Jack May
- Professione
- Recitazione
- Nascita
- 23 aprile 1922
- Luogo di nascita
- Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Morte
- 19 settembre 1997
Biografia
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.
Film con Jack May
- L'uomo che volle farsi re 1975 · ★ 7.5
- Breve incontro 1945 · ★ 7.7
- Il Bounty 1984 · ★ 6.8
- Titanic, latitudine 41 nord 1958 · ★ 7.7
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 1981 · ★ 7.3
- Dolci vizi al foro 1966 · ★ 6.1
- Sherlock Holmes - Soluzione settepercento 1976 · ★ 6.2
- La famiglia Gibbon 1944 · ★ 7.1
- I giovani uccidono 1950 · ★ 6.6
- Il dottore e i diavoli 1985 · ★ 6.3
- Un alibi (troppo) perfetto 1960 · ★ 6.7
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969 · ★ 6.8
- Il terrore di Londra 1970 · ★ 4.6
- Come ho vinto la guerra 1967 · ★ 5.7
- Città in agguato 1951 · ★ 6.6
- Battuta di caccia 1985 · ★ 6.6
- Trouble in Store 1953 · ★ 6.1
- Prigioniero del passato 1983 · ★ 6.3
- Sarabanda tragica 1948 · ★ 6.6
- Psycus 1957 · ★ 4.9
- The Silent Enemy 1958 · ★ 5.9
- La spada di Robin Hood 1954 · ★ 6.9
- Due nella tempesta 1943 · ★ 5.6
- The Gentle Sex 1943 · ★ 7.0
- A Prize of Arms 1962 · ★ 6.7
- Night After Night After Night 1969 · ★ 5.6
- Vortice di sabbia 1968 · ★ 4.9
- There Was a Crooked Man 1960 · ★ 6.6
- Doctor Who: The Space Pirates 1969 · ★ 5.2
- The Traitors 1962 · ★ 5.8
- Henry VIII 1979 · ★ 6.6
- I figli del mare 1945 · ★ 6.8
- The Gay Dog 1954 · ★ 7.0
- The Yes Girls 1971 · ★ 2.6
- Deadlock 1943 · ★ 5.5
- Big Zapper 1973 · ★ 4.0
- The Professionals 1960 · ★ 5.5
- Whinfrey's Last Case 1979 · ★ 9.5
- Willie's War 1994 · ★ 8.5
- Hard Road 1988 · ★ 6.5