ACTOR
Joss Ackland
Known for Midsomer Murders · Sherlock Holmes · The Avengers
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.
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- Born
- Feb 29, 1928
- Died
- Nov 19, 2023
- Birthplace
- North Kensington, London, England, UK
- Known For
- 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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
LandfallO'Neil
1949
Seven Days to NoonStation Policeman
1950
Ghost ShipRon, 2nd Fisherman
1952
Next to No TimeTurkish Bath Attendant
1958
In Search of the CastawaysYacht Seaman
1962M
MaggieNorman
1964
Tomorrow, Just You WaitTom Gorbet
1965
Death of a SalesmanCharley
1966
Rasputin: The Mad MonkThe Bishop
1966
CrescendoCarter
1970
The LieAlbert
1970
The Three SistersChebutykin
1970GI
Getting InAn Applicant
1971
Mr. Forbush and the PenguinsHead of Board
1971
The House That Dripped BloodNeville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
1971
VillainEdgar Lowis
1971CB
Crippled BloomPotter Jones
1972KC
King's Cross Lunch HourThe Man
1972
The BankruptEllis Cripper
1972
The Mind SnatchersDr. Frederick
1972
Access to the ChildrenMalcolmson
1973
England Made MeHaller
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten DaysGeneral Burgdorf
1973
Penny GoldJones
1973
The Three MusketeersD’Artagnan’s Father
1973
Great ExpectationsJoe Gargery
1974MN
Miss NightingaleLord Palmerston
1974
S*P*Y*SMartinson
1974
The Black WindmillChief Supt. Wray
1974
The Four MusketeersD'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Little PrinceThe King
1974
Heading For GlorySelf - Narrator (voice)
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingB.J. Spence
1975
Operation: DaybreakJanák
1975
Royal FlashSapten
1975
The Magic DreamNarrator
1975
You Talk Too MuchDoctor
1976
Silver BearsHenry Foreman
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItPresident
1977
The Greek TycoonNaval officer (uncredited)
1978
Watership DownBlack Rabbit (voice)
1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Cantrell
1978
Saint JackYardley
1979
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquarePrison Warden
1980CR
Closing RanksVictor Rogachev
1980
Rough CutInsp. Vanderveld
1980
The AppleMr. Topps / Hippie Leader
1980
The Love TapesNarrator (voice)
1980
Dangerous Davies: The Last DetectiveChief Insp. Yardbird
1981
Elizabeth AloneMajor Orpen
1981Findings on a Late AfternoonFather
1981
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-Barrett
1982TL
The Leather BoysNarrator
1984
The Tragedy of CoriolanusMenenius
1984
A Zed & Two NoughtsVan Hoyten
1985
ShadowlandsCS Lewis
1985
Lady JaneSir John Bridges
1986
The SicilianDon Masino Croce
1987
When We Are MarriedHenry Ormonroyd
1987
White Mischief'Jock' Delves Broughton
1987
It Couldn't Happen HerePriest/Murderer
1988
Olympus Force: The KeyGeorge Grossopoulos
1988
The Man Who Lived at the RitzHermann Goering
1988
To Kill a PriestColonel
1988
First and LastAlan Holly
1989
Lethal Weapon 2Arjen Rudd
1989
Jekyll & HydeDr. Charles Lanyon
1990
The Hunt for Red OctoberAmbassador Andrei Lysenko
1990
The Palermo Connectionil boss
1990
The Secret Life of Ian FlemingGen. Gerhard Hellstein
1990
Tre colonne in cronacaGaetano Leporino, il finanziere
1990
A Murder of QualityTerence Fielding
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyDe Nomolos
1991
Brown Bear's WeddingBrown Bear (voice)
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsLewis Serrocold
1991
The Object of BeautyMr. Mercer
1991
The Princess and the GoblinKing Papa (voice)
1991
The Sheltering Desert
1991
Once Upon a CrimeHercules Popodopoulos
1992
Project: ShadowchaserKinderman
1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsKing Edward
1992
The BridgeSmithson
1992
The Mighty DucksHans
1992
White Bear's SecretBrown Bear (voice)
1992
Mother's BoysLansing, Jude's Attorney
1993
Nowhere to RunFranklin Hale
1993
SimulacrumThe Chemist
1993
The Thief and the CobblerBrigand (voice)
1993
Voices in the GardenSir Charles Peverall
1993CL
Citizen LockeLord Ashley
1994
GiorginoFather Glaise
1994
JacobIsaak
1994
Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of PoetrySelf
1994
Julius CaesarCaesar
1994
Miracle on 34th StreetVictor Landbergh (uncredited)
1994Miracle on 34th StreetVictor Landbergh
1994
OcchioPinocchioBrando Della Valle
1994
A Kid in King Arthur's CourtKing Arthur
1995
Citizen XBondarchuk
1995
Daisies in DecemberGerald Carmody
1995
Mad Dogs and EnglishmenInsp. Sam Stringer
1995
D3: The Mighty DucksHans
1996
Deadly Voyage
1996
Hidden in SilenceGerman Factory Manager
1996
Surviving PicassoHenri Matisse
1996
To the Ends of TimeKing Francis
1996
FirelightLord Clare
1998
My GiantMonsignor Popesou
1998
Swept from the SeaMr. Swaffer
1998
MilkVicar
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceThe Prussian
1999LA
Lounge Act
2000
Passion of MindDr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
2000
The Mumbo JumboMayor Smith
2000
OthelloJames Brabant
2001
K-19: The WidowmakerMarshal Zelentsov
2002
No Good DeedMr. Quarre
2002
I'll Be ThereEvil Edmonds
2003
A Different LoyaltyRandolph Cauffield
2004
AsylumJack Straffen
2005
Defining a StyleSelf
2005
IconGeneral Nikolayev
2005
Moscow ZeroTolstoy
2006
These Foolish ThingsAlbert
2006
FlawlessMilton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
2007
HogfatherMustrum Ridