Born in Andover, Hampshire, England. Sound recordist and production sound mixer who entered British film with the 1933 UA release, GENERAL JOHN REGAN. Other notable credits include THE QUEEN'S AFFAIR (1934), ESCAPE ME NEVER (1935), AS YOU LIKE IT (1936), THE STREET SINGER (1937), THE CITADEL (1938), GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939), BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON (1940), 49TH PARALLEL (a.k.a. THE INVADERS, 1941), ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING and IN WHICH WE SERVE (both 1942), THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943), THIS HAPPY BREED (1944), PERFECT STRANGERS (1945), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946), THE MARK OF CAIN (1947), HARRIET (1948), BOYS IN BROWN (1949), TRIO (1950), THE ADVENTURERES (1951), IT STARTED IN PARADISE (1952), GENEVIEVE (1953), HELL BELOW ZERO (1954), PASSAGE HOME (1955), CHECKPOINT and THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE (both 1956), THE SECRET PLACE (1957), CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE (1958), OPERATION AMSTERDAM (1959), KIDNAPPED, PEEPING TOM, MAKE MINE MINK and MAN IN THE MOON (all 1960), THE LONG SHADOW (1961), LIFE FOR RUTH (1962), WOMAN OF STRAW and THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA (both 1964), MASQUERADE and THE BIG JOB (both 1965), THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966), and his last film, PRETTY POLLY (1967).  Nominated for Special Effects 1942: ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING - Sound 1 nomination