
Michael Jayston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1935
- Died
- February 5, 2024 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
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Filmography

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Movie · as self

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie · as Self

Remembers…
TV · 1 ep

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Movie

From This Day Forward
Movie · as Him

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV · as Self · 4 eps

UFO From Earth to the Moon
Movie · as Self

Albert's Memorial
Movie · as Albert

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Movie

Murder in Suburbia
TV · as Bradley · 1 ep

Finisterre
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

The Royal
TV · as Henry Appleton · 3 eps

Foyle's War
TV · as AC Henry Parkins · 2 eps

A Dinner of Herbs
TV · as Justice Craig · 3 eps

Holby City
TV · as Judge · 1 ep

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie · as Admiral Sellings

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Reverend Arthur Gould · 1 ep

Element of Doubt
Movie · as Kirk

Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Movie · as Jack Donovan

Outside Edge
TV · as Bob Willis · 15 eps

99-1
TV · as Chauncy · 1 ep

Heartbeat
TV · as Michael Harvey, Gerald Hudson · 2 eps

The Darling Buds of May
TV · as Ernest Bristow · 4 eps
Haggard
TV · 14 eps

Cluedo
TV · as Colonel Mustard · 6 eps
Somewhere to Run
Movie · as Roger Fitzpatrick

Press Gang
TV · as Colonel X · 1 ep

Stay Lucky
TV · as Valentine · 1 ep

A Bit of a Do
TV · as Neville Badger · 12 eps
About Face
TV · as Michael · 1 ep
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Movie · as Randall Perry

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Quentin Nightingale · 3 eps

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Movie · as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie · as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Movie · as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Movie · as The Valeyard

Casualty
TV · as Ian, David Northwick · 1 ep

Worlds Beyond
TV · as Drayton Thomas · 1 ep

C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV · 1 ep

Time for Murder
TV · as Austin Tupp · 1 ep

Sherlock Holmes
TV · as The Earl of Rufton · 1 ep

Big Deal
TV · as Grover · 3 eps

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Movie

From a Far Country
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Dominique
Movie · as Arnold Craven

Lady Killers
TV · as Frederick Henry Seddon · 1 ep

Zulu Dawn
Movie · as Col. Crealock

Gossip from the Forest
Movie · as Alfred Maiberling

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as G.B. Shaw · 1 ep

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV · as Peter Guillam · 7 eps

She Fell Among Thieves
Movie · as Mansel
The Last Romantic
Movie · as James

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Mansel · 1 ep

King Lear
Movie · as Edmund

Quiller
TV · as Quiller · 13 eps

The Internecine Project
Movie · as David Baker

Craze
Movie · as Detective Sgt. Wall
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Jack Worthing

A Coffin for the Bride
Movie · as Mark Walker

Churchill's People
TV · as Henry, Bishop of Norwich · 1 ep

Tales That Witness Madness
Movie · as Brian (segment "Mel")

The Homecoming
Movie · as Teddy

The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Gratiano

Bequest to the Nation
Movie · as Capt. Hardy

Ring Once for Death
Movie · as Roger Masters

Jane Eyre
TV · as Mr Rochester · 5 eps

Thriller
TV · as Roger Masters, Mark Walker · 1 ep

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)

Follow Me!
Movie · as Charles

The Edwardians
TV · as Frederick Henry Royce · 1 ep

Crown Court
TV · as Keith Saunders QC · 3 eps

Nicholas and Alexandra
Movie · as Nicholas

Competition
Movie · as Jimmy
Green Julia
Movie · as Jake
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Cromwell
Movie · as Henry Ireton

Macbeth
Movie · as Macbeth

The Hero of My Life
Movie · as Charles Dickens

Mad Jack
Movie

UFO
TV · as Russell Stone · 1 ep
Solo
TV · 1 ep
Biography
TV · as Ludwig van Beethoven · 1 ep

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Jake · 1 ep
Happy Ever After
TV · as Stafford · 1 ep

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Demetrius

Callan
TV · 1 ep

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Gerry Hackett · 1 ep

Love's Labour's Lost
Movie · as Longaville

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as John 'Jack' Worthing, Edmund · 1 ep

The Power Game
TV · as Lincoln Dowling · 13 eps

Detective
TV · 1 ep

The Wednesday Play
TV · as Siegfried Sassoon · 1 ep

Doctor Who
TV · as The Valeyard · 14 eps

Coronation Street
TV · as Judge · 1 ep

Armchair Theatre
TV · as Jimmy · 1 ep



