 Later he played a scene as a sinister taxidermist with James Stewart (whom he described as 'a perfect gentleman') in Alfred Hitchcock's second version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much".He also played leading parts in British TV dramas such as "Huntingtower" and "The Tripods".In the final decades of his life he developed "The Bliss of Solitude" a one-man tribute to his great ancestor with which he toured Britain and the United States.