With his wife Mary as cook and son Jamie as head waiter and himself as greeter they spent 3 years running their own restaurant - Fox's - in Hayle, Cornwall earning reports in the Michelin guide and The Good Food Guide.
Took over from Peter Sallis at short notice to play the part of Captain
Striker in Doctor Who.
Replaced the late Brian Glover as the narrator of the Tetley Tea
commercials on British television.