among his movie credits include appearances in movies "the battle of the river plate" (1956), "les girls" (1957), with gene kelly, "incense for the damned" (1972), "king solomon's treasure" (1979), "the howling" (1988), "the hot touch" (1981), "sweet 16" (1983), and the role of sir godfrey tibbett, in the james bond movie "a view to a kill" (1985). his last movie was "the low budget time machine" (2003)