He appeared in many British films between the 1940s and 1980s, notably as Archie Fellows in "The Shop at Sly Corner", Jenkins in "Only Two Can Play" (1962), the wireless operator Jack Phillips on board the "Titanic" in "A Night to Remember" (1958), in the crime caper "Track the Man Down" (1955) and especially in the comedies of the Boulting brothers, including "Private's Progress" (1956) and "I'm All Right Jack" (1959). He portrayed the gay medic Witty in "The Wild Geese" (1978) and a whimsical mechanic in "The Sea Wolves" (1980).