Seemed to me to always act (professionally) and behave like the perfect English gentleman.
He featured in a fairly recent episode of Car SOS where he signed a seat back in a Volvo P1800 secretly restored for a classic car enthusiast who'd suffered a stroke.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ding-back.html
Suave until the end. RIP Simon Templar.