British Character Actor. He was born in Beckenham, Kent, and died in London. He began his career on stage in the mid 1940s and twenty years later, debuted in cinema with “The Challenge” (1960). His films included “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (1966).  More recently, he appeard in “The Fifth Element” (1997), “Minority Report” (2002), and as ‘Dr Ehrlich,’ in “The Pianist” (2002). On television, he appeared in “I, Claudius.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)