Michael Jayston

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From This Day Forward (2019)

Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Doctor Who (1963). He has been married to Elizabeth Ann Smithson since 1978. They have two children. He was previously married to Heather Mary Sneddon and Lynn Farleigh.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total

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Lynne Frederick, Fiona Fullerton, Candace Glendenning, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson, Roderic Noble, Janet Suzman, and Timothy West in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Michael Jayston in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Lynne Frederick, Fiona Fullerton, Candace Glendenning, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson, Roderic Noble, and Janet Suzman in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Harry Andrews and Michael Jayston in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Jack Hawkins and Michael Jayston in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Known for:

Nicholas and Alexandra

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Nicholas

1971

Zulu Dawn

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Col. Crealock

1979

Doctor Who

8.4

TV Series

The Valeyard

The Wednesday Play

7.6

TV Series

Siegfried Sassoon

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Actor

From This Day Forward
- Him
- Short
- 2019
Casualty
- Claude Maynard
- David Northwick
- Ian
- TV Series
- 1992–2017
Doctors
- Brian Maxwell
- Alf Sidney
- Bill Marston ...
- TV Series
- 2003–2015
The Man Who Choked
- Bert
- Short
- 2014
Borgia
- Pandolfo Petrucci
- TV Series
- 2014
Midsomer Murders
- Reverend Arthur Gould
- TV Series
- 2014
Tracy Beaker Returns
- Mr. Spooner
- TV Series
- 2011
Holby City
- Sid Harvey
- Lawrence Bremmen
- Judge
- TV Series
- 2001–2010
Albert's Memorial
- Albert
- TV Movie
- 2009
Emmerdale Farm
- Donald De Souza
- TV Series
- 2007–2008
Foyle's War
- AC Henry Parkins
- TV Series
- 2007–2008
The Royal
- Henry Appleton
- TV Series
- 2003–2007
Heartbeat
- Gerald Hudson
- Michael Harvey
- TV Series
- 1996–2006
The Bill
- Vince Parker
- Charles Arthur Cullun
- TV Series
- 2000–2006
Murder in Suburbia
- Bradley
- TV Series
- 2005

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Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- October 29, 1935
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Other works
1990: Played James Bond 007 in a BBC Radio adaptation of "You Only Live Twice."
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- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
He is the only actor to play both Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 and the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He played Bond in a 1971 BBC radio adaptation of You Only Live Twice (1967) and was at one point considered for the role on film. He portrayed the Valeyard, a possible future, evil incarnation of the Doctor, throughout the 1986 series of Doctor Who (1963). He later reprised his role in the 2003 Big Finish audio drama "He Jests at Scars...".