Joss Ackland
Acting
Biography
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Ackland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 29, 1928
Place of Birth: North Kensington, London, England, UK
Known For
A Woman Named Jackie
This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Next to No Time
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Enemy at the Door
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Hogfather
On the night before Hogswatch, the holiday where kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather, Death notices that the Hogfather's life-timer is lying broken on the floor of his castle. Could it be that Hogswatch will not happen this year?
The Persuaders!
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.
Filmography
as Henry Winter
as Rufus
as Professor Mendella
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Mastro Ciliegia
as Mastro Ciliegia
as Donald Vanston
as Mustrum Ridcully
as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
as Mr. John Narbutowicz
as Mustrum Ridcully
as Tolstoy
as Winston Churchill
as Self
as Albert
as Jack Straffen
as General Nikolayev
as Self
as Randolph Cauffield
as Henry VII
as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
as Marshal Zelentsov
as Mr. Quarre
as James Brabant
as Mayor Smith
as Barabbas
as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
as Vicar
as Lord Clare
as Monsignor Popesou
as Max Van Der vuurst
as Mr. Swaffer
as Sir Freddy Butler
as King Francis
as Noah (voice)
as Samuel (voice)
as Hans
as Henri Matisse
as German Factory Manager
as Gerald Carmody
as King Arthur
as Insp. Sam Stringer
as Bondarchuk
as Brando Della Valle
as Isaak
as Caesar
as Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
as Victor Landbergh
as Father Glaise
as The Chemist
as Lansing, Jude's Attorney
as Brigand (voice)
as Sir Charles Peverall
as Franklin Hale
as Caesar (voice)
as Hans
as Kinderman
as Brown Bear (voice)
as Hercules Popodopoulos
as The Prussian
as King Edward
as Smithson
as Lewis Serrocold
as Brown Bear (voice)
as Aristotle Onassis
as Terence Fielding
as De Nomolos
as King Papa (voice)
as Mr. Mercer
as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere
as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
as il boss
as Dr. Charles Lanyon
as Alan Holly
as Arjen Rudd
as Hermann Goering
as Colonel
as Priest/Murderer
as 'C'
as 'C'
as George Grossopoulos
as Henry Ormonroyd
as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
as Don Masino Croce
as Sir Burton Rumsey
as Sir John Bridges
as Van Hoyten
as CS Lewis
as Jephro Rucastle
as Menenius
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
as Self
as Father
as Major Orpen
as Chief Insp. Yardbird
as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader
as Insp. Vanderveld
as Narrator (voice)
as Ivor Stocker
as Prison Warden
as Yardley
as Benny D-Day
as Colonel George Peregrine
as Jack Cutler
as Black Rabbit (voice)
as Cantrell
as Gunther
as Naval officer (uncredited)
as Major General Laidlaw
as Henry Foreman
as Charles Bronte
as Doctor
as Janák
as Sapten
as B.J. Spence
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Alan Ember
as The King
as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Martinson
as Chief Supt. Wray
as Maj. Orpen
as Father
as Joe Gargery
as D’Artagnan’s Father
as Jones
as Haller
as General Burgdorf
as Malcolmson
as Ellis Cripper
as Arthur Gordon
as Dr. Frederick
as Sir Robert Beste
as Grubber
as Felix Meadowes
as Head of Board
as Edgar Lowis
as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
as Albert
as Albert
as Ellis Cripper
as Malcolmson
as Carter
as Chebutykin
as d'Artagnan
as The Bishop
as Herr Scavenius
as Mr Smedhurst
as Tom Gorbet
as Chebutykin
as Charley
as Mr. Gibbon
as Sam Jardine
as Considine
as Lewis
as Angus Grahame
as Tom Gorbet
as Cornelius
as Hon. Philip Green
as Hockey Jagger
as Fred
as John Hinks
as Yacht Seaman
as Brigadier Hansing
as Turkish Bath Attendant
as Frank Penfold
as Mr Green
as Ron, 2nd Fisherman
as Station Policeman
as O'Neil