Joss Ackland
{{Short description|British actor (1928–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joss Ackland
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image = Joss Ackland.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Ackland in The Object of Beauty (1991)
| birth_name = Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|02|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = North Kensington, London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|11|19|1928|02|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Clovelly, Devon, England
| occupation = Actor
| education = Central School of Speech and Drama
| spouse = {{marriage|Rosemary Kirkcaldy|1951|2002|reason=died}}
| children = 7
| years_active = 1945–2014
}}
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles.{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/194/Joss-Ackland/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621063807/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/194/Joss-Ackland/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2009|department=Movies & TV Dept.|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|year=2009|title=Joss Ackland |work=The New York Times|access-date=15 January 2012}} He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987).[http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/film "Film in 1989" - Winners & Nominees] at awards.bafta.org
Early life
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland was born in a basement flat in "then insalubrious" North Kensington, London, on 29 February 1928,{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1caeb2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528035022/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1caeb2|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2016|title=Joss Ackland|publisher=British Film Institute}} the son of Sydney Norman Ackland (died 1981), an Irish journalist who had been sent to England to live with an aunt by his parents for seducing their maid, but subsequently seduced his aunt's maid, Ruth Izod (died 1957), whom he married.My Better Half and Me, Joss Ackland and Rosemary Ackland, Random House, 2010, p. 1People of Today 2017, Debrett's Ltd, 2017, p. 2127[http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Joss-Ackland.html Joss Ackland Biography (1928–).] FilmReference.com. The Acklands' basement flat was one of "a string of similar places" in which they lived, invariably with "one bedroom and the absolute bare essentials"; Ackland described his upbringing in the Ladbroke Grove area as being "very poor".{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/i-remember-the-smell-of-black-dusty-sacks-of-coal-where-i-grew-up-1237882.html | title='I remember the smell of black, dusty sacks of coal'; WHERE I GREW UP | website=The Independent | date=6 September 1997 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/joss-ackland-dies-actor-dq3dq3xgc | title=Joss Ackland obituary }}
Initially educated at Dame Alice Owen's School, Ackland left aged fifteen to become an actor.{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=2023-11-20 |title=Joss Ackland obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/20/joss-ackland-obituary |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Thus, Ackland was trained by Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London.V&A, Theatre and Performance Special Collections, Elsie Fogerty Archive, THM/324
Ackland and Rosemary Kirkcaldy were married on 18 August 1951, when Ackland was 23 and she was 22. She was an actress and Ackland wooed her when they appeared on stage together in Pitlochry, Scotland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/time-and-place-joss-ackland-798qdj2bs08 |title=Time and place: Joss Ackland|first= Hilary|last=Whitney|date=5 July 2023 |via=The Sunday Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211003222856/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-and-place-joss-ackland-798qdj2bs08 |archive-date= 3 October 2021 }} The couple struggled initially as Ackland's acting career was in its infancy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/interview-joss-ackland-love-and-joss-2443493|title=Interview: Joss Ackland - Love and Joss|date= 19 August 2009|work=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh}} In 1954 they moved to Lilongwe in what was then Nyasaland, now Malawi, where Ackland managed a tea plantation for six months but, deciding it was too dangerous, they moved to Cape Town, South Africa. Though they both obtained steady acting jobs in South Africa, after two years they returned to England in 1957.
Career
After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama, he made his professional debut on stage at just 17 years old, starring in the 1945 production of The Hasty Heart. Ackland joined the Old Vic, appearing alongside other notable actors including Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Tom Courtenay. Ackland worked steadily in television and film in the 1960s and 70s.
He worked opposite Alec Guinness in the 1979 television serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, playing sporting journalist and intermittent British espionage operative Jerry Westerby, and his career advanced through the 1980s with important parts in such films as The Sicilian, Lethal Weapon 2, The Hunt for Red October and White Mischief.
On television Ackland appeared as Jephro Rucastle with Jeremy Brett and David Burke in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; the episode entitled "The Copper Beeches". Other appearances included Passion of Mind with Demi Moore and the two-part TV serial Hogfather based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld. He played C. S. Lewis in the television version of Shadowlands before it was adapted into a stage play starring Nigel Hawthorne and then a theatrical film with Anthony Hopkins in the same role.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc5fc3215aed46e991b610095c41bd89 |work=Radio Times |title=Shadowlands|date=22 December 1985|issue=3240|pages=44|via=BBC Genome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408081700/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dc5fc3215aed46e991b610095c41bd89 |archive-date= 2023-04-08}} His voice (as well as that of Roy Dotrice) was heard reading quotations in several episodes of Jacob Bronowski's 1973 documentary series The Ascent of Man.
