A life of travel and adventure? Impossible. He was a shy kid in London, with no ambitions, a humble background, even a mild cockney accent. In the British Army in the 1950s that would have been deadly. But Lady Luck stepped in before he was drafted and he lost the accent. He became An Officer of Engineers. His brother officers talked about college after the army. No one in his family had been to college, but, why not? Plus with another bit of luck he became a Film Extra. You might have seen him in 'Around the World in 80 Days.' His father, a Dutchman had emigrated to England. The genes ran...