Michael Jayston
Acting • Born 1935-10-29 – Died 2024-02-05
Biography
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.
Filmography
91 credits
From a Far Country
Movie • 1981
Narrator (voice)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie • 1997
Admiral Sellings
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Movie • 1994
Jack Donovan
Cromwell
Movie • 1970
Henry Ireton
Somewhere to Run
Movie • 1989
Roger Fitzpatrick
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie • 1972
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
Tales That Witness Madness
Movie • 1973
Brian (segment "Mel")
Nicholas and Alexandra
Movie • 1971
Nicholas
The Internecine Project
Movie • 1974
David Baker
Follow Me!
Movie • 1972
Charles
Craze
Movie • 1974
Detective Sgt. Wall
The Homecoming
Movie • 1973
Teddy
Element of Doubt
Movie • 1996
Kirk
Dominique
Movie • 1980
Arnold Craven
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie • 2022
Self
The Merchant of Venice
Movie • 1973
Gratiano
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1968
Demetrius
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Movie • 1987
Randall Perry
Macbeth
Movie • 1970
Macbeth
King Lear
Movie • 1975
Edmund
Love's Labour's Lost
Movie • 1965
Longaville
She Fell Among Thieves
Movie • 1978
Mansel
Bequest to the Nation
Movie • 1973
Capt. Hardy
The Hero of My Life
Movie • 1970
Charles Dickens
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Movie • 2019
Zulu Dawn
Movie • 1979
Col. Crealock
Gossip from the Forest
Movie • 1979
Alfred Maiberling
Mad Jack
Movie • 1970
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1974
Jack Worthing
Albert's Memorial
Movie • 2009
Albert
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Movie • 1983
From This Day Forward
Movie • 2019
Him
Finisterre
Movie • 2003
Narrator (Voice)
Competition
Movie • 1971
Jimmy
A Coffin for the Bride
Movie • 1974
Mark Walker
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Movie • 2008
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Movie • 1986
The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie • 1986
The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Movie • 1986
The Valeyard
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Movie • 1986
The Valeyard
Ring Once for Death
Movie • 1973
Roger Masters
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Movie • 2016
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Movie • 2024
self
The Last Romantic
Movie • 1978
James
Green Julia
Movie • 1971
Jake
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
G.B. Shaw
UFO
TV • 1970
Russell Stone
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Michael Harvey
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV • 1985
Callan
TV • 1967
A Bit of a Do
TV • 1989
Haggard
TV • 1990
Jane Eyre
TV • 1973
Mr Rochester
Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Frederick Henry Seddon
Quiller
TV • 1975
Quiller
Detective
TV • 1964
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV • 1979
Peter Guillam
Thriller
TV • 1973
Roger Masters
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Quentin Nightingale
Thriller
TV • 1973
Mark Walker
Press Gang
TV • 1989
Colonel X
Casualty
TV • 1986
Ian
The Royal
TV • 2003
Henry Appleton
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Reverend Arthur Gould
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
The Earl of Rufton
Casualty
TV • 1986
David Northwick
Holby City
TV • 1999
Judge
Time for Murder
TV • 1985
Austin Tupp
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Gerald Hudson
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Judge
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Siegfried Sassoon
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Jimmy
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
AC Henry Parkins
Stay Lucky
TV • 1989
Valentine
Big Deal
TV • 1984
Grover
Cluedo
TV • 1990
Colonel Mustard
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Mansel
The Darling Buds of May
TV • 1991
Ernest Bristow
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
John 'Jack' Worthing
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Edmund
The Power Game
TV • 1965
Lincoln Dowling
Film '72
TV • 1971
Self
The Edwardians
TV • 1972
Frederick Henry Royce
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Valeyard
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Henry, Bishop of Norwich
A Dinner of Herbs
TV • 2000
Justice Craig
Remembers…
TV • 2022
Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Drayton Thomas
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV • 2018
Self
Outside Edge
TV • 1994
Bob Willis
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Keith Saunders QC