 The following year he appeared as the Bishop in Peter Medak's "The Ruling Class" (1972) with Peter O'Toole, and in 1975 he played a cameo in Richard Lester's "Royal Flash" (1975) with Malcolm McDowell.His last role was as the Earl in the 1976 remake of "Rogue Male" opposite Peter O'Toole, a role for which he literally climbed out of his sick bed, saying, "Peter needs me.