He made his debut appearance in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society at Bexhill-on-Sea, his home town, as a teenager before joining Anthony Hawtrey's company at Buxton, Croydon, and later the Embassy Theatre at Swiss Cottage in London.
He made his debut appearance in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society at Bexhill-on-Sea as a teenager before. He was joining Anthony Hawtrey's company at Buxton, Croydon, and later the Embassy Theatre at Swiss Cottage in London. Bexhill-on-Sea was his home town.