- By the time of Bergerac (1981) a condition of the retina made him blind in one eye and threatened the sight in the other.
- Although he was born in London, he was brought up in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. He used his Yorkshire accent for the part of Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac (1981).
- At 18 he joined the Army and was badly wounded after his armoured car was hit in an enemy attack. His leg and foot was severely damaged and one eardrum was injured leaving him with a permanent "whistle" in his ear. As late as the mid-1970s, he developed a limp and subsequently had surgery to remove the shrapnel from his leg. He left the Army at the end of the war with a 50 per cent disability pension.
- For over 30 years from the early 1960s onward, he was the voice of numerous UK theatrical trailers and television commercials.
- Considered the part of Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac (1981) as the best role of his career.
- Met his first wife, actress Juno Stevas, while performing in repertory theatre after military service. The sister of politician/barrister, Norman St. John Stevas (later Lord St. John of Fawsley), she was the mother of his two sons, Nick Alexander and Marcus Alexander.
- Had talks to play the role of Richard Bellamy (David Langton) in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971).
- Son of a doctor. Retired from acting in 1999 due to Parkinson's disease and lived in London until his death.
- Educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, after which he entered the theatre at 16 as an assistant stage manager with the White Rose Players, Harrogate.
- Once contemplated becoming a priest.
- Son of Joseph and Violet Alexander the master and matron of Knaresborough hospital, formerly the town's workhouse.
- Was a keen collector of drawings and paintings.
- He claimed to have always been in debt until 1981.
- In three films he was straight man to the knockabout comic Norman Wisdom, who always congratulated him on being able to keep a straight face. Later Alexander admitted that had he not been making so much money from these films, he would have told Wisdom that the reason for his straight face was that he did not find Wisdom remotely funny.
- Had two sons, Nicholas and Marcus.
- During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded when his armoured car was hit by artillery fire in Italy. He carried shrapnel for the rest of his life.
- He was reputedly of a superstitious disposition and a believer in numerology. The 23rd became a key date in numerous events in his life.
- Had a lifelong passion for the stage. His theatrical debut was in 1939 in "The Good Companions" for the White Rose Players Company at the Harrogate Opera House.
- Considered for Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce (1985).
- He was chosen by Jon Gielgud to play Macbeth but was called up for the army before he could take the role.
- In The Fast Lady (1962), he is seen riding a Triumph 5T Speed Twin, the registration number of which was ERD 562.
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