Birthday
1935/10/29
Day of death
2024/02/05 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also know as
Michael James
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.
(1981) From a Far Country
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Admiral Sellings
(1994) Highlander III: The Sorcerer
as Jack Donovan
(1970) Cromwell
as Henry Ireton
(1989) Somewhere to Run
as Roger Fitzpatrick
(1972) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
(1973) Tales That Witness Madness
as Brian (segment "Mel")
(1971) Nicholas and Alexandra
as Nicholas
(1974) The Internecine Project
as David Baker
(1972) Follow Me!
as Charles
(1974) Craze
as Detective Sgt. Wall
(1973) The Homecoming
as Teddy
(1996) Element of Doubt
as Kirk
(1980) Dominique
as Arnold Craven
(2022) Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
(1973) The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano
(1968) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
(1987) Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Randall Perry
(1970) Macbeth
as Macbeth
(1975) King Lear
as Edmund
(1965) Love's Labour's Lost
as Longaville
(1978) She Fell Among Thieves
as Mansel
(1973) Bequest to the Nation
as Capt. Hardy
(1970) The Hero of My Life
as Charles Dickens
(2019) The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
as ---
(1979) Zulu Dawn
as Col. Crealock
(1979) Gossip from the Forest
as Alfred Maiberling
(1970) Mad Jack
as ---
(1974) The Importance of Being Earnest
as Jack Worthing
(2009) Albert's Memorial
as Albert
(1983) The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
as ---
From This Day Forward
as Him
(2003) Finisterre
as Narrator (Voice)
(1971) Competition
as Jimmy
(1974) A Coffin for the Bride
as Mark Walker
(2008) The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
as ---
(1986) Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Valeyard
(1986) Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Valeyard
(1986) Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Valeyard
(1986) Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Valeyard
(1973) Ring Once for Death
as Roger Masters
(2016) UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
(2024) Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as G.B. Shaw
(1970) UFO
as Russell Stone
(1992) Heartbeat
as Michael Harvey
(1985) C.A.T.S. Eyes
as ---
(1967) Callan
as ---
(1989) A Bit of a Do
as ---
(1990) Haggard
as ---
(1973) Jane Eyre
as Mr Rochester
(1980) Lady Killers
as Frederick Henry Seddon
(1975) Quiller
as Quiller
(1994) Outside Edge
as ---
(1964) Detective
as ---
(1972) The Edwardians
as Mr. Royce
(1979) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Peter Guillam
(1973) Thriller
as Roger Masters
(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Quentin Nightingale
(1973) Thriller
as Mark Walker
(1989) Press Gang
as Colonel X
(1986) Casualty
as Ian
(2003) The Royal
as Henry Appleton
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Reverend Arthur Gould
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as The Earl of Rufton
(1986) Casualty
as David Northwick
(1999) Holby City
as Judge
(2000) A Dinner of Herbs
as Justice Craig
(1985) Time for Murder
as Austin Tupp
(1963) Doctor Who
as The Valeyard
(1992) Heartbeat
as Gerald Hudson
(1960) Coronation Street
as Judge
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Siegfried Sassoon
(1956) Armchair Theatre
as Jimmy
(2002) Foyle's War
as AC Henry Parkins
(1989) Stay Lucky
as Valentine
(1984) Big Deal
as Grover
(1990) Cluedo
as Colonel Mustard
(1977) BBC2 Play of the Week
as Mansel
(1991) The Darling Buds of May
as Ernest Bristow