Jack May

Actor Apr 23 (died age 75) Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK 1943–1997 (54 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Brief Encounter

Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

Film

The Man Who Would Be King

District Commissioner

Film

A Night to Remember

Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

Film

The Bounty

Prosecuting Captain

Film

Count Duckula

Igor (voice)

Film

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Garkbit (Head Waiter)

Film

This Happy Breed

Mourner

Film

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Dr. Schultz

Filmography

Acting (99)

Movies (57)

Without Air

1997

Willie's War

1994

as Grandfather

7.0

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

as Igor (voice)

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Igor (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Igor (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

as Igor/Giant (voice)

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

as Sea Rat (voice)

Hard Road

as Psychiatrist

The Shooting Party

as Sir Harry Stamp

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

as Dr Stevens

6.2

The Bounty

1984

as Prosecuting Captain

6.7

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as Sea Rat (voice)

The Return of the Soldier

1983

as Brigadier General

6.2

A Swarm in May

1983

as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster

6.0

Friends and Other Lovers

1981

as Mr. Franklyn

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981

as Garkbit (Head Waiter)

7.2

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

1981

as Lord Runciman

Whinfrey's Last Case

as General Chapman

Henry VIII

as Lord Chancellor

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

as Dr. Schultz

6.2

The Man Who Would Be King

1975

as District Commissioner

7.5

Big Zapper

1973

as Jeremiah Horn

2.3

Soap Opera in Stockwell

1973

as Detective

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

1972

as Watts

The Yes Girls

as King Reiter

Trog

as Dr. Selbourne

Emma's Time

as Emma's father

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969

as Price (uncredited)

6.6

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

1969

as General Hermack

5.2

Night After Night After Night

as Judge Lomax

A Twist of Sand

as Inspector Seekert

How I Won the War

as Toby

The Last Invasion

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Shopkeeper

6.0

Stranger in the Family

1965

as Evans

The Traitors

as Burton

A Prize of Arms

as MO

Solo for Sparrow

as Inspector Hudson

The Professionals

1960

as Edwards

Two-Way Stretch

1960

as Prison Visitor (uncredited)

6.7

There Was a Crooked Man

as Police Sergeant

The Silent Enemy

as Navy Doctor

A Night to Remember

as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

7.7

Cat Girl

1957

as Richard Johnson

4.6

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Gay Dog

as Pub Customer

Behind the Headlines

Trouble in Store

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

6.1

Pool of London

1951

as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)

6.5

The Blue Lamp

1950

as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

6.6

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948

as Reveller

6.4

Brief Encounter

1945

as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

7.7

Johnny Frenchman

1945

as Choir Member (uncredited)

This Happy Breed

as Mourner

The Gentle Sex

as Postman (uncredited)

Deadlock

as Postman

Millions Like Us

as Old Man

Television (42)

Jeeves and Wooster

as Vicar

Count Duckula

as Igor (voice)

Bulman

as Sir Thomas Boycott

6.7

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983

6.5

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

6.7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981

as Garkbit (Head Waiter)

Escape

Shoestring

as Judge

All Creatures Great and Small

as Reverend Henty

A Horseman Riding By

as Lord Gilroy

Hawkmoor

as John Stedman

Target

1977

as Chief Officer

6.3

The Children of the New Forest

1977

as Justice Booth

Poldark

1975

as Ralph Allen Daniell

Dawson's Weekly

Black and Blue

as Detective

Van der Valk

as Minister

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

as James Ladbroke, Q.C.

Budgie

as Mr. Pratt

The Ten Commandments

as Herbert Ward

Brett

as Mason

UFO

as English Delegate

The Main Chance

as Derrick Asher

Adam Adamant Lives!

You Can't Win

Out of the Unknown

as Evans

The Wednesday Play

as Lt. Krov

Festival

as Voice of God (voice)

8.0

The Spread of the Eagle

1963

as Casca

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

6.0

Richard the Lionheart

1962

as Knight

The Avengers

A for Andromeda

as Major Quadring

Danger Man

as Third Secretary

An Age of Kings

as Duke of York

No Hiding Place

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr Collins

Nicholas Nickleby

1957

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956

as Caradoc

6.5

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955

as Citizen (uncredited)

Mark Saber

as Newsvendor

Sunday Night Theatre

as David Gottlieb