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Jack May

Jack May profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1922-04-23
Place of Birth: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Popularity: 0.4

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 Filmography

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

1963
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

1961
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983
No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place

1959
Dr. Finlay's Casebook poster

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962
All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small

1978
Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster

1990
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

1964
Danger Man poster

Danger Man

1960
UFO poster

UFO

1970
The Main Chance poster

The Main Chance

1969
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

1950
Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk

1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971
Poldark poster

Poldark

1975
Out of the Unknown poster

Out of the Unknown

1965
No Photo

Festival

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

1963
Shoestring poster

Shoestring

1979
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981
Count Duckula poster

Count Duckula

1988
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot poster

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956
Budgie poster

Budgie

1971
Mark Saber poster

Mark Saber

1954
An Age of Kings poster

An Age of Kings

1960
The Agatha Christie Hour poster

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955
Richard the Lionheart poster

Richard the Lionheart

1962
Target poster

Target

1977
Detective poster

Detective

1964
Bulman poster

Bulman

1985
The Bounty poster

The Bounty

1984
Adam Adamant Lives! poster

Adam Adamant Lives!

1966
No Photo

Black and Blue

1973
The Man Who Would Be King poster

The Man Who Would Be King

1975
Brief Encounter poster

Brief Encounter

1945
A Night to Remember poster

A Night to Remember

1958
No Photo

The Ten Commandments

1971
A for Andromeda poster

A for Andromeda

1961
Big Muzzy poster

Big Muzzy

1987
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976
No Photo

Brett

1971
A Horseman Riding By poster

A Horseman Riding By

1978
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

1958
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966
You Can't Win poster

You Can't Win

1966
No Photo

Nicholas Nickleby

1957
Two-Way Stretch poster

Two-Way Stretch

1960
The Spread of the Eagle poster

The Spread of the Eagle

1963
How I Won the War poster

How I Won the War

1967
The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils

1985
Saraband for Dead Lovers poster

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948
The Return of the Soldier poster

The Return of the Soldier

1983
The Men of Sherwood Forest poster

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954
The Blue Lamp poster

The Blue Lamp

1950
The Gentle Sex poster

The Gentle Sex

1943
Dawson's Weekly poster

Dawson's Weekly

1975
This Happy Breed poster

This Happy Breed

1944
Trog poster

Trog

1970
No Photo

Escape

1980
Henry VIII poster

Henry VIII

1979
No Photo

Hawkmoor

1978
Pool of London poster

Pool of London

1951
Trouble in Store poster

Trouble in Store

1953
There Was a Crooked Man poster

There Was a Crooked Man

1960
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981
No Photo

Away from It All

1973
Cat Girl poster

Cat Girl

1957
The Shooting Party poster

The Shooting Party

1985
Millions Like Us poster

Millions Like Us

1943
A Prize of Arms poster

A Prize of Arms

1962
Big Zapper poster

Big Zapper

1973
The Gay Dog poster

The Gay Dog

1954
The Traitors poster

The Traitors

1962
The Silent Enemy poster

The Silent Enemy

1958
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

1960
Willie's War poster

Willie's War

1994
No Photo

The Children of the New Forest

1977
A Twist of Sand poster

A Twist of Sand

1968
The Yes Girls poster

The Yes Girls

1971
Solo for Sparrow poster

Solo for Sparrow

1962
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George poster

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981
Hard Road poster

Hard Road

1988
Emma's Time poster

Emma's Time

1970
Whinfrey's Last Case poster

Whinfrey's Last Case

1979
No Photo

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972
A Swarm in May poster

A Swarm in May

1983
No Photo

Friends and Other Lovers

1981
Night After Night After Night poster

Night After Night After Night

1969
No Photo

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988
No Photo

The Last Invasion

1966
Johnny Frenchman poster

Johnny Frenchman

1945
Stranger in the Family poster

Stranger in the Family

1965
Soap Opera in Stockwell poster

Soap Opera in Stockwell

1973
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates poster

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

1969
No Photo

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989
Without Air poster

Without Air

1997
Deadlock poster

Deadlock

1943
No Photo

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989
No Photo

More Children's Summer Stories

1989
Behind the Headlines poster

Behind the Headlines

1953
No Photo

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990