Born under the name of Edward Charles James Gardner.
Fought in World War Two in the RAF where he served as an air gunner, awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Before he became a actor he was playwright John Osborne's personal driver.
Appeared in films like The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV Mini-series), Theatre 625 (TV series), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1960's TV series) as Mr. Beaver, Dixon of Dock Green (TV series), The Elusive Pimpernel (1969 TV Mini-series) as Robespierre, The Expert (TV series), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), Fish (1973 TV Mini-series) as Mr. Barnes, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1973 TV Mini-series), Z Cars (TV series), Crown Court (TV series), Churchill's People (TV series), Doctor Who (TV series), The Devil's Crown (TV series), Coronation Street (TV series) as Tiny Hargreaves, The Onedin Line (TV series), A Moment in Time (TV series) as Fred, Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), BBC Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra (TV series), Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 TV), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series), Births, Marriages and Deaths (TV series) as Mr. Astill, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Ernie the Bus Driver, Finding Neverland (2004), and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005).
Born under the name of Edward Charles James Gardner.
Fought in World War Two in the RAF where he served as an air gunner, awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Before he became a actor he was playwright John Osborne's personal driver.
Appeared in films like The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV Mini-series), Theatre 625 (TV series), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1960's TV series) as Mr. Beaver, Dixon of Dock Green (TV series), The Elusive Pimpernel (1969 TV Mini-series) as Robespierre, The Expert (TV series), 10 Rillington Place (1971), Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), Fish (1973 TV Mini-series) as Mr. Barnes, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1973 TV Mini-series), Z Cars (TV series), Crown Court (TV series), Churchill's People (TV series), Doctor Who (TV series), The Devil's Crown (TV series), Coronation Street (TV series) as Tiny Hargreaves, The Onedin Line (TV series), A Moment in Time (TV series) as Fred, Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), BBC Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra (TV series), Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 TV), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series), Births, Marriages and Deaths (TV series) as Mr. Astill, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) as Ernie the Bus Driver, Finding Neverland (2004), and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005).
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