Jack May
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.
The Man Who Would Be King
(District Commissioner)
The Doctor and the Devils
(Dr Stevens)
Brief Encounter
(Boat Rental Man (uncredited))
The Bounty
(Prosecuting Captain)
The Men of Sherwood Forest
The Gentle Sex
(Postman (uncredited))
Emma's Time
(Emma's father)
The Professionals
(Edwards)
There Was a Crooked Man
(Police Sergeant)
A Night to Remember
(Steerage Passenger (uncredited))
Night After Night After Night
(Judge Lomax)
The Traitors
(Burton)
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
(Garkbit (Head Waiter))
The Blue Lamp
(Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited))
Pool of London
(Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited))
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Price (uncredited))
A Prize of Arms
(MO)
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
(Watts)
Friends and Other Lovers
(Mr. Franklyn)
Trog
(Dr. Selbourne)
Stranger in the Family
(Evans)
Soap Opera in Stockwell
(Detective)
Solo for Sparrow
(Inspector Hudson)
Cat Girl
(Richard Johnson)
The Silent Enemy
(Navy Doctor)
Whinfrey's Last Case
(General Chapman)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
(Dr. Schultz)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
(Lord Runciman)
Deadlock
(Postman)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(Shopkeeper)
Henry VIII
(Lord Chancellor)
This Happy Breed
(Mourner)
Millions Like Us
(Old Man)
Big Zapper
(Jeremiah Horn)
How I Won the War
(Toby)
The Shooting Party
(Sir Harry Stamp)
Johnny Frenchman
(Choir Member (uncredited))
The Return of the Soldier
(Brigadier General)
Hard Road
(Psychiatrist)
Willie's War
(Grandfather)
A Swarm in May
(Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster)
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
(General Hermack)
A Twist of Sand
(Inspector Seekert)
The Last Invasion
Adam Adamant Lives!
Jeeves and Wooster
(Vicar)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(Garkbit (Head Waiter))
Softly, Softly
Shoestring
Count Duckula
(Igor)
The Avengers
UFO
(English Delegate)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(Caradoc)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Van der Valk
(Minister)
No Hiding Place
The Cleopatras
(Criton)
Target
Black and Blue
An Age of Kings
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
(Citizen (uncredited))
The Main Chance
(Derrick Asher)
Nicholas Nickleby
Dawson's Weekly
A Horseman Riding By
BBC Television Shakespeare
Escape
You Can't Win
The Agatha Christie Hour
Brett
The Main Chance
(Harry Turner)
Hawkmoor
(John Stedman)
All Creatures Great and Small
(Reverend Henty)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(James Ladbroke, Q.C.)
Pride and Prejudice
(Mr. Collins)
A for Andromeda
(Major Quadring)