After retiring from acting, he opened a pub called the Rowbarge in a small west Berkshire village. Years later after the death of his loving wife he moved to Australia to live with his son.
Was a qualified Judo instructor
Had earned two Black Belts in Judo and Karate.
The acting gene was passed along to his grandson Woody Naismith. Woody's an up and coming actor living in LA.
He owned a pub near Newbury which he ran when he was still acting in England.
After retiring from acting, he moved to Australia where he opened a pub.
He appeared in two films based on the works of John Wyndham: Village of the Damned (1960), which was an adaptation of his 1957 novel "The Midwich Cuckoos", and Quest for Love (1971), which was an adaptation of his 1961 short story "Random Quest".