Trivia

Character actor and singer of songs in children's programmes and variety who first broadcast in 1942

Began his career on the Shakespearean stage at Stratford-on-Avon in 1940 and joined the BBC Drama Repertory Company a few years later.

Primarily an actor on stage and radio, he sometimes served as a stage director and portrayed Abraham Lincoln in many shows and in an episode of "Doctor Who" in 1965.

Also a drama coach from the 1960s until failing eyesight and overall health encouraged his retirement.