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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 29, 1935
Died
February 5, 2024
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Michael James
Michael Jayston
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Known For
6.0
self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
7.8
Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
0.0
Him
From This Day Forward
2019
0.0
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
10.0
Self
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
8.7
Albert
Albert's Memorial
2009
0.0
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
0.0
Narrator (Voice)
Finisterre
2003
7.6
Henry Appleton
The Royal
2003
7.9
AC Henry Parkins
Foyle's War
2002
Credits
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024
6.0
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
2022
7.8
From This Day Forward
as Him
2019
0.0
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
0.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
2016
10.0
Albert's Memorial
as Albert
2009
8.7
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
0.0
Finisterre
as Narrator (Voice)
2003
0.0
The Royal
as Henry Appleton
2003
7.6
Foyle's War
as AC Henry Parkins
2002
7.9
A Dinner of Herbs
as Justice Craig
2000
6.0
Holby City
as Judge
1999
5.8
Midsomer Murders
as Reverend Arthur Gould
1997
7.5
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Admiral Sellings
1997
5.7
Element of Doubt
as Kirk
1996
6.3
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
as Jack Donovan
1994
4.8
Outside Edge
1994
8.0
Heartbeat
as Michael Harvey
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Gerald Hudson
1992
7.1
The Darling Buds of May
as Ernest Bristow
1991
7.8
Cluedo
as Colonel Mustard
1990
6.4
🎬
Haggard
1990
4.0
Stay Lucky
as Valentine
1989
6.0
🎬
Somewhere to Run
as Roger Fitzpatrick
1989
0.0
Press Gang
as Colonel X
1989
7.5
A Bit of a Do
1989
5.9
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Quentin Nightingale
1987
6.3
🎬
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Randall Perry
1987
7.7
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Valeyard
1986
5.8
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Valeyard
1986
6.2
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Valeyard
1986
7.0
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Valeyard
1986
6.2
Casualty
as Ian
1986
6.1
Casualty
as David Northwick
1986
6.1
Time for Murder
as Austin Tupp
1985
4.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
5.8
Big Deal
as Grover
1984
6.7
Sherlock Holmes
as The Earl of Rufton
1984
8.1
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
0.0
From a Far Country
as Narrator (voice)
1981
3.9
Lady Killers
as Frederick Henry Seddon
1980
5.0
Dominique
as Arnold Craven
1980
4.9
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Peter Guillam
1979
7.5
Gossip from the Forest
as Alfred Maiberling
1979
0.0
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Crealock
1979
6.1
Tales of the Unexpected
as G.B. Shaw
1979
6.7
🎬
The Last Romantic
as James
1978
0.0
She Fell Among Thieves
as Mansel
1978
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Mansel
1977
7.0
🎬
Quiller
as Quiller
1975
0.0
King Lear
as Edmund
1975
0.0
Churchill's People
as Henry, Bishop of Norwich
1974
1.0
The Internecine Project
as David Baker
1974
5.9
A Coffin for the Bride
as Mark Walker
1974
8.3
Craze
as Detective Sgt. Wall
1974
4.9
🎬
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Jack Worthing
1974
0.0
Ring Once for Death
as Roger Masters
1973
8.5
Tales That Witness Madness
as Brian (segment "Mel")
1973
5.4
The Homecoming
as Teddy
1973
6.0
The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano
1973
7.0
Jane Eyre
as Mr Rochester
1973
4.3
Bequest to the Nation
as Capt. Hardy
1973
5.7
Thriller
as Roger Masters
1973
6.6
Thriller
as Mark Walker
1973
6.6
The Edwardians
as Frederick Henry Royce
1972
5.7
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
1972
6.2
Follow Me!
as Charles
1972
7.5
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Nicholas
1971
6.9
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
Competition
as Jimmy
1971
0.0
🎬
Green Julia
as Jake
1971
0.0
Macbeth
as Macbeth
1970
6.0
UFO
as Russell Stone
1970
7.7
Cromwell
as Henry Ireton
1970
6.5
The Hero of My Life
as Charles Dickens
1970
0.0
Mad Jack
1970
0.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
1968
6.0
Callan
1967
7.0
The Power Game
as Lincoln Dowling
1965
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as John 'Jack' Worthing
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Edmund
1965
5.0
Love's Labour's Lost
as Longaville
1965
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as Siegfried Sassoon
1964
4.5
Detective
1964
0.0
Doctor Who
as The Valeyard
1963
7.9
Coronation Street
as Judge
1960
5.3
Armchair Theatre
as Jimmy
1956
5.8