He spent 3 years studying at a Budapest theatre school then during the 1956 revolution he escaped from Hungry and after arriving in England he joined the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol. He also worked as a nightclub singer in London's West End clubs. Later he signed for Associated British Films in 1960
Lost his parents during World War II. Emigrated to Britain in the aftermath of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Acted on stage and in films, the latter finding him frequently as Russian defectors, KGB agents and Nazi officers.
In 1963 he was playing Christos in Christos Nazrites (Christ of Nazareth) being produced by Carl Foreman at the Zerbos Studios in Athens in 1963 but it was unfinished.
Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Had a part in the film Tamahine (1963) but it was cut out.
Escaped from behind the Iron Curtain in a horse and cart soon after the Hungarian uprising.