He worked as a bit-part actor for many years (he had a mainly
non-speaking role as Bill the Driver in many episodes of
The Sweeney (1975))
before becoming a wardrobe master, working on many TV series such as
Inspector Morse (1987) and
Kavanagh QC (1995) in which
John Thaw (Regan in
The Sweeney (1975))
appeared.