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Jack May‌

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calendar1922-04-23

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Jack May

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Jack May

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-04-23

Popularity

star3.3

Biography

Jack May was a mellifluous-voiced actor best known for playing butlers and establishment figures, often representing Britain's interests in far-flung corners of the empire. With regards the former, he memorably played William E. Simms, former music hall artise turned manservant to Gerald Harper's titular swashbuckling adventurer in '60s TV cult classic Adam Adamant Lives! as well as providing the voice of Igor, the long-suffering valet in Cosgrove Hall's 1980s animation Count Duckula. His film credits included the district commissioner in 1975's The Man Who Would Be King and the prosecuting naval attorney in the remake of The Bounty (1984). For many, May was Nelson Gabriel 'the most disreputable character in Ambridge' in BBC Radio 4's long-running soap The Archers. May took the role of the shady rogue, later antique dealer and wine bar owner, in 1952 and continued to play him right up until the year of his death, 1997. This 45 year stint made May, at the time, the fourth-longest serving soap opera star in the world. He died at the age of 75, on 19 September 1997, survived by his wife, the actress Petra Davies, his daughter Henrietta, and son David.

Movie Credits

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King‌
star7.5
calendar 1975

The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils‌
star6.4
calendar 1985

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter‌
star7.7
calendar 1945

The Bounty

The Bounty‌
star6.7
calendar 1984

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest‌
star6.7
calendar 1954

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex‌
star7.0
calendar 1943

Emma's Time

Emma's Time‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

The Professionals

The Professionals‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember‌
star7.6
calendar 1958

Night After Night After Night

Night After Night After Night‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

The Traitors

The Traitors‌
star5.3
calendar 1962

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy‌
star7.2
calendar 1981

The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Pool of London

Pool of London‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

A Prize of Arms

A Prize of Arms‌
star6.8
calendar 1962

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Friends and Other Lovers

Friends and Other Lovers‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Trog

Trog‌
star4.4
calendar 1970

Stranger in the Family

Stranger in the Family‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Soap Opera in Stockwell

Soap Opera in Stockwell‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Solo for Sparrow

Solo for Sparrow‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Cat Girl

Cat Girl‌
star4.4
calendar 1957

The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Whinfrey's Last Case

Whinfrey's Last Case‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution‌
star6.2
calendar 1976

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Deadlock

Deadlock‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

Henry VIII

Henry VIII‌
star6.5
calendar 1979

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed‌
star7.1
calendar 1944

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us‌
star5.3
calendar 1943

Big Zapper

Big Zapper‌
star4.0
calendar 1973

How I Won the War

How I Won the War‌
star5.5
calendar 1967

The Shooting Party

The Shooting Party‌
star6.6
calendar 1985

Johnny Frenchman

Johnny Frenchman‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier‌
star6.2
calendar 1983

Hard Road

Hard Road‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Willie's War

Willie's War‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

A Swarm in May

A Swarm in May‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates‌
star6.5
calendar 1969

A Twist of Sand

A Twist of Sand‌
star4.0
calendar 1968

The Last Invasion

The Last Invasion‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Tv Credits

Adam Adamant Lives!

Adam Adamant Lives!‌
star7.5
calendar 1966

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy‌
star8.0
calendar 1981

Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly‌
star5.0
calendar 1966

Shoestring

Shoestring‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Count Duckula

Count Duckula‌
star7.8
calendar 1988

The Avengers

The Avengers‌
star7.7
calendar 1961

UFO

UFO‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King‌
star6.4
calendar 1983

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot‌
star6.7
calendar 1956

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr. Finlay's Casebook‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Van der Valk

Van der Valk‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
star3.7
calendar 1959

The Cleopatras

The Cleopatras‌
star3.0
calendar 1983

Target

Target‌
star6.5
calendar 1977

Black and Blue

Black and Blue‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

An Age of Kings

An Age of Kings‌
star4.7
calendar 1960

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel‌
star7.6
calendar 1955

The Main Chance

The Main Chance‌
star8.0
calendar 1969

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Dawson's Weekly

Dawson's Weekly‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

A Horseman Riding By

A Horseman Riding By‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Television Shakespeare‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Escape

Escape‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

You Can't Win

You Can't Win‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Agatha Christie Hour

The Agatha Christie Hour‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Brett

Brett‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The Main Chance

The Main Chance‌
star8.0
calendar 1969

Hawkmoor

Hawkmoor‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small‌
star7.6
calendar 1978

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

A for Andromeda

A for Andromeda‌
star5.0
calendar 1961