Cast
Jack May
Acting
Cast
Jack May
Known for
Acting
Born
1922-04-23
From
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Died
1997-09-19
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.
★7.7
MOVIE1945
Brief Encounter
as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1984
The Bounty
as Prosecuting Captain
★7.5
MOVIE1975
The Man Who Would Be King
as District Commissioner
★7.6
MOVIE1958
A Night to Remember
as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1985
The Doctor and the Devils
as Dr Stevens
★4.9
MOVIE1957
Cat Girl
as Richard Johnson
★6.6
MOVIE1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Reveller
★5.6
MOVIE1967
How I Won the War
as Toby
★6.7
MOVIE1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Price (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1944
This Happy Breed
as Mourner
★6.1
MOVIE1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Shopkeeper
★6.9
MOVIE1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
★6.2
MOVIE1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Dr. Schultz
★6.6
MOVIE1951
Pool of London
as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1958
The Silent Enemy
as Navy Doctor
★4.5
MOVIE1970
Trog
as Dr. Selbourne
★6.3
MOVIE1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier General
★6.6
MOVIE1950
The Blue Lamp
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Garkbit (Head Waiter)
★10.0
MOVIE1997
Without Air
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Gentle Sex
as Postman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1960
Two-Way Stretch
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1979
Henry VIII
as Lord Chancellor
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Friends and Other Lovers
as Mr. Franklyn
★5.6
MOVIE1943
Millions Like Us
as Old Man
★5.6
MOVIE1969
Night After Night After Night
as Judge Lomax
MOVIE1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Igor/Giant (voice)
MOVIE1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Igor (voice)
★9.5
MOVIE1979
Whinfrey's Last Case
as General Chapman
★6.6
MOVIE1960
There Was a Crooked Man
as Police Sergeant
MOVIE1962
Solo for Sparrow
as Inspector Hudson
★6.6
MOVIE1985
The Shooting Party
as Sir Harry Stamp
MOVIE1988
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Sea Rat (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1962
A Prize of Arms
as MO
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Johnny Frenchman
as Choir Member (uncredited)
★2.6
MOVIE1971
The Yes Girls
as King Reiter
★5.5
MOVIE1960
The Professionals
as Edwards
★4.0
MOVIE1973
Big Zapper
as Jeremiah Horn
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Trouble in Store
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
MOVIE1972
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Watts
★5.2
MOVIE1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as General Hermack
★4.9
MOVIE1968
A Twist of Sand
as Inspector Seekert
★7.0
MOVIE1954
The Gay Dog
as Pub Customer
MOVIE1989
More Children's Summer Stories
as Igor (voice)
MOVIE1966
The Last Invasion
MOVIE1990
More Children's Holiday Favourites
as Igor (voice)
MOVIE1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Lord Runciman
MOVIE1970
Emma's Time
as Emma's father
★5.8
MOVIE1962
The Traitors
as Burton
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Stranger in the Family
as Evans
★8.0
MOVIE1973
Soap Opera in Stockwell
as Detective
★4.5
MOVIE1953
Behind the Headlines
★6.5
MOVIE1983
A Swarm in May
as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
★6.5
MOVIE1988
Hard Road
as Psychiatrist
★5.5
MOVIE1943
Deadlock
as Postman
★8.5
MOVIE1994
Willie's War
as Grandfather