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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-04-23
- event Death Date 1997-09-19
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.4
- info Birth Place Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jack May
7.5
The Man Who Would Be King
1975-12-03
6.3
The Doctor and the Devils
1985-10-04
7.7
Brief Encounter
1945-11-24
6.7
The Bounty
1984-05-04
6.9
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954-11-01
7.1
The Gentle Sex
1943-05-23
0
Emma's Time
1970-05-13
5.5
The Professionals
1960-01-01
6.6
There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31
7.7
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
5.6
Night After Night After Night
1969-01-01
5.8
The Traitors
1962-05-01
7.2
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981-02-09
6.7
The Blue Lamp
1950-01-19
6.6
Pool of London
1951-02-20
6.7
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969-11-05
6.7
A Prize of Arms
1962-12-11
0
The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
1972-10-17
8
Friends and Other Lovers
1981-08-05
4.6
Trog
1970-10-24
7
Stranger in the Family
1965-10-18
8
Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973-09-11
0
Solo for Sparrow
1962-09-01
4.9
Cat Girl
1957-09-01
6
The Silent Enemy
1958-03-04
9.5
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979-10-10
6.3
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976-10-24
0
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981-03-04
5.5
Deadlock
1943-10-01
6.1
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
6.6
Henry VIII
1979-02-25
7.2
This Happy Breed
1944-05-28
5.7
Millions Like Us
1943-06-01
4
Big Zapper
1973-07-05
5.6
How I Won the War
1967-10-18
6.6
The Shooting Party
1985-02-01
6.8
Johnny Frenchman
1945-10-29
6.3
The Return of the Soldier
1983-01-06
8.5
Willie's War
1994-01-01
6.5
Hard Road
1988-01-01
6.5
A Swarm in May
1983-12-26
5.2
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969-04-12
4.9
A Twist of Sand
1968-10-09
0
The Last Invasion
1966-08-24
7
The Gay Dog
1954-06-01
4.5
Behind the Headlines
1953-10-09
6.6
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948-10-04
2.6
The Yes Girls
1971-01-01
0
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988-02-01
0
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989-05-01
0
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989-05-01
0
More Children's Summer Stories
1989-06-05
0
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990-06-04
6.2
Trouble in Store
1953-12-14
10
Without Air
1997-04-11
6.8
Two-Way Stretch
1960-12-20
7.5
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966-06-23
8.1
Jeeves and Wooster
1990-04-22
8.1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981-01-05
7.9
Count Duckula
1988-09-06
7.8
The Avengers
1961-01-07
7.8
UFO
1970-09-16
6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983-10-03
7
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956-09-15
6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-08-16
6.2
Van der Valk
1972-09-13
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
5.3
An Age of Kings
1960-04-28
8
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955-09-28
8.3
The Main Chance
1969-06-18
0
Nicholas Nickleby
1957-10-18
7
Dawson's Weekly
1975-06-12
0
Escape
1980-09-12
0
You Can't Win
1966-07-07
5
Brett
1971-04-26
8.3
The Main Chance
1969-06-18
9
Hawkmoor
1978-01-29
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978-01-08
7.6
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20
7.2
Budgie
1971-04-09
7.4
Danger Man
1960-09-11
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950-01-01
5.3
An Age of Kings
1960-04-28
0
The Spread of the Eagle
1963-05-03
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30
0
The Ten Commandments
1971-03-30
9
Richard the Lionheart
1962-06-04
8
Festival
1963-10-09
7
Target
1977-09-09
6.5
Black and Blue
1973-08-14
7
Pride and Prejudice
1958-01-24
5
Brett
1971-04-26
6.9
Poldark
1975-10-05
8
Mark Saber
1954-10-01
7
A Horseman Riding By
1978-09-24
5.5
A for Andromeda
1961-10-03
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
7.2
Out of the Unknown
1965-10-04
7.4
Shoestring
1979-09-30
9
The Children of the New Forest
1977-11-13
7
Bulman
1985-06-05
9
Detective
1964-03-30
6.8
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982-09-07
8.5
Big Muzzy
1987-10-05
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
10
Espionage
1963-10-02