He was educated at Denstone College, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire UK from 1959 to 1963. He was in Lowe House. Denstone was a so-called "Public School"; in other words a private secondary boarding school for boys, linked to the Church of England. It still exists. He also appeared in a number of episodes of the television series "Man about the House", and some television advertisements, particularly for slimming products.