Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/23/1922
Place of Birth
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Jack May
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Henry VIII
as Lord Chancellor
The Professionals
as Edwards
Brief Encounter
as Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
Deadlock
as Postman
The Bounty
as Prosecuting Captain
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Price (uncredited)
The Man Who Would Be King
as District Commissioner
The Traitors
as Burton
Big Zapper
as Jeremiah Horn
Hard Road
as Psychiatrist
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Dr. Schultz
Solo for Sparrow
as Inspector Hudson
Millions Like Us
as Old Man
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
as Lord Runciman
Johnny Frenchman
as Choir Member (uncredited)
The Return of the Soldier
as Brigadier General
How I Won the War
as Toby
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Shopkeeper
The Doctor and the Devils
as Dr Stevens
This Happy Breed
as Mourner