
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.

Whinfrey's Last Case

銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド

Jeeves and Wooster

Count Duckula

All Creatures Great and Small

逢びき

The Avengers

謎の円盤UFO

The Main Chance

SOSタイタニック/忘れえぬ夜

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

王になろうとした男

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Danger Man

銀河ヒッチハイク・ガイド

This Happy Breed

Adam Adamant Lives!

The Gentle Sex

Willie's War

Budgie

Mark Saber

Out of the Unknown

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Poldark

Shoestring

バウンティ/愛と反乱の航海

The Agatha Christie Hour

Bulman

Two-Way Stretch

チップス先生さようなら

The Blue Lamp

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Pool of London

A Prize of Arms

Henry VIII

The Gay Dog

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

The Shooting Party

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Target

シャーロック・ホームズの素敵な挑戦

The Doctor and the Devils

The Return of the Soldier

There Was a Crooked Man

Trouble in Store

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Johnny Frenchman

A Swarm in May

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dawson's Weekly

Van der Valk

The Silent Enemy

The Traitors

Millions Like Us

How I Won the War

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

Night After Night After Night

Deadlock

A Horseman Riding By

A for Andromeda

An Age of Kings

Cat Girl

A Twist of Sand

The Wednesday Play

Trog

Hard Road

No Hiding Place

Sunday Night Theatre

Big Zapper

Behind the Headlines

The Yes Girls

Emma's Time

The Professionals

Stranger in the Family

Soap Opera in Stockwell

Solo for Sparrow

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

Without Air

You Can't Win

The Spread of the Eagle

Richard the Lionheart

Pride and Prejudice