Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of corporals and reverends in films and on television, and was considered one of the promising actors of the 1970s. He was born as Alexander Victor Henry to Alexander Henry (1914-1980), and his wife Margaret Mary Millington Henry (1914-1980), in Leeds, England, on July 30, 1943. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Ginger' in the comedy film drama, "All Neat In Black Stockings" (1969). The film which was directed by Christopher Morahan, which was written for the screen by Jane Gaskell and Hugh Whitemore, and which also starred Terence De Marney, Susan George, Jack Shepherd, Clare Kelly, Anna Cropper, and Harry Towb, tells the story of an irresponsible window cleaner who believes he has found true love with a woman he picked up in a tavern. His role of 'Ginger' in the comedy film drama, "All Neat In Black Stockings" (1969), earned him Canada's Actor of the Year Award after being voted best young actor. He will also be best remembered for playing the role of 'Mick Mulligan' in the episode entitled, "Specimens Walk On Their Hind Legs, Too," of the television series drama, "It's Dark Outside," which originally aired on March 5, 1965, and which also starred David Hemmings, Patricia Clapton, Judy Parfitt, Peter Copley, William Mervyn, Anthony Ainley, John Stratton, Veronica Strong, and Roy Barraclough. He began his acting career by appearing on the stage in several productions of such plays as, 'Private Sparky' in "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" (1965), as 'Lord Fancourt Babberley' in Charley's Aunt" (April 19, 1965, to May 1, 1965), as 'Tim' in "A Chaste Maid In Cheapside" (1966), as 'Ian' in "When Did You Last See My Mother?" (June 5, 1966, to July 23, 1966), as 'Joe Gascoigne' in "The Daughter-In-Law" (1967), as 'Jimmy Porter' in "Look Back In Anger" (October 29, 1968, to February 1969), as 'Roland' in "The Friends" (May 10, 1970, to ), and as 'Perowne' in "AC/DC" (November 12, 1970, to November 28, 1970). He also acted in John Webster's play, "The Duchess of Malfi" (1971), at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England, and in the pre-recorded television play, "The Diary Of A Madman" (1973). He also appeared on the Broadway stage in New York City, New York, as 'Harold Scrawdyke' in the stage production of the play, "Hail Scrawdyke!" (November 28, 1966, to December 03, 1966). During his stage career, he also appeared at or worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London, England, the Castle Theatre in Farnham, Surrey, England, the Comedy Theatre, London (now Harold Pinter Theatre in London, England), the Criterion Theatre in London, England, The Roundhouse in London, England, the English Stage Company, and the Farnham Repertory Company, and Judy Parfitt, Oliver Cotton, Brian Protheroe, Gareth Thomas, Henry Woolf, Gwen Watford, Julian Holloway, Lucy Fleming, Anne Dyson, Gabrielle Daye, John Bluthal, Anna Cropper, Susan Engel, Lynn Fairleigh, Ian Holm, Roy Marsden, Tony Shear, Deborah Norton, Sheila Scott Wilkinson, Peter Gill, and Arnold Wesker. During this time, he also made the transition to appearing in films and on television. He made his actual television debut playing the role of 'Jefferson Brick' in the television mini-series drama, "Martin Chuzzlewit," which originally aired on March 1, 1964, and which also starred Gary Raymond, Barry Jones, Angela Baddeley, Hugh Cross, Rosalind Knight, Cal McCord, Anna Middleton, Richard Pearson, John Quentin, Ilona Rodgers, Alex Scott, Harold Scott, Tom Watson, and George Webb. Besides, playing the role of 'Ginger' in the comedy film drama, "All Neat In Black Stockings" (1969), his many other film credits include, "Privilege" (1967), "The Sorcerers" (1967), and "The White Bus" (1967). Besides, playing the role of 'Jefferson Brick' in the television mini-series drama, "Martin Chuzzlewit," which originally aired on March 1, 1964, and playing the role of 'Mick Mulligan' in the episode entitled, "Specimens Walk On Their Hind Legs, Too," of the television series drama, "It's Dark Outside," which originally aired on March 5, 1965, his many other television credits include, "Diary Of A Young Man," "The Vilains," "ITV Play Of The Week," "The Gamblers" (1967), "Half Hour Story," "The Contenders," and "Thirty-Minute Theatre." His last film role was playing the Marxist revolutionary 'Trotsky' in the television film, "Out Of This Spark: The Making Of A Revolutionary" (1970). The film which was directed by and which was written for the screen by Colin Nears, and which was also written for the screen by Stuart Hood, also starred Alan Dobie, Michael Bryant, Peter Craze, Ingrid Hafner, and Michael Gwynn. Sadly his promising acting career ended when he was seriously injured in a freak road traffic accident in 1973. He suffered brain damage while walking down the street in Ealing, England, when a car crashed into a lamp post which resulted in the lamp post falling on his head after it broke away from its frame due to the impact of the collision. The accident left him in a comatose state for almost thirteen years. His parents moved to be close to him settling in Wakefield, England, but they both passed away just a few months apart in 1980. He passed away without regaining consciousness in the Well Springs Nursing Home, 122 Leylands Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England on the 20th November, 1985, at the age of 42. Following his death, he was interred in Cottingley Hall Cemetery, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is interred in the plot adjacent to his parents. He was married to Patricia Sayner Henry in Islington, England, in 1964. The couple had no children together.