Gong striker for Rank Films. Replaced the original man seen banging the
gong at the start of all their films, Carl Dane. He was later succeeded
by Phil Nieman and Ken Richmond.
He was a former heavyweight boxer who admitted that he couldn't hit an
opponent "whose jaw was sagging and whose eyes were blank". He was the
J Arthur Rank films gong-hitter until after WWII, when movie extra Phil
Nieman took over for seven years.