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Jack May

Jack May

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1922-04-23

Birth Place

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

poster

A for Andromeda

1961

5.0

TV
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

6.0

Movie
poster

A Horseman Riding By

1978

5.0

TV
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

1958

7.6

Movie
A Prize of Arms

A Prize of Arms

1962

6.6

Movie
A Swarm in May

A Swarm in May

1983

6.0

Movie
A Twist of Sand

A Twist of Sand

1968

4.0

Movie
poster

Adam Adamant Lives!

1966

7.5

TV
poster

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

7.6

TV
poster

An Age of Kings

1960

4.7

TV
poster

BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

5.2

TV
Behind the Headlines

Behind the Headlines

1953

0.0

Movie
Big Zapper

Big Zapper

1973

4.0

Movie
poster

Black and Blue

1973

6.0

TV
poster

Brett

1971

5.0

TV
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1945

7.7

Movie
poster

Budgie

1971

7.0

TV
Cat Girl

Cat Girl

1957

4.5

Movie
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Count Duckula

1988

7.8

TV
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Dawson's Weekly

1975

0.0

TV
Deadlock

Deadlock

1943

5.0

Movie
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

1969

6.5

Movie
poster

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

6.0

TV
Emma's Time

Emma's Time

1970

0.0

Movie
poster

Escape

1980

0.0

TV
Friends and Other Lovers

Friends and Other Lovers

1981

0.0

Movie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969

6.7

Movie
Hard Road

Hard Road

1988

4.0

Movie
poster

Hawkmoor

1978

0.0

TV
Henry VIII

Henry VIII

1979

6.5

Movie
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967

5.5

Movie
poster

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

8.0

TV
Johnny Frenchman

Johnny Frenchman

1945

6.0

Movie
Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us

1943

5.3

Movie
poster

Nicholas Nickleby

1957

0.0

TV
Night After Night After Night

Night After Night After Night

1969

5.0

Movie
poster

No Hiding Place

1959

3.7

TV
Pool of London

Pool of London

1951

6.4

Movie
poster

Pride and Prejudice

1958

0.0

TV
Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

5.9

Movie
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.4

TV
poster

Shoestring

1979

6.8

TV
Soap Opera in Stockwell

Soap Opera in Stockwell

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

Softly, Softly

1966

5.0

TV
Solo for Sparrow

Solo for Sparrow

1962

0.0

Movie
Stranger in the Family

Stranger in the Family

1965

0.0

Movie
poster

Target

1977

6.5

TV
poster

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956

6.5

TV
poster

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

7.6

TV
poster

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

6.7

TV
poster

The Avengers

1961

7.7

TV
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

1950

6.5

Movie
The Bounty

The Bounty

1984

6.7

Movie
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972

0.0

Movie
poster

The Cleopatras

1983

3.0

TV
The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

6.4

Movie
The Gay Dog

The Gay Dog

1954

6.5

Movie
The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex

1943

7.0

Movie
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981

7.2

Movie
poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981

8.0

TV
The Last Invasion

The Last Invasion

1966

0.0

Movie
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

The Main Chance

1969

8.0

TV
The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

1975

7.5

Movie
The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954

6.7

Movie
The Professionals

The Professionals

1960

0.0

Movie
The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

1983

6.2

Movie
poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

7.3

TV
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

6.2

Movie
The Shooting Party

The Shooting Party

1985

6.6

Movie
The Silent Enemy

The Silent Enemy

1958

5.4

Movie
The Traitors

The Traitors

1962

5.5

Movie
There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

1960

6.1

Movie
This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

1944

7.1

Movie
Trog

Trog

1970

4.4

Movie
poster

UFO

1970

7.6

TV
poster

Van der Valk

1972

5.8

TV
Whinfrey's Last Case

Whinfrey's Last Case

1979

0.0

Movie
Willie's War

Willie's War

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

You Can't Win

1966

0.0

TV