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Jack May was a mellifluous-voiced actor best known for playing butlers and establishment figures, often representing Britain's interests in far-flung corners of the empire. With regards the former, he memorably played William E. Simms, former music hall artise turned manservant to Gerald Harper's titular swashbuckling adventurer in '60s TV cult classic Adam Adamant Lives! as well as providing the voice of Igor, the long-suffering valet in Cosgrove Hall's 1980s animation Count Duckula. His film credits included the district commissioner in 1975's The Man Who Would Be King and the prosecuting naval attorney in the remake of The Bounty (1984). For many, May was Nelson Gabriel 'the most disreputable character in Ambridge' in BBC Radio 4's long-running soap The Archers. May took the role of the shady rogue, later antique dealer and wine bar owner, in 1952 and continued to play him right up until the year of his death, 1997. This 45 year stint made May, at the time, the fourth-longest serving soap opera star in the world. He died at the age of 75, on 19 September 1997, survived by his wife, the actress Petra Davies, his daughter Henrietta, and son David.
as Grandfather
as Igor (voice)
as Igor (voice)
as Igor/Giant (voice)
as Igor (voice)
as Sea Rat (voice)
as Psychiatrist
as Dr Stevens
as Sir Harry Stamp
as Prosecuting Captain
as Mr. Ardent - the Headmaster
as Brigadier General
as Mr. Franklyn
as Lord Runciman
as Garkbit (Head Waiter)
as General Chapman
as Lord Chancellor
as Dr. Schultz
as District Commissioner
as Detective
as Jeremiah Horn
as Watts
as King Reiter
as Dr. Selbourne
as Emma's father
as Price (uncredited)
as General Hermack
as Judge Lomax
as Inspector Seekert
as Toby
as Shopkeeper
as Evans
as Father Gabriel
as MO
as Inspector Hudson
as Burton
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant
as Edwards
as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
as Navy Doctor
as Richard Johnson
as Pub Customer
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
as Sailor on the Dunbar (uncredited)
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
as Reveller
as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
as Mourner
as Postman
as Old Man
as Postman (uncredited)
