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Michael Jayston

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: Acting

Born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1935-10-29

Died: 2024-02-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Love's Labour's Lost	Longaville	0
2	1968	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	60
3	1970	Mad Jack		0
4	1970	The Hero of My Life	Charles Dickens	0
5	1970	Cromwell	Henry Ireton	65
6	1970	Macbeth	Macbeth	60
7	1971	Competition	Jimmy	0
8	1971	Nicholas and Alexandra	Nicholas	69
9	1972	Follow Me!	Charles	75
10	1972	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)	62
11	1973	Bequest to the Nation	Capt. Hardy	57
12	1973	The Merchant of Venice	Gratiano	70
13	1973	The Homecoming	Teddy	60
14	1973	Tales That Witness Madness	Brian (segment "Mel")	55
15	1973	Ring Once for Death	Roger Masters	85
16	1974	The Importance of Being Earnest	Jack Worthing	0
17	1974	Craze	Detective Sgt. Wall	50
18	1974	A Coffin for the Bride	Mark Walker	83
19	1974	The Internecine Project	David Baker	60
20	1975	King Lear	Edmund	0
21	1978	She Fell Among Thieves	Mansel	70
22	1979	Zulu Dawn	Col. Crealock	60
23	1979	Gossip from the Forest	Alfred Maiberling	0
24	1980	Dominique	Arnold Craven	50
25	1981	From a Far Country	Narrator (voice)	39
26	1983	The Man Who Left His Soul on Film		0
27	1986	Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet	The Valeyard	62
28	1986	Doctor Who: Mindwarp	The Valeyard	70
29	1986	Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids	The Valeyard	62
30	1986	Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe	The Valeyard	58
31	1987	Still Crazy Like a Fox	Randall Perry	77
32	1989	Somewhere to Run	Roger Fitzpatrick	0
33	1994	Highlander III: The Sorcerer	Jack Donovan	47
34	1996	Element of Doubt	Kirk	63
35	1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Admiral Sellings	57
36	2003	Finisterre	Narrator (Voice)	0
37	2008	The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord		0
38	2009	Albert's Memorial	Albert	87
39	2016	UFO From Earth to the Moon	Self	100
40	2019	The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years		0
41	2022	Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba	Self	76
42		From This Day Forward	Him	0
43	2024	Alec Guinness: A Class Act	self	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Armchair Theatre	Jimmy	58
2	1960	Coronation Street	Judge	54
3	1963	Doctor Who	The Valeyard	79
4	1964	Detective		0
5	1964	The Wednesday Play	Siegfried Sassoon	45
6	1965	BBC Play of the Month	John 'Jack' Worthing	50
7	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Edmund	50
8	1967	Callan		70
9	1970	UFO	Russell Stone	76
10	1972	The Edwardians	Mr. Royce	57
11	1973	Thriller	Roger Masters	66
12	1973	Thriller	Mark Walker	66
13	1973	Jane Eyre	Mr Rochester	43
14	1975	Quiller	Quiller	0
15	1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Mansel	70
16	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	G.B. Shaw	67
17	1979	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Peter Guillam	76
18	1980	Lady Killers	Frederick Henry Seddon	50
19	1984	Sherlock Holmes	The Earl of Rufton	81
20	1984	Big Deal	Grover	67
21	1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes		57
22	1985	Time for Murder	Austin Tupp	40
23	1986	Casualty	Ian	61
24	1986	Casualty	David Northwick	61
25	1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Quentin Nightingale	62
26	1989	A Bit of a Do		64
27	1989	Press Gang	Colonel X	75
28	1989	Stay Lucky	Valentine	60
29	1990	Haggard		40
30	1990	Cluedo	Colonel Mustard	64
31	1991	The Darling Buds of May	Ernest Bristow	78
32	1992	Heartbeat	Michael Harvey	71
33	1992	Heartbeat	Gerald Hudson	71
34	1994	Outside Edge		80
35	1997	Midsomer Murders	Reverend Arthur Gould	75
36	1999	Holby City	Judge	58
37	2000	A Dinner of Herbs	Justice Craig	60
38	2002	Foyle's War	AC Henry Parkins	79
39	2003	The Royal	Henry Appleton	76