Jack May

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-04-23 (75 years old)

Deathday

1997-09-19

Place of Birth

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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)....

Acting

1975

The Man Who Would Be King

as District Commissioner

1985

1945

Brief Encounter

as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)

1984

The Bounty

as Prosecuting Captain

1943

The Gentle Sex

as Postman (uncredited)

1970

Emma's Time

as Emma's father

1960

1960

There Was a Crooked Man

as Police Sergeant

1958

A Night to Remember

as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)

1962

The Traitors

as Burton

1981

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

as Garkbit (Head Waiter)

1950

The Blue Lamp

as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

1951

Pool of London

as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Price (uncredited)

1981

1970

Trog

as Dr. Selbourne

1973

1962

Solo for Sparrow

as Inspector Hudson

1957

Cat Girl

as Richard Johnson

1958

The Silent Enemy

as Navy Doctor

1979

Whinfrey's Last Case

as General Chapman

1976

1943

Deadlock

as Postman

1979

Henry VIII

as Lord Chancellor

1944

1943

1973

Big Zapper

as Jeremiah Horn

1985

The Shooting Party

as Sir Harry Stamp

1945

Johnny Frenchman

as Choir Member (uncredited)

1983

The Return of the Soldier

as Brigadier General

1988

Hard Road

as Psychiatrist

1994

Willie's War

as Grandfather

1983

A Swarm in May

as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster

1969

1968

A Twist of Sand

as Inspector Seekert

1954

The Gay Dog

as Pub Customer

1971

The Yes Girls

as King Reiter

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