His voice was also a mainstay of many British television commercials including Yellow Pages, WK Kellogg Co and Homepride.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
Ackland's stage roles included creating the role of Juan Perón in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita opposite Elaine Paige.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/sep/22/evita-review-andrew-lloyd-webber-theatre |first1=Michael |last1=Billington |title=Evita review – breathtaking inventiveness and quicksilver fluency|date=22 September 2014|website=The Guardian}} He also starred in the London production of Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music with Jean Simmons and Hermione Gingold, performing on the RCA Victor original London cast album.{{Cite web|url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/A-Little-Night-Music-1975-Original-London-Cast/3722|title=A Little Night Music - 1975 Original London Cast|via=castalbums.org}}
Ackland appeared in the Pet Shop Boys' 1988 film It Couldn't Happen Here, and in the video for their version of the song Always on My Mind, which was taken from the film.{{Cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-it-couldnt-happen-here-1987-online|title=Watch It Couldn't Happen Here|website=BFI Player}} Several years later, he said in an interview with the Radio Times that he had appeared with the band purely because his grandchildren liked their music.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Ackland also co-starred as Emilio Estevez's mentor and friend Hans in the 1992 Disney The Mighty Ducks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-mighty-ducks-v32593/cast-crew|title=The Mighty Ducks (1992) - Stephen Herek | Cast and Crew|publisher=AllMovie}} He reprised the role four years later in 1996's D3: The Mighty Ducks.
In a 2001 interview with the BBC, Ackland said that he had appeared in some "awful" films due to being a workaholic. He said that he "regretted" appearing in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and the Pet Shop Boys music video. He also criticised former co-star Demi Moore as "not very bright or talented",[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1476550.stm "Joss Ackland admits 'awful' films"]. BBC News. 6 August 2001 though he worked with her again years later in Flawless (2008).
Also in 2007, Ackland appeared in the film How About You opposite Vanessa Redgrave, portraying a recovering alcoholic living in a residential home after being forced to retire and losing his wife to cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bf5354a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516175314/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bf5354a|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2019|title=How about You (2007)|publisher=British Film Institute}}
In 2008, Ackland returned to the small screen as Sir Freddy Butler, a much married baronet, in the ITV1 show Midsomer Murders. The episode was entitled Vixens Run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cpmt/midsomer-murders--series-9---3-vixen/|title=Midsomer Murders - S9 - Episode 3: Vixen's Run - Part One|website=Radio Times|access-date=13 May 2021|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513134733/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cpmt/midsomer-murders--series-9---3-vixen/|url-status=dead}}
In September 2013, Jonathan Miller directed a Gala Performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at the Old Vic in London, with Ackland in the role of Lear.{{cite web|url=http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151|title=The Old Vic - King Lear|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195502/http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151|archive-date=29 October 2013}}
Personal life and death
Ackland and his wife Rosemary (née Kirkcaldy) were married for 51 years. They had seven children,"Travelling with the archetypal Englishman Joss Ackland has spent fifty years in showbusiness" by Alison Jones, The Birmingham Post (12 August, 2008) [CITY Edition]. Retrieved from {{ProQuest|326412989}} thirty-two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.{{Cite web|last=Bohdanowicz|first=Kate|date=22 June 2010|title=Motor neurone disease made Joss Ackland and his wife live life to the full|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full|access-date=9 June 2021|website=Daily Express|language=en}} Despite his filming taking him to far-flung locations, he said Rosemary and he "were hardly ever apart".{{Cite news|last=Whitney|first=Interview by Hilary|title=Time and place: Joss Ackland|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/time-and-place-joss-ackland-798qdj2bs08|access-date=9 June 2021|issn=0140-0460}} Daughter Kirsty married Anthony Shawn Baring, a descendant of the merchant banker Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet and a descendant of Robert Rundell Guinness, founder of the merchant bank Guinness Mahon.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, pp. 1694-5, 2932Burke's Irish Family Records, ed. Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 531
