Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 29, 1935
Died
Feb 05, 2024
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Credits
94 titles
Michael Jayston
Biography
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Known For
Filmography
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Remembers…
From This Day Forward
Him
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Self
Albert's Memorial
Albert
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Murder in Suburbia
Bradley
Finisterre
Narrator (Voice)
The Royal
Henry Appleton
Foyle's War
AC Henry Parkins
A Dinner of Herbs
Justice Craig
Holby City
Judge
Midsomer Murders
Reverend Arthur Gould
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Admiral Sellings
Element of Doubt
Kirk
First Kid
Original Music Composer
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Jack Donovan
Outside Edge
Bob Willis
99-1
Chauncy
Heartbeat
Michael Harvey
The Darling Buds of May
Ernest Bristow
Cluedo
Colonel Mustard
Haggard
Stay Lucky
Valentine
Somewhere to Run
Roger Fitzpatrick
Press Gang
Colonel X
A Bit of a Do
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Quentin Nightingale
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Randall Perry
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Valeyard
Worlds Beyond
Drayton Thomas
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Valeyard
Casualty
Ian
Time for Murder
Austin Tupp
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Big Deal
Grover
Sherlock Holmes
The Earl of Rufton
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
From a Far Country
Narrator (voice)
Lady Killers
Frederick Henry Seddon
Dominique
Arnold Craven
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Guillam
Gossip from the Forest
Alfred Maiberling
Zulu Dawn
Col. Crealock
Tales of the Unexpected
G.B. Shaw