Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 23, 1922
Died
Sep 19, 1997
Place of Birth
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Credits
104 titles
Jack May
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.
Known For
Filmography
Without Air
Willie's War
Grandfather
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Igor (voice)
Jeeves and Wooster
Vicar
More Children's Summer Stories
Igor (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Igor (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Igor/Giant (voice)
Count Duckula
Igor (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Sea Rat (voice)
Hard Road
Psychiatrist
Big Muzzy
Muzzy (voice)
The Doctor and the Devils
Dr Stevens
Bulman
Sir Thomas Boycott
The Shooting Party
Sir Harry Stamp
The Bounty
Prosecuting Captain
A Swarm in May
Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Return of the Soldier
Brigadier General
The Agatha Christie Hour
Colonel Jaggers
Friends and Other Lovers
Mr. Franklyn
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Lord Runciman
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Garkbit (Head Waiter)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Garkbit (Head Waiter)
Escape
Whinfrey's Last Case
General Chapman
Shoestring
Judge
Henry VIII
Lord Chancellor
A Horseman Riding By
Lord Gilroy
Hawkmoor
John Stedman
All Creatures Great and Small
Reverend Henty
The Children of the New Forest
Justice Booth
Target
Chief Officer
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Dr. Schultz
The Man Who Would Be King
District Commissioner
Poldark
Ralph Allen Daniell
Dawson's Weekly
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Detective
Black and Blue
Detective
Big Zapper
Jeremiah Horn
Away from It All
Graham
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Watts
Van der Valk
Minister
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
James Ladbroke, Q.C.
Brett
Budgie
Mr. Pratt
The Ten Commandments
Herbert Ward
The Yes Girls
King Reiter
Trog
Dr. Selbourne
UFO
English Delegate
Emma's Time
Emma's father