In 1963, their house in Barnes caught fire. Rosemary, who was pregnant at the time, saved their five children but broke her back when jumping from the bedroom window.{{Cite news|date=25 July 2002|title=Ackland pays tribute to 'plucky' wife|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30061326.html|access-date=15 November 2020|work=Irish Examiner|language=en}} She was told she would miscarry and never walk again, but she later gave birth and after 18 months in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, was able to walk again.{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/182273/Motor-neurone-disease-made-Joss-Ackland-and-his-wife-live-life-to-the-full|title=Motor neurone disease made Joss Ackland and his wife live life to the full|first=Kate|last=Bohdanowicz|date=22 June 2010|website=Daily Express}} Their eldest son, Paul, died of a heroin overdose in 1982, aged 29.{{Cite news|last=White|first=Roland|title=Joss Ackland on love life with wife Rosemary|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/joss-ackland-on-love-life-with-wife-rosemary-v36nd83fvcg|access-date=15 November 2020|issn=0140-0460}} In 2000, Rosemary was diagnosed with motor neurone disease; she died on 25 July 2002.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1404337/Rosemary-Ackland.html |url-access=registration | title=Obituary: Rosemary Ackland | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=14 August 2002 | access-date=9 October 2012 | location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822201108/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1404337/Rosemary-Ackland.html |archive-date= 2009-08-22}}
In 2020, Ackland participated in the "Letters Live" project, and was recorded from his home in Clovelly, Devon.{{Cite web|last=Lloyd|first=Howard|date=20 April 2020|title=Legendary Devon actor says crisis can 'breathe strength' into UK|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/legendary-devon-actor-joss-ackland-4061973|access-date=15 November 2020|website=DevonLive|language=en}} His letter reflected on the COVID-19 crisis and his hopes for how the country could draw "strength from adversity".{{cite web|date=11 April 2020|title=92-year-old Joss Ackland reads a letter to the world - #ReadALetter|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03RvlxssMHo|access-date=15 November 2020|via=YouTube}}
Ackland died at home in Clovelly, on 19 November 2023, aged 95.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-midsomer-murders-star-joss-31478801|title=Midsomer Murders star Joss Ackland dies as family pay tribute to actor|first=Harry|last=Rutter|date=19 November 2023|newspaper=Daily Mirror|access-date=19 November 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/joss-ackland-dead-white-mischief-lethal-weapon-2-star-was-95-obituary-1235627487/|title=Joss Ackland Dies: 'White Mischief' And 'Lethal Weapon 2' Star Was 95|date=19 November 2023 |publisher=Deadline}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1949
| Landfall | O'Neill (uncredited) |
| 1950
| | |
| 1952
| Ron, a seaman | |
| 1959
| data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Dream, A" | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |
| 1962
| Seaman on yacht (uncredited) | |
| 1966
| The Bishop | |
| 1969
| Carter | |
| 1970
| data-sort-value="House That Dripped Blood, The" | The House That Dripped Blood | Neville Rogers | |
| rowspan="2" | 1971
| Villain | Edgar Lewis | |
| Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
| The Leader | |
| 1972
| data-sort-value="Happiness Cage, The" | The Happiness Cage | Dr Frederick | |
| rowspan="4" | 1973
| Gen. Burgdorf | |
| Penny Gold
| Jones | |
| England Made Me
| Haller | |
| data-sort-value="Three Musketeers, The" | The Three Musketeers
| D'Artagnan's Father | |
| rowspan="4" | 1974
| data-sort-value="Black Windmill, The" | The Black Windmill | Chief Supt. Wray | |
| S*P*Y*S
| Martinson | |
| data-sort-value="Little Prince, The" | The Little Prince
| The King | |
| Great Expectations
| Joe Gargery | |
| rowspan="3" | 1975
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | B.J. Spence | |
| Royal Flash
| Sapten | |
| Operation Daybreak
| Janák | |
| 1977
| data-sort-value="Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It, The" | The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It | President | |
| rowspan="4" | 1978
| Black Rabbit (voice) |
| Silver Bears
| Henry Foreman | |
| data-sort-value="Greek Tycoon, The" | The Greek Tycoon
| (uncredited) | |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
| Cantrell | |
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| data-sort-value="Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A" | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Prison Warden (uncredited) | |
| Saint Jack
| Yardley | |
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| Insp. Vanderveld | |
