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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 23, 1922
Died
September 19, 1997
Place of Birth
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Jack May
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Without Air
1997
7.0
Grandfather
Willie's War
1994
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Igor (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
8.1
Vicar
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
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0.0
Igor (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
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0.0
Igor/Giant (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
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0.0
Igor (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
7.8
Igor (voice)
Count Duckula
1988
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0.0
Sea Rat (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
4.0
Psychiatrist
Hard Road
1988
Credits
Without Air
1997
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Willie's War
as Grandfather
1994
7.0
🎬
More Children's Holiday Favourites
as Igor (voice)
1990
0.0
Jeeves and Wooster
as Vicar
1990
8.1
🎬
More Children's Summer Stories
as Igor (voice)
1989
0.0
🎬
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Igor/Giant (voice)
1989
0.0
🎬
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Igor (voice)
1989
0.0
Count Duckula
as Igor (voice)
1988
7.8
🎬
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Sea Rat (voice)
1988
0.0
Hard Road
as Psychiatrist
1988
4.0
The Doctor and the Devils
as Dr Stevens
1985
6.2
The Shooting Party
as Sir Harry Stamp
1985
6.5
The Bounty
as Prosecuting Captain
1984
6.7
🎬
The Wind in the Willows
as Sea Rat (voice)
1984
0.0
A Swarm in May
as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
1983
6.0
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.4
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier General
1983
6.2
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
6.7
🎬
Friends and Other Lovers
as Mr. Franklyn
1981
0.0
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Lord Runciman
1981
0.0
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Garkbit (Head Waiter)
1981
7.2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Garkbit (Head Waiter)
1981
8.1
🎬
Escape
1980
0.0
Whinfrey's Last Case
as General Chapman
1979
9.0
Henry VIII
as Lord Chancellor
1979
6.5
A Horseman Riding By
as Lord Gilroy
1978
5.0
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Hawkmoor
as John Stedman
1978
0.0
All Creatures Great and Small
as Reverend Henty
1978
7.8
Target
as Chief Officer
1977
6.3
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Dr. Schultz
1976
6.2
The Man Who Would Be King
as District Commissioner
1975
7.5
Poldark
as Ralph Allen Daniell
1975
6.8
Dawson's Weekly
1975
0.0
Soap Opera in Stockwell
as Detective
1973
0.0
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Black and Blue
as Detective
1973
6.0
Big Zapper
as Jeremiah Horn
1973
2.3
🎬
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Watts
1972
0.0
Van der Valk
as Minister
1972
5.8
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as James Ladbroke, Q.C.
1971
7.4
🎬
Brett
1971
5.0
🎬
Brett
as Mason
1971
5.0
Budgie
as Mr. Pratt
1971
7.0
🎬
The Ten Commandments
as Herbert Ward
1971
0.0
The Yes Girls
as King Reiter
1971
1.5
Trog
as Dr. Selbourne
1970
4.5
UFO
as English Delegate
1970
7.7
Emma's Time
as Emma's father
1970
0.0
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Price (uncredited)
1969
6.6
The Main Chance
as Derrick Asher
1969
7.7
The Main Chance
as Harry Turner
1969
7.7
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as General Hermack
1969
5.4
Night After Night After Night
as Judge Lomax
1969
5.0
A Twist of Sand
as Inspector Seekert
1968
4.5
How I Won the War
as Toby
1967
5.5
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Shopkeeper
1966
6.0
🎬
The Last Invasion
1966
0.0
You Can't Win
1966
0.0
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
7.5
🎬
Stranger in the Family
as Evans
1965
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as Lt. Krov
1964
4.5
🎬
Festival
as Voice of God (voice)
1963
8.0
The Spread of the Eagle
as Casca
1963
0.0
A Prize of Arms
as MO
1962
6.5
Solo for Sparrow
as Inspector Hudson
1962
0.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
6.0
Richard the Lionheart
as Knight
1962
0.0
The Traitors
as Burton
1962
5.5
A for Andromeda
as Major Quadring
1961
5.0
The Avengers
1961
7.7
Two-Way Stretch
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
1960
6.7
Danger Man
as Third Secretary
1960
7.3
There Was a Crooked Man
as Police Sergeant
1960
6.1
An Age of Kings
1960
4.7
An Age of Kings
as Duke of York
1960
4.7
The Professionals
as Edwards
1960
0.0
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
A Night to Remember
as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
1958
7.7
The Silent Enemy
as Navy Doctor
1958
5.7
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr Collins
1958
0.0
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Nicholas Nickleby
1957
0.0
Cat Girl
as Richard Johnson
1957
4.6
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Caradoc
1956
6.5
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Citizen (uncredited)
1955
7.6
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
6.7
Mark Saber
as Newsvendor
1954
7.0
The Gay Dog
as Pub Customer
1954
6.5
Trouble in Store
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1953
6.1
Behind the Headlines
1953
2.0
Pool of London
as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)
1951
6.5
The Blue Lamp
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
1950
6.6
Sunday Night Theatre
as David Gottlieb
1950
3.5
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Reveller
1948
6.4
Brief Encounter
as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
1945
7.7
Johnny Frenchman
as Choir Member (uncredited)
1945
6.0
This Happy Breed
as Mourner
1944
7.2
Deadlock
as Postman
1943
5.0
Millions Like Us
as Old Man
1943
5.5
The Gentle Sex
as Postman (uncredited)
1943
7.0