I was born to a Scottish father and English mother during the early 1920s, in London
By my mid-teens I had already toured Canada with an entertainment party and appeared in a film
I served with the Canadian RAF during WW2, and it was in North America that I met my wife
I lost £250,000 in an attempt to sue a broadcasting corporation, and I had four granddaughters I never knew
With Irish ancestry, I was born in Berkshire during the early 1930s
I took elocution lessons and worked as an assistant stage manager before daring to take on an acting role
Laurence Olivier was an advocate of mine, and I appeared with the likes of Kenneth Williams, Christopher Plummer and Ralph Richardson
I played a famous sleuth on TV for five years, and won a BAFTA for my performance in a TV serial from the early 90s
An only child, I was born in the north of England during the later part of the 19th century
After leaving school I worked as rent collector, but in the evenings I took art lessons, particularly freehand drawing
My paintings sell for millions, and a gallery was opened in my honour at a cost of over £100 million
A mostly solitary person, I did enjoy attending football matches and my local pub, where a statue of me now stands