Jack May
Acting
103 titles
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.
Filmography
Without Air
1997
Willie's War
1994
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
Count Duckula
1988
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
Hard Road
1988
Big Muzzy
1987
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
Bulman
1985
The Shooting Party
1985
The Bounty
1984
A Swarm in May
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Return of the Soldier
1983
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Friends and Other Lovers
1981
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
Escape
1980
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979
Shoestring
1979
Henry VIII
1979
A Horseman Riding By
1978
Hawkmoor
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Children of the New Forest
1977
Target
1977
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
The Man Who Would Be King
1975
Poldark
1975
Dawson's Weekly
1975
Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973
Black and Blue
1973
Big Zapper
1973
Away from It All
1973
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972
Van der Valk
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Brett
1971
Budgie
1971
The Ten Commandments
1971
The Yes Girls
1971
Trog
1970
UFO
1970
Emma's Time
1970
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
The Main Chance
1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969
Night After Night After Night
1969
A Twist of Sand
1968
How I Won the War
1967
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
The Last Invasion
1966
You Can't Win
1966
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
Stranger in the Family
1965
Out of the Unknown
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
Detective
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Festival
1963
Espionage
1963
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
A Prize of Arms
1962
Solo for Sparrow
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Richard the Lionheart
1962
The Traitors
1962
A for Andromeda
1961
The Avengers
1961
Two-Way Stretch
1960
Danger Man
1960
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
An Age of Kings
1960
The Professionals
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
A Night to Remember
1958
The Silent Enemy
1958
Pride and Prejudice
1958
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
Cat Girl
1957
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
Mark Saber
1954
The Gay Dog
1954
Trouble in Store
1953
Behind the Headlines
1953
Pool of London
1951
The Blue Lamp
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Brief Encounter
1945
Johnny Frenchman
1945
This Happy Breed
1944
Deadlock
1943
Millions Like Us
1943
The Gentle Sex
1943