He played Detective Chief Inspector Gwyn Lewis in the first series of the BBC police series Softly, Softly, but his best remembered role was as Detective Chief Inspector Frank Haskins in the Euston Films/Thames Television's British crime series of the 1970s, The Sweeney.
Interpretou o detective xefe Gwyn Lewis na serie policial da BBC Softly, Softly, pero o seu mellor papel será lembrado como o detective inspector xefe Frank Haskins na serie británica da Euston Films/Thames Television The Sweeney na década de 1970.