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Jack May
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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 disrep…
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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.
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Jack May's Filmography
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Without Air
Willie's War
as Grandfather
No Poster
More Children's Holiday Favourites
as Igor (voice)
No Poster
More Children's Summer Stories
as Igor (voice)
No Poster
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
as Igor (voice)
No Poster
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Igor/Giant (voice)
No Poster
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
as Sea Rat (voice)
Hard Road
as Psychiatrist
The Doctor and the Devils
as Dr Stevens
The Shooting Party
as Sir Harry Stamp
The Bounty
as Prosecuting Captain
A Swarm in May
as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier General
No Poster
Friends and Other Lovers
as Mr. Franklyn
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Lord Runciman
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Garkbit (Head Waiter)
Whinfrey's Last Case
as General Chapman
Henry VIII
as Lord Chancellor
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Dr. Schultz
The Man Who Would Be King
as District Commissioner
Soap Opera in Stockwell
as Detective
Big Zapper
as Jeremiah Horn
No Poster
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
as Watts
The Yes Girls
as King Reiter
Trog
as Dr. Selbourne
Emma's Time
as Emma's father
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Price (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
as General Hermack
Night After Night After Night
as Judge Lomax
A Twist of Sand
as Inspector Seekert
How I Won the War
as Toby
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Shopkeeper
No Poster
The Last Invasion
Stranger in the Family
as Evans
No Poster
In Search of Sierra Nine
as Father Gabriel
A Prize of Arms
as MO
Solo for Sparrow
as Inspector Hudson
The Traitors
as Burton
Two-Way Stretch
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
There Was a Crooked Man
as Police Sergeant
The Professionals
as Edwards
A Night to Remember
as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
The Silent Enemy
as Navy Doctor
Cat Girl
as Richard Johnson
The Men of Sherwood Forest
The Gay Dog
as Pub Customer
Trouble in Store
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Behind the Headlines
Pool of London
as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)
The Blue Lamp
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Reveller
Brief Encounter
as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
Johnny Frenchman
as Choir Member (uncredited)
This Happy Breed
as Mourner
Deadlock
as Postman
Millions Like Us
as Old Man
The Gentle Sex
as Postman (uncredited)