Michael Jayston
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday29 October 1935
Died5 February 2024 (age 88)
Place of birthNottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known credits94
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.
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Self
Remembers…
2022
From This Day Forward
2019 · Him
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Self
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016 · Self
Albert's Memorial
2009 · Albert
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Bradley
Finisterre
2003 · Narrator (Voice)
The Royal
2003 · Henry Appleton
Foyle's War
2002 · AC Henry Parkins
A Dinner of Herbs
2000 · Justice Craig
Holby City
1999 · Judge
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997 · Admiral Sellings
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Reverend Arthur Gould
Element of Doubt
1996 · Kirk
First Kid
1996 · Original Music Composer
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · Jack Donovan
Outside Edge
1994 · Bob Willis
99-1
1994 · Chauncy
Heartbeat
1992 · Michael Harvey
Heartbeat
1992 · Gerald Hudson
The Darling Buds of May
1991 · Ernest Bristow
Cluedo
1990 · Colonel Mustard
Haggard
1990
Stay Lucky
1989 · Valentine
Somewhere to Run
1989 · Roger Fitzpatrick
Press Gang
1989 · Colonel X
A Bit of a Do
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Quentin Nightingale
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987 · Randall Perry
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986 · The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986 · The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · The Valeyard
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Drayton Thomas
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986 · The Valeyard
Casualty
1986 · Ian
Casualty
1986 · David Northwick
Time for Murder
1985 · Austin Tupp
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Big Deal
1984 · Grover
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · The Earl of Rufton
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
From a Far Country
1981 · Narrator (voice)
Lady Killers
1980 · Frederick Henry Seddon
Dominique
1980 · Arnold Craven
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