| data-sort-value="Apple, The" | The Apple
| Hippie Leader/Mr Topps | |
| 1985
| data-sort-value="Zed & Two Noughts, A" | A Zed & Two Noughts | Van Hoyten | |
| 1986
| Sir John Bridges | |
| rowspan="3" | 1987
| Sir Jock Delves Broughton | |
| data-sort-value="Sicilian, The" | The Sicilian
| Don Masino Croce | |
| It Couldn't Happen Here
| Priest/Murderer | |
| 1988
| Colonel | |
| 1989
| Arjen 'Aryan' Rudd | |
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| Dimenticare Palermo AKA The Palermo Connection | Mafia boss | |
| data-sort-value="Hunt for Red October, The" | The Hunt for Red October
| Ambassador Andrei Lysenko | |
| Tre colonne in cronaca
| Gaetano Leporino | |
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| data-sort-value="Object of Beauty, The" | The Object of Beauty | Mr Mercer | |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
| Chuck De Nomolos | |
| rowspan="5" | 1992
| data-sort-value="Sheltering Desert, The" | The Sheltering Desert | Col. Johnston | |
| Once Upon a Crime
| Hercules Popodopoulos | |
| Shadowchaser
| Kinderman | |
| data-sort-value="Bridge, The" | The Bridge
| Smithson | |
| data-sort-value="Mighty Ducks, The" | The Mighty Ducks
| Hans | |
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| Franklin Hale | |
| data-sort-value="Princess and the Goblin, The" | The Princess and the Goblin
| King Papa (voice) | |
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| Brando | |
| Miracle on 34th Street
| Victor Landberg (uncredited) | (Store Competitor for Shopper's Express) |
| Giorgino
| Father Glaise | |
| rowspan="3" | 1995
| Insp. Sam Stringer | |
| data-sort-value="Thief and the Cobbler, The" | The Thief and the Cobbler
| Brigand (voice) |
| data-sort-value="Kid in King Arthur's Court, A" | A Kid in King Arthur's Court
| |
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| |
| D3: The Mighty Ducks
| Hans | |
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| Mr Swaffer |
| Firelight
|Lord Clare |
| 1998
| My Giant | Monsignor Popescu (uncredited) | |
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| data-sort-value="Mumbo Jumbo, The" | The Mumbo Jumbo | Mayor Smith | |
| Passion of Mind
| Dr Langer, the French Psychiatrist | |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Mr Thomas Quarre | |
| K-19: The Widowmaker
| Marshal Zelentsov | |
| 2003
| Evil Edmonds | |
| 2004
| data-sort-value="Different Loyalty, A" | A Different Loyalty | Randolph Cauffield | |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| data-sort-value="Christmas Eve Snowfall, The" | The Christmas Eve Snowfall | (Narrator) | |
| Asylum
| Jack Straffen | |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Albert | |
| Moscow Zero
| Tolstoy | |
| 2007
| Donald | |
| 2008
| Flawless | MKA | |
| 2013
| Prof. Mendella | |
| 2014
| Rufus | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1957
| Destination Downing Street | Immelmann | rowspan="2" | TV series |
| 1963
| data-sort-value="Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, The" | The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | William Stevens |
| 1964
| Z-Cars | Mr Shields | Episode: S03E29 "Happy Families" |
| rowspan="3" | 1966
| Mr. Peggotty | rowspan="2" | TV series |
| Lord Raingo
| Tom Hogarth |
| Theatre 625
| John Hinks | Episode: "On the March to the Sea" |
| 1966–1968
| data-sort-value="Troubleshooters, The" | The Troubleshooters | Mr Gibbon (1966), Sam Jardine (1966-1967), Considine (1968), Lewis (1968) | 5 episodes |
| 1966
| Herr Scavenius, Mr. Smedhurst | 2 episodes: S02E01 "Room 13", S03E03 A Place of One's Own |
| 1967
| data-sort-value="Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers, The" | The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers | TV series |
| 1967–1968
| Z-Cars | Det. Insp. Todd | 41 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 1969
| data-sort-value="Avengers, The" | The Avengers | Brig. Hansing | Episode: "The Morning After" |
| data-sort-value="Gold Robbers, The" | The Gold Robbers
| Derek Hartford | |
| Before the Party
| Harold Bannon | |
| Canterbury Tales
|The Host in the Wife of Bath's tale |series on BBC Two |
| 1966, 1970
| Charley, Chebutykin | 2 episodes: S01E08 "Death of a Salesman", S05E04 "The Three Sisters" |
| 1971, 1972
| The Applicant, The Man | 2 episodes: S07E06 "Getting In", S07E30 "King's Cross Lunch Hour" |
| 1971
| Inspector Vaughan |Episode: "The Reunion" |
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| data-sort-value="Persuaders!, The" | The Persuaders! | Felix Meadowes |Episode: "Read and Destroy" |
| Six Faces
| Harry Mellor | 2 episodes |
| 1973
| data-sort-value="Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The" | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Grubber |Episode: "The Mystery of the Amber Beads" |
| 1974
| data-sort-value="Protectors, The" | The Protectors | Arthur Gordon | Episode: "Trial" |
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| Centre Play | Doctor | Episode: "You Talk Too Much" |
| data-sort-value="Crezz, The" | The Crezz
| Charles Bronte |12 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 1978
| Major General Laidlaw | Episode: "Treason" |
| Return of the Saint
| Gunther | Episode: "The Nightmare Man" |
| data-sort-value="Sweeney, The" | The Sweeney
| Alan Ember | Episode: "Feet of Clay" |
| 1979
|Episode: "Smiley Sets a Trap" |
| 1980, 1988
| Jack Cutler, Colonel George Peregrine | 2 episodes: S03E07 "The Stinker", S09E02 "The Colonel's Lady" |
| rowspan="3" | 1980
| data-sort-value="Question of Guilt, A" | A Question of Guilt | Samuel Kent | |
| data-sort-value="Love Tapes, The" | The Love Tapes
| Narrator (uncredited) | TV movie |
| data-sort-value="Gentle Touch, The" | The Gentle Touch
| Ivor Stocker | Episode: "Menaces" |
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective | Chief Insp. Yardbird | TV movie |
| Thicker Than Water
| Joseph Lockwood | rowspan="2" | TV series |
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| data-sort-value="Confessions of Felix Krull, The" | The Confessions of Felix Krull | Mr. Twentyman |
| data-sort-value="Barretts of Wimpole Street, The" | The Barretts of Wimpole Street
| Edward Moulton-Barrett | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| Stephen Courtney-Briggs, surgeon | Mini-series |
| data-sort-value="Tragedy of Coriolanus, The" | The Tragedy of Coriolanus
| Menenius | rowspan="2" | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1985 |
| data-sort-value="Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The" | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
| Jephro Rucastle | Episode: "The Copper Beeches" |
| rowspan="3" | 1987
| data-sort-value="Killing on the Exchange, A" | A Killing on the Exchange | Sir Max Sillman | TV movie |
| Queenie
| Sir Burton Rumsey | Mini-series |
| When We Are Married
| Henry Ormonroyd | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| data-sort-value="Man Who Lived at the Ritz, The" | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | rowspan="3" | Mini-series |
| Codename: Kyril
| 'C' |
| rowspan="3" | 1989
| data-sort-value="Quiet Conspiracy, A" | A Quiet Conspiracy | Theo Carter |
| data-sort-value="Justice Game, The" | The Justice Game
| Sir James Crichton | 2 episodes |
| First and Last
| Alan Holly | rowspan="4" | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| Charles Lanyon |
| Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
| Gen. Gerhard Hellstein |
| rowspan="4" | 1991
| data-sort-value="Murder of Quality, A" | A Murder of Quality | Terence Fielding |
| data-sort-value="Woman Named Jackie, A" | A Woman Named Jackie
| rowspan="2" | Mini-series |
| Ashenden
| Cumming |
| They Do It with Mirrors
| Lewis Serrocold | rowspan="2" | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| King Edward |
| data-sort-value="Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The" |The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
| The Prussian | Episode: "Austria, March 1917" |
| 1993, 1996
| Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall, Captain | Episodes: S09E08 "Voices in the Garden", S14E02 "Deadly Voyage" |
| rowspan="3" | 1994
| Citizen Locke | Lord Ashley | TV movie |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
| Julius Caesar (voice) | 1 episode: "Julius Caesar" |
| Jacob
| Isaac | rowspan="3" | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| Bondarchuk |
| Daisies in December
| Gerald Carmody |
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| Hidden in Silence | German factory manager | |
| To the Ends of Time
| King Francis | TV movie |
| Testament: The Bible in Animation
| Noah (voice), Samuel (voice) | 2 episodes: S01E05 "Creation and the Flood", S01E09 "David and Saul" |
| 1998
| Max van der Vuurst | 1 episode |
| 2001
| Othello | James Brabant | rowspan="3" | TV movie |
| 2003 |
| 2005
| Icon | General Nikolai Nikolayev |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| Sir Freddy Butler | Episode: "Vixen's Run" |
| Hogfather
| rowspan="2" | Mini-series |
| Above and Beyond |
| 2007
| Kingdom | Mr Narbutowicz | 1 episode |
=Video games=
- Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003) (voice) as Pieter Van Eckhardt
=Audio books=
Honours
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Civil Division for Services to Drama in the 2001 New Years Honours List.{{London Gazette|issue=56070|supp=y|page=7|date=30 December 2000}}
Awards and nominations
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|+ !Year !Awards !Category !Nominated work !Result !Ref. |
| 1982
|Actor of the Year in a Revival |Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 |{{nom}} |
| 1989
|Best Actor in a Supporting Role |{{nom}} |
| 1990
|British Academy Television Awards |First and Last |{{nom}} |
Bibliography
- Ackland, Joss (17 June 2010). My Better Half and Me. Ebury Press. {{ISBN|978-0-09-193347-0}}
- -- (1989). I Must Be In There Somewhere (autobiography). Hodder and Stoughton. {{ISBN|978-0-340-49396-0}}
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:Male actors from London