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Joss Ackland, the distinguished English actor who has appeared in over 100 movies, scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six-decade career, was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 Prisoners of the Sun (completed)
Prof. Mendella
 
2011 The Stain (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2011 The Boy with Chocolate Fingers (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2008-2010 Crusoe (TV series)
Judge Jefferies
High Water (2008) … Judge Jefferies
 
2009 IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (Video Game)
English voice
 
2008 Pinocchio (TV movie)
Mastro Ciliegia
 
2007 Flawless
MKA
 
2007 Kingdom (TV series)
Mr. John Narbutowicz
 
2006 Hogfather (TV movie)
Mustrum Ridcully
 
2006 Above and Beyond (TV mini-series)
Winston Churchill
 
2006 Moscow Zero
Tolstoy
 
2006 These Foolish Things
Albert
 
2006 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Sir Freddy Butler
Vixen's Run (2006) … Sir Freddy Butler
 
2005 The Christmas Eve Snowfall (short)
Narrator
 
2005 Icon (TV movie)
General Nikolayev
 
2005 Asylum
Jack Straffen
 
2003 Henry VIII (TV movie)
Henry VII
 
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (Video Game)
Pieter Van Eckhardt (voice)
 
2003 I'll Be There
Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
 
2003 Lionheart: The Crusade (TV movie)
Narrator
 
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker
Marshal Zelentsov
 
2002 No Good Deed
Mr. Quarre
 
2001 Othello (TV movie)
James Brabant
 
2000 The Mumbo Jumbo
Mayor Smith
 
2000 Gioco di specchi (TV movie)
Bennet
 
2000 Tales from the Madhouse (TV mini-series)
Barabbas
Barabbas … Barabbas
 
2000 Passion of Mind
Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
 
2000 Lounge Act (short) (voice)
 
1999/I Milk
The Vicar
 
1998 My Giant
Monsignor Popescu (uncredited)
 
1998 Heat of the Sun (TV mini-series)
Max Van der Vuurst
The Sport of Kings (1998) … Max Van der Vuurst
Hide in Plain Sight (1998)
 
1998 Il figlio di Sandokan (TV mini-series)
 
1997 Firelight
Lord Clare
 
1997 Swept from the Sea
Mr. Swaffer
 
1996 Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV series)
Noah / Samuel
David and Saul (1996) … Samuel (voice)
Creation and the Flood (1996) … Noah (voice)
 
1996 To the Ends of Time (TV movie)
King Francis
 
1996 D3: The Mighty Ducks
Hans
 
1996 Deadly Voyage (TV movie)
Captain
 
1996 Hidden in Silence (TV movie)
German factory manager
 
1995 Daisies in December (TV movie)
Gerald Carmody
 
1995 Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Insp. Sam Stringer
 
1995 Citizen X (TV movie)
Bondarchuk
 
1994 Jacob (TV movie)
Isaac
 
1994 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series)
Caesar
Julius Caesar (1994) … Caesar (voice)
 
1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
 
1994 Giorgino
Father Glaise
 
1994 Citizen Locke (TV movie)
Lord Ashley
 
1994 Mother's Boys
Lansing, Jude's Attorney
 
1994 OcchioPinocchio
Brando
 
1993 The Princess and the Cobbler
Brigand (voice)
 
1993 Screen Two (TV series)
Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
Voices in the Garden (1993) … Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
 
1993 Nowhere to Run
Franklin Hale
 
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
The Prussian
Austria, March 1917 (1992) … The Prussian
 
1992 Shadowchaser (video)
Kinderman
 
1992 White Bear's Secret (TV movie)
Brown Bear (voice)
 
1992 Once Upon a Crime...
Hercules Popodopoulos
 
1992 The Bridge
Smithson
 
1992 The Sheltering Desert
Col. Johnston
 
1991 Brown Bear's Wedding (TV movie)
Brown Bear (voice)
 
1991 The Princess and the Goblin
King Papa (voice)
 
1991 Ashenden (TV mini-series)
Cumming
 
1991 A Murder of Quality (TV movie)
Terence Fielding
 
1991 The Object of Beauty
Mr. Mercer
 
1991 A Woman Named Jackie (TV mini-series)
Aristoteles Onassis
The Bouvier Years (1991) … Aristoteles Onassis (credit only)
 
1990 Tre colonne in cronaca
Gaetano Leporino - il finanziere
 
1990 Dimenticare Palermo
Uomo di Potere
 
1990 Jekyll & Hyde (TV movie)
Dr. Charles Lanyon
 
1989 The Justice Game (TV series)
Sir James Crichton
 
1989 A Quiet Conspiracy (TV mini-series)
Theo Carter
 
1989 First and Last (TV movie)
Alan Holly
 
1988 To Kill a Priest
Colonel
 
1988 Codename: Kyril (TV mini-series)
'C'
Episode #1.3 (1988) … 'C'
Episode #1.4 (1988) … 'C'
Episode #1.1 (1988) … 'C'
Episode #1.2 (1988) … 'C'
 
1980-1988 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Colonel George Peregrine / Jack Cutler
The Stinker (1980) … Jack Cutler
 
1988 Olympus Force: The Key
George Grossopoulos
 
1987 It Couldn't Happen Here
Priest/murderer
 
1987 The Sicilian
Don Masino Croce
 
1987 Queenie (TV movie)
Sir Burton Rumsey
 
1987 A Killing on the Exchange (TV mini-series)
Sir Max Sillman
 
1986 The Great White Mountain (TV movie)
Joseph Paccard
 
1986 A Zed & Two Noughts
Van Hoyten
 
1986 Lady Jane
Sir John Bridges
 
1985 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Jephro Rucastle
 
1985 Shadowlands (TV movie)
C.S. Lewis
 
1984 The Tragedy of Coriolanus (TV movie)
Menenius
 
1982 Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (TV mini-series)
Mr. Twentyman
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Major Orpen
Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 (1981) … Major Orpen
 
1981 Thicker Than Water (TV series)
Joseph Lockwood
 
1980 The Gentle Touch (TV series)
Ivor Stocker
Menaces (1980) … Ivor Stocker
 
1980 Rough Cut
Insp. Vanderveld
 
1980 The Love Tapes (TV movie)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1980 A Question of Guilt (TV series)
Samuel Kent
 
1980 Closing Ranks (TV movie)
Victor Rogachev
 
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV mini-series)
Jerry Westerby
Tinker Tailor (1979) … Jerry Westerby
 
1979 Saint Jack
Yardley
 
1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Prison Warden (uncredited)
 
1978 The Sweeney (TV series)
Alan Ember
Feet of Clay (1978) … Alan Ember
 
1978 Watership Down
Black Rabbit (voice)
 
1978 Return of the Saint (TV series)
Gunther
The Nightmare Man (1978) … Gunther
 
1978 The Greek Tycoon (uncredited)
 
1978 Silver Bears
Henry Foreman
 
1978 Enemy at the Door (TV series)
Major General Laidlaw
Treason (1978) … Major General Laidlaw
 
1976 The Crezz (TV series)
Charles Bronte
The Newcomers (1976) … Charles Bronte
Bent Doubles (1976) … Charles Bronte
 
1976 The Lively Arts (TV series)
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Tennessee Williams (1976) … Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
 
1976 Centre Play (TV series)
Doctor
You Talk Too Much (1976) … Doctor
 
1975 Operation: Daybreak
Janák
 
1975 Royal Flash
Sapten
 
1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
B.J. Spence
 
1974 Penny Gold
Jones
 
1974 Great Expectations (TV movie)
Joe Gargery
 
1974 S*P*Y*S
Martinson
 
1974 The Black Windmill
Chief Supt. Wray
 
1974 Aquarius (TV series)
Stage actor
Desire Revisted-Streetcar/Pulcinella (1974) … Stage actor
 
1974 2nd House (TV series)
 
1974 The Protectors (TV series)
Arthur Gordon
Trial (1974) … Arthur Gordon
 
1973 England Made Me
Haller
 
1973 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Grubber
The Mystery of the Amber Beads (1973) … Grubber
 
1970-1973 Play for Today (TV series)
Albert / Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson
Access to the Children (1973) … Malcolmson
The Bankrupt (1972) … Ellis Cripper
The Lie (1970) … Albert
 
1972 Six Faces (TV series)
Harry Mellor
Gallery of Faces (1972) … Harry Mellor
True Life (1972) … Harry Mellor
 
1972 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Potter-Jones
Crippled Bloom (1972) … Potter-Jones
 
1972 The Happiness Cage
Dr. Frederick
 
1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Councillor Horne
Consequences (1972) … Councillor Horne
 
1971-1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
The Applicant / The Man
King's Cross Lunch Hour (1972) … The Man
Getting In (1971) … The Applicant
 
1972 The Persuaders! (TV series)
Felix Meadowes
Read and Destroy (1972) … Felix Meadowes
 
1972 Justice (TV series)
Sir Robert Beste
A License to Build Your Own Money (1972) … Sir Robert Beste
 
1971 Shirley's World (TV series)
Inspector vaughn
A Hell of an Engineer (1971) … Inspector vaughn
 
1971 Villain
Edgar Lowis
 
1971 The House That Dripped Blood
Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
 
1971 Cry of the Penguins
Head of Board
 
1970 Crescendo
Carter
 
1966-1970 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Charley / Chebutykin
The Three Sisters (1970) … Chebutykin
Death of a Salesman (1966) … Charley
 
1969 Canterbury Tales (TV series)
Host
Episode #1.7 (1969)
Episode #1.6 (1969)
Episode #1.4 (1969)
Episode #1.3 (1969)
 
1969 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Harold Bannon
Before the Party (1969) … Harold Bannon
 
1969 The Gold Robbers (TV series)
Derek Hartford
Grounded (1969) … Derek Hartford
 
1969 The Avengers (TV series)
Brigadier Hansing
The Morning After (1969) … Brigadier Hansing
 
1966-1968 Mystery and Imagination (TV series)
Herr Scavenius / Mr. Smedhurst
A Place of One's Own (1968) … Mr. Smedhurst
Room 13 (1966) … Herr Scavenius
 
1966-1968 Mogul (TV series)
Sam Jardine / Considine / Lewis / …
Never the Twain (1968) … Lewis
The Sharp End of the Wedge (1968) … Considine
Thea (1966) … Mr. Gibbon
 
1965-1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Cornelius / Tom Gorbet
Fall of the Goat (1967) … Cornelius
Tomorrow, Just You Wait (1965) … Tom Gorbet
 
1967 Trapped (TV series)
Quest (1967)
 
1967 The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV series)
d'Artagnan
The Last Enemy (1967) … d'Artagnan
Captured (1967) … d'Artagnan
Hunted (1967) … d'Artagnan
Treachery (1967) … d'Artagnan
The Scaffold (1967) … d'Artagnan
 
1965-1967 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Frank Penfold / Mr Green
The Girl (1967) … Mr Green
The Paraffin Season (1965) … Frank Penfold
 
1965-1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Fred / Hockey Jagger / John Hinks
On the March to the Sea (1966) … John Hinks
Focus (1966) … Fred
Try for White (1965) … Hockey Jagger
 
1966 Thirteen Against Fate (TV series)
Bernard Jeantet
The Widower (1966) … Bernard Jeantet
 
1966 Lord Raingo (TV series)
Tom Hogarth
Fear (1966) … Tom Hogarth
Doubts (1966) … Tom Hogarth
Power (1966) … Tom Hogarth
The Offer (1966) … Tom Hogarth
 
1966 David Copperfield (TV series)
Mr. Peggotty
Toll of the Sea (1966) … Mr. Peggotty
The Proposal (1966) … Mr. Peggotty
Courtship (1966) … Mr. Peggotty
 
1966 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
John MacEwan
O Sole Mio (1966) … John MacEwan
 
1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
The Bishop
 
1965 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Sam
What's All This Then? (1965) … Sam
 
1965 Blackmail (TV series)
Kill Me (1965)
 
1965 Gaslight Theatre (TV series)
Aristo / Bloody Nathan / The Jibbenainosay
The Blood-Craz'd Scourge of the Redskin Wilderness or, What You Will (1965) … The Jibbenainosay/Bloody Nathan/Aristo
 
1965 Londoners (TV series)
 
1965 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Hon. Philip Green
 
1964 Detective (TV series)
Jasper Garnette
Death in Ecstacy (1964) … Jasper Garnette
 
1964 First Night (TV series)
Norman / Will Dent
The Improbable Mr. Claybill (1964) … Will Dent
Maggie (1964) … Norman
 
1962 In Search of the Castaways
Yacht Seaman (uncredited)
 
1961 About Religion (TV series)
The coroner
Inquest at Golgotha (1961) … The coroner
 
1960 On Trial (TV series)
Mr. Plumer
Governor Wall (1960) … Mr. Plumer
 
1959 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Briggs
The Violent Years (1959) … Briggs
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Marcellus
Hamlet (1959) … Marcellus
 
1958 Next to No Time
Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)
 
1957 Destination Downing Street (TV series)
Immelmann
Two Faces East: Part 3 (1957) … Immelmann
Two Faces East: Part 1 (1957) … Immelmann
 
1952 Ghost Ship
Ron, 2nd Fisherman
 
1950 Seven Days to Noon
Station Policeman (uncredited)
 
1949 Landfall
O'Neil (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (performer: "THE REAPER RAP")
 
1980 The Apple (performer: "Child of Love")
 
1974 The Little Prince (performer: "You're A Child")
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2012 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
Episode #16.154 (2012) … Himself
 
2009 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Xposé (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.58 (2008) … Himself
 
2006 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 March 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The World's Greatest Actor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Victory in Europe in Colour (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 The Adventure of English (TV mini-series documentary)
Bible Readings
The Battle for the Language of the Bible (2003) … Bible Readings
 
2002 Lads Army (TV series)
Himself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Jean Simmons: Picture Perfect (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Painting Faces
Himself
 
2000 What a Performance! (TV series)
Himself
Cads, Charmers and Playboys (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Story of the SAS (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry (documentary) (voice)
 
1992 Mozart 1991 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1990 Horizon (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
Red Star in Orbit: The Mission (1990) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
Red Star in Orbit: The Dark Side of the Moon (1990) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
Red Star in Orbit: The Invisible Spaceman (1990) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1982-1984 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode #13.7 (1984) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 30 September 1982 (1982) … Himself - Guest
 
1982 Romer's Egypt (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The World About Us (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
In Pursuit of the Boar (1982) … Himself - Narrator
 
1976 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Joss Ackland (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 May 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1973 The Ascent of Man (TV series documentary)
Quotations / Quotations (voice)
The Grain in the Stone (1973) … Quotations (voice)
The Hidden Structure (1973) … Quotations (voice)
 
1970 Portrait of a People: Impressions of Britain (documentary short)
Commentator
 
1966 Preserving the Wasa (documentary short)
Himself - Commentator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2011 Ted Kotcheff's Gourmet Cinema (video documentary)
Cantrell (uncredited)
 
2006 Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (video)
Odd Passenger (video "Always On My Mind") (uncredited)
 
1991 Pet Shop Boys: Videography (video)
Odd Passenger (video "Always On My Mind") (uncredited)
 
1988 Showbusiness (video documentary short)
Man (video: "Always On My Mind") (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

2006: Voiceover for UK TV advert for Fiat Punto. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | See more »

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I do an awful lot of crap, but if it's not immoral, I don't mind. I'm a workaholic. See more »

Trivia:

Grandfather of Polly Cameron. See more »

Trademark:

Deep, distinctive voice See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces