 His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in British science fiction films, including "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961 - a disaster film in which he played an alcoholic reporter during a time when two large nuclear explosions altered the Earth's axis, propelling the Earth towards the sun), "First Men in the Moon" (1964), and "Island of Terror" (1966).As well as starring in these films, he worked as a soap opera actor and performed other character parts on television.His roles in these classic science fiction films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike.