Jack May
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday23 April 1922
Died19 September 1997 (age 75)
Place of birthHenley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known credits106
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 …
Without Air
1997
Willie's War
1994 · Grandfather
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990 · Igor (voice)
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Vicar
More Children's Summer Stories
1989 · Igor (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989 · Igor/Giant (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989 · Igor (voice)
Count Duckula
1988 · Igor (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988 · Sea Rat (voice)
Hard Road
1988 · Psychiatrist
Big Muzzy
1987 · Muzzy (voice)
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Dr Stevens
Bulman
1985 · Sir Thomas Boycott
The Shooting Party
1985 · Sir Harry Stamp
The Bounty
1984 · Prosecuting Captain
A Swarm in May
1983 · Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · Brigadier General
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982 · Colonel Jaggers
Friends and Other Lovers
1981 · Mr. Franklyn
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981 · Lord Runciman
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981 · Garkbit (Head Waiter)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981 · Garkbit (Head Waiter)
Escape
1980
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979 · General Chapman
Shoestring
1979 · Judge
Henry VIII
1979 · Lord Chancellor
A Horseman Riding By
1978 · Lord Gilroy
Hawkmoor
1978 · John Stedman
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Reverend Henty
The Children of the New Forest
1977 · Justice Booth
Target
1977 · Chief Officer
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 · Dr. Schultz
The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · District Commissioner
Poldark
1975 · Ralph Allen Daniell
Dawson's Weekly
1975
Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973 · Detective
Black and Blue
1973 · Detective
Big Zapper
1973 · Jeremiah Horn
Away from It All
1973 · Graham
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972 · Watts
Van der Valk
1972 · Minister
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · James Ladbroke, Q.C.
Brett
1971
Brett
1971 · Mason
Budgie
1971 · Mr. Pratt
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Herbert Ward
The Yes Girls
1971 · King Reiter
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