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As a young man he went into acting and from the mid-1950s had various roles acting in feature films, television plays and television series guest appearances.

In the late 1960s, he was a regular guest star on many of the popular UK series of the day — many of which were espionage adventure series — including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, Sherlock Holmes, The Champions, The Troubleshooters, Love Story, I Spy and The Man In Room 17.

He also played the authority figure Number Two in The Prisoner (" Checkmate ", 1967 ).

Wyngarde's film work was limited but had impact.

In 1961, he made the most of his brief scenes as the leering Peter Quint in Jack Clayton's The Innocents with Deborah Kerr and Pamela Franklin.

The following year he starred in the occult thriller Night of the Eagle.