In 1973, he played at the Bristol Old Vic. He played Dr. Astrov in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" and Charles Calthrop in the movie "The Day of the Jackal". In 1975, he went to the Haymarket Theatre, where he performed in Frederick Lonsdale's "On Approval". In 1976 at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, he played Sir Robert Chiltern in Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband".