My heart flies with him, as the Indians say...

One of my favourite character actors, his Tom in "Waiting for God" is unforgettable, and he was just about the only reason I watched the rather disappointing "Practice" to the bitter end.

Strange, though, with such a long and distinguished career, I only started noticing him in his later years... perhaps that's because he seldom played principal roles like Tom, but perusing his list of appearances I now realise I've been seeing him ever since I was a kid, the first movie I remember in that list is as old as Lindsey Anderson's "If...", although that was a few years after its original release in 1968, and it was a very minor role, but the list goes on and on, including sitcoms like "Two in Clover" and movies like "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer", "O Lucky Man!", "Romance with a Double Bass", "Jabberwocky", "Britannia Hospital", "The Missionary", and on and on and on...

He's always been a very good actor, I believe, but sometimes it's ageing itself which gives performers a more "striking" appearance, I don't know...

Anyway, I'm now going to watch or re-watch more stuff with him in it, in his honour, and I'll start with a sitcom which, coincidentially, has recently been brought to my attention, even though he's only in there in a couple of episodes, "Chance in a Million", which tickled my curiosity...

I've just recently got into "Waiting for God",i didn't watch the show first time around but i recently saw series 1 dvd for a good price so,i got it and enjoyed it so much i ordered series 2 (watching a couple of episodes later today).......
Graham Crowden & Stephanie Cole are perfect together in this show in my opinion