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Outside of his movie career, he gained fame as the star of a television commercial for a set of records of classical music. This became the longest running nationally seen commercial in U.S. television history. This commercial was phased out as compact discs replaced vinyl phonograph records. In addition to the Tony Award, he also won the Donaldson and New York Drama Critics award for "Dial M for Murder," which he recreated on film and in a TV adaptation. He substituted for Sebastian Cabot as the gentleman's gentleman for Brian Keith in the sitcom "Family Affair" (1966) during Cabot's nine week leave of absence from the show after developing pneumonia in 1967. He played the part of Mr. (Giles) French's brother, Nigel ("Niles") French. Tall, urbane, mustachioed British character actor from the London stage who made his Broadway debut with "The Fake" in 1924 and settled in the U.S.