Personal Life
Phillips married his first wife, actress Penelope Bartley, on 30 May 1948. They had four children, Caroline, Claudia, Andrew and Roger.
In 1962 Phillips started a romantic relationship with actress Caroline Mortimer, daughter of writer Penelope Mortimer and stepdaughter of John Mortimer who was an understudy in a stage play in which Phillips starred. Phillips and Bartley separated at that point and were divorced in 1965.
After his relationship with Mortimer ended, Phillips embarked on a relationship with actress Vicki Luke with whom he lived for approximately three years after which he started a relationship with Angela Scoular, a former Bond girl.
While on tour in Australia in 1981 he was notified that Penelope Bartley had died in a fire. Phillips elected to continue in the production and not attend her funeral. He has acknowledged that his family has never forgiven him for not coming back to attend the funeral.
In 1982 Phillips and Scoular, 22 years his junior, were married, and remained together until her death in April 2011. Scoular was suffering from bowel cancer and took her own life. Phillips was too ill to attend the inquest into Scoular's death three months later.
He is a long-term fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., and made an appearance on the pitch as part of the half-time entertainment during the team's home match against Swansea City on 1 April 2012.
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