Michael Jayston
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Appearances
4.6
From a Far Country
Narrator (voice)
5.8
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Admiral Sellings
4.8
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Jack Donovan
6.6
Cromwell
Henry Ireton
Somewhere to Run
Somewhere to Run
Roger Fitzpatrick
6.3
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
Brian (segment "Mel")
7.0
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas
6.0
The Internecine Project
David Baker
7.6
Follow Me!
Charles
5.1
Craze
Detective Sgt. Wall
6.2
The Homecoming
Teddy
6.5
Element of Doubt
Kirk
5.0
Dominique
Arnold Craven
7.8
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
8.5
The Merchant of Venice
Gratiano
6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
Still Crazy Like a Fox
8.3
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Randall Perry
6.0
Macbeth
Macbeth
10.0
King Lear
Edmund
8.0
Love's Labour's Lost
Longaville
7.0
She Fell Among Thieves
Mansel
6.5
Bequest to the Nation
Capt. Hardy
The Hero of My Life
Charles Dickens
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
6.1
Zulu Dawn
Col. Crealock
7.0
Gossip from the Forest
Alfred Maiberling
9.0
Mad Jack
The Importance of Being Earnest
10.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack Worthing
8.7
Albert's Memorial
Albert
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
From This Day Forward
Him
8.5
Finisterre
Narrator (Voice)
Competition
Jimmy
8.0
A Coffin for the Bride
Mark Walker
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
6.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Valeyard
4.7
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Valeyard
5.8
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard
7.7
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Valeyard
9.0
Ring Once for Death
Roger Masters
10.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Self
6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Last Romantic
The Last Romantic
James
Green Julia
Green Julia
Jake
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
G.B. Shaw
7.7
UFO
Russell Stone
7.2
Heartbeat
Michael Harvey
6.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
7.0
Callan
6.3
A Bit of a Do
Haggard
4.0
Haggard
5.8
Jane Eyre
Mr Rochester
7.5
Lady Killers
Frederick Henry Seddon
Quiller
10.0
Quiller
Quiller
9.0
Detective
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Guillam
6.9
Thriller
Roger Masters
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Quentin Nightingale
6.9
Thriller
Mark Walker
7.5
Press Gang
Colonel X
6.2
Casualty
Ian
7.8
The Royal
Henry Appleton
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Reverend Arthur Gould
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
The Earl of Rufton
6.2
Casualty
David Northwick
5.8
Holby City
Judge
7.2
Heartbeat
Gerald Hudson
5.4
Coronation Street
Judge
5.2
The Wednesday Play
Siegfried Sassoon
6.0
Armchair Theatre
Jimmy
7.0
Stay Lucky
Valentine
7.8
Foyle's War
AC Henry Parkins
7.3
Big Deal
Grover
6.8
Cluedo
Colonel Mustard
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
Mansel
7.9
The Darling Buds of May
Ernest Bristow
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
John 'Jack' Worthing
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
Edmund
10.0
The Power Game
Lincoln Dowling
Film '72
4.7
Film '72
Self
6.3
The Edwardians
Frederick Henry Royce
7.9
Doctor Who
The Valeyard
5.0
Churchill's People
Henry, Bishop of Norwich
6.4
A Dinner of Herbs
Justice Craig
Remembers…
5.8
Worlds Beyond
Drayton Thomas
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
7.6
Outside Edge
Bob Willis
5.7
Crown Court
Keith Saunders QC
4.0
Time for Murder
Austin Tupp
7.0
ITV Playhouse
Gerry Hackett
7.6
Murder in Suburbia
Bradley