s because he was a look-alike of the former head of Soviet secret police, Lavrenti Beria.
