Pre RADA

1951 Two week repertory in Troon, Scotland
1952 10th March made full-time professional debut in rep in Halifax, 10 months there followed by 10 months in Sunderland.
1953 Won Sir James Knott Scholarship for a two-year course at RADA

Post RADA

Bolton Rep (1956)
Guildford Rep (1956-57)
OUR LADY'S TUMBLER Brother Andrew, Guildford Rep
THE QUEEN AND THE WELSHMAN The Gaoler, Edinburgh Festival, Lyric Hammersmith, Tour (1957)
Belgrade, Coventry (1958-59)
CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY Harry Khan, Belgrade, Coventry
EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON Percy Elliott, John Golden Theatre, New York (1958)

Royal Court 

SUGAR IN THE MORNING Eric Watts (1959)
SERGEANT MUSGRAVE'S DANCE Private Attercliffe (1959)
THE WESKER TRILOGY:
CHICKEN SOUP WITH BARLEY Harry Khan
ROOTS Stan Man
I'M TALKING ABOUT JERUSALEM Libby Dobson
THE HAPPY HAVEN Mr Crape Robinson (1960)
PLATANOV Ivan Triletski
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Corporal Hill transferred to Vaudeville Theatre, London (1962)

ALAS POOR FRED / A SLIGHT ACCIDENT Mr Pringle / Rodger Tour (1961)

Chichester Festival Theatre: 1963 Season and National Theatre at the Old Vic (1964-1967)

HAMLET - the inaugural production First Gravedigger (1963)
SAINT JOAN Chaplain de Stogumber (1963)
HOBSON'S CHOICE Willie Mossop, also presented in Berlin and Moscow (1964)
OTHELLO Iago to Laurence Olivier's Othello, also Berlin and Moscow (1964)
THE DUTCH COURTESAN Cocledemoy
THE CRUCIBLE Giles Corey (1965)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Dogberry (1965)
MOTHER COURAGE Cook (1965)
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK Joxer Daly (1966)
THE STORM Pavel Prokofyevich Dikoy (1966)

SON OF MAN Jesus, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester and The Roundhouse, London (1969)
AFTER HAGGERTY (RSC) Bernard Link, Aldwych (1970) and Criterion Theatres, London (1971)

National Theatre, Old Vic

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY Peppino (1973) (transferred to Queen's Theatre, London - 1974)
THE PARTY Sloman (1973)

National Theatre, New National Theatre, South Bank

PLUNDER Freddy Malone (1976)
WATCH IT COME DOWN Ben Prosser (1976)
WEAPONS OF HAPPINESS Josef Frank (1976)

KINGS AND CLOWNS Henry VIII, Phoenix, London (1978)
FILUMENA Lyric, London (also toured USA and on Broadway) (1978-79)
THE GIRL IN MELANIE KLEIN Palace, Watford  (1980)
AMADEUS Salieri, Her Majesty's, London (1981)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Haymarket, London (1983 - also toured the UK)
MUTINY Captain William Bligh, Piccadilly Theatre, London (1985)
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT Sir David Metcalfe QC, Queen's Theatre, London (from 1987-88 - then a 6-month tour in Australia followed by a national UK tour)
BLACK ANGEL King's Head, Islington (1990)
A SLIGHT HANGOVER Sir Lewis Messenger, Bromley & National Tour (1991)
THE HEIRESS Austin Sloper, Bromley & national tour (1992)
THE WOMAN IN BLACK Kipps, Bristol Old Vic (Xmas tour 1993)
PETER PAN Captain Hook, Chichester Festival Theatre & Tour (1995)
GASLIGHT Inspector Rough, National Tour
THE HANDYMAN, Chichester Festival Theatre (1996)
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR Max Prince, National Tour (1997)
WOMAN IN BLACK Kipps, National Tour (1998)
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Firs, Chichester Festival Theatre (2008)