- Gave up his seat to actor Leslie Howard for BOAC Flight 777, that was shot down by Germans warplanes in 1943.
- Hosted, narrated and produced the documentary "Leslie Howard: The Man who Gave a Damn" which is intentionally ironic since, if it weren't for Leslie Howard bumping him off the ill-fated Flight 777 when he was seven-years-old, Derek wouldn't be alive.
- Former Financial News Network anchor.
- Three years before playing the character Dionyd on an episode of Star Trek, he played a "Vulcan Bomber Crewman" in the James Bond movie Thunderball (the Vulcan doesn't refer to the Star Trek Vulcan, of course, but it's still a coincidence).
- TV Presenter, Narrator, Actor.
- Educated at Charterhouse School.
- (1970 to 2011) Hosted television commercials for Monex, dealers in gold and silver.
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