Acting
Jack May
1922-04-23 · Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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
The Man Who Would Be King
Brief Encounter
Doctor Who
The Bounty
A Night to Remember
Count Duckula
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Avengers
Jeeves and Wooster
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
This Happy Breed
The Blue Lamp
UFO
The Doctor and the Devils
Two-Way Stretch
Movie credits · 57
Without Air
Willie's War
More Children's Holiday Favourites
More Children's Summer Stories
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Hard Road
The Doctor and the Devils
The Shooting Party
The Bounty
A Swarm in May
The Return of the Soldier
Friends and Other Lovers
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Whinfrey's Last Case
Henry VIII
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Man Who Would Be King
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Big Zapper
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
The Yes Girls
Trog
Emma's Time
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Night After Night After Night
A Twist of Sand
How I Won the War
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Last Invasion
Stranger in the Family
In Search of Sierra Nine
A Prize of Arms
Solo for Sparrow
The Traitors
Two-Way Stretch
There Was a Crooked Man
TV credits · 49
Jeeves and Wooster
Count Duckula
Big Muzzy
Bulman
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Escape
Shoestring
A Horseman Riding By
Hawkmoor
All Creatures Great and Small
The Children of the New Forest
Target
Poldark
Dawson's Weekly
Black and Blue
Away from It All
Van der Valk
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Brett
Budgie
The Ten Commandments
UFO
The Main Chance
You Can't Win
Adam Adamant Lives!
Out of the Unknown
Six Shades of Black
The Wednesday Play
Detective
The Protectors
Doctor Who
Festival
Espionage
The Spread of the Eagle
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Richard the Lionheart
A for Andromeda
The Avengers
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