A British novelist and actor, born in London, United Kingdom. He attended Belmont School and Tottenham Grammar School and left at the age of 16 to take on a clerical job. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1939, he was exempted from war service. He toured with the Old Vic during the war. He made his debut at the Old Vic Theatre in 1939, and he remained with the company for several years. He is known for The Crawling Eye (1958), A Farewell to Arms (1966), and Musical Playhouse (1959). He died on February 23, 2009 in London, England, UK.