ABOUT ME

I was born in July 1928 in Elderslie and reared in a theatrical background and share my birthday with Sir George Bernard Shaw, Dame Helen Mirren, Kevin Spacey, Mick Jagger, Danny La Rue and Christopher Dean.

When two years old, my parents moved to Ralston where we lived for forty-seven years.

Educated at Paisley Grammar School.

As a small boy, I trained as a Highland Dancer.

Served in the Royal Air Force from 1947 to 1949 as a National Service conscript.

In March 1950, I joined Associated British Cinemas as a Trainee Manager at the Waverley Shawlands and completed six years service as Manager of the Grosvenor Hillhead in December 1955.

The next ten years was spent in industry.

In September 1967, I joined the Savings Bank of Glasgow as a late entrant and spent the next twenty years working in various branches, retiring from the Gourock Branch in October 1987.

I also trained as a Physiotherapist and, after service in the Bank, I worked as a Paramedic in St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Lochwinnoch tending the disabled and infirm from 1988 until 1993.

At the age of 67, and after a 39 year career in Amateur Drama, I turned professional in 1995. Since then I have been working in television, film, voice-overs and community radio.