He enjoyed a long career as both an actor and a director, moving constantly between the two occupations. As an actor, he appeared in many productions including BBC Sunday-Night Theatre, Object Z, Softly Softly, No Hiding Place, The Wednesday Play, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Lovejoy, Hamish Macbeth, Peak Practice and Kavanagh QC while his directorial credits include Shadow Squad, Compact, Orlando and the short-lived Yorkshire Television soap Castle Haven. In 1958 he was the producer of the Southern Television medical drama Mary Britten, M.D..