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Michael Jayston
British actor (1935-2024) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 88
Michael A. James, known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971).
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Alec Guinness: A Class ActFilm, 20242019
From This Day ForwardFilm, Him2009
Albert's MemorialFilm, Albert2008
The Making of The Trial of a Time LordFilm2002
Foyle's WarSeries, AC Henry Parkins1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Reverend Arthur Gould
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaFilm, 1997Admiral Sellings1994
Highlander III: The SorcererFilm, Jack Donovan1991
The Darling Buds of MaySeries, Ernest Bristow1987
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries, Quentin Nightingale1986
Doctor Who: MindwarpFilm, The Valeyard1984
Sherlock HolmesSeries, The Earl of Rufton1981
From a Far CountryFilm, Narrator (voice)1979
Gossip from the ForestFilm, Alfred Maiberling1975
King LearFilm, Edmund1973
ThrillerSeries, Roger Masters
Bequest to the NationFilm, 1973Capt. Hardy1972
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFilm, Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)1971Film '72Series1970
CromwellFilm, Henry Ireton1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Jake1965
Love's Labour's LostFilm, Longaville1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Siegfried Sassoon1960
Coronation StreetSeries, Judge1935Born29 October 1935People around Michael
Hal B. Wallis Produced Follow Me! and Bequest to the Nation
Michael Anderson Directed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1998)
Colin Baker Also in Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)- Peter Hall Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Ken Hughes Directed Cromwell and The Internecine Project
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Also in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Lynda Bellingham Also in Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
Ian Holm Also in Nicholas and Alexandra (1974)
James Faulkner Produced Zulu Dawn (1979), also in Borgia
Freddie Francis Directed Tales That Witness Madness (1973)- James Cossins Also in Follow Me! and Love's Labour's Lost
Laurence Olivier Also in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Alec Guinness Also in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Cromwell
Barry Levinson Produced The Internecine Project (1977)
Flora Robson Also in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Julian Glover Also in The Internecine Project (1977)
Oliver Hirschbiegel Directed Borgia
Christopher Cazenove Also in Zulu Dawn and From a Far Country
Jonathan Lynn Also in She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
Michael Hordern Also in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Fiona Fullerton Also in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Rick McCallum Produced Borgia
Dorothy Tutin Also in Cromwell and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries- Nigel Stock Also in Cromwell and Bequest to the Nation
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Nicholas and Alexandra 1971
Cromwell 1970
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1972
Zulu Dawn 1979
Tales That Witness Madness 1973
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Television 24
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He also made many television appearances, which included portraying Peter Guillam in the miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), 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.
