Jack May
Age: 75 | From: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1922-04-23 06:23:51
Death: 1997-09-19 06:23:51
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(1956) Caradoc
The Main Chance
(1969) Harry Turner
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
(1955) Citizen (uncredited)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) James Ladbroke, Q.C.
UFO
(1970) English Delegate
A Night to Remember
(1958) Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
The Bounty
(1984) Richter
Brief Encounter
(1945) Boat Rental Man (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Grandfather | |
| 1990 | Vicar | |
| 1988 | Igor | |
| Psychiatrist | ||
| 1985 | Dr Stevens | |
| Sir Harry Stamp | ||
| 1984 | Richter | |
| 1983 | Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster | |
| N/A | ||
| Criton | ||
| Brigadier General | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1981 | Mr. Franklyn | |
| Lord Runciman | ||
| Garkbit (Head Waiter) | ||
| Garkbit (Head Waiter) | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Lord Chancellor | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| John Stedman | ||
| Reverend Henty | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Dr. Schultz | |
| 1975 | District Commissioner | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Detective | |
| N/A | ||
| Jeremiah Horn | ||
| 1972 | Watts | |
| Minister | ||
| 1971 | James Ladbroke, Q.C. | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Dr. Selbourne | |
| English Delegate | ||
| Emma's father | ||
| 1969 | Price (uncredited) | |
| Derrick Asher | ||
| Harry Turner | ||
| General Hermack | ||
| Judge Lomax | ||
| 1968 | Inspector Seekert | |
| 1967 | Toby | |
| 1966 | Shopkeeper | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Evans | |
| 1962 | MO | |
| Inspector Hudson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Burton | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | Police Sergeant | |
| N/A | ||
| Edwards | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1958 | Steerage Passenger (uncredited) | |
| Navy Doctor | ||
| Mr. Collins | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Richard Johnson | ||
| 1956 | Caradoc | |
| 1955 | Citizen (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1951 | Sailor on the Dunbar | |
| 1950 | Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Boat Rental Man (uncredited) | |
| Choir Member (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Mourner | |
| 1943 | Postman | |
| Old Man | ||
| Postman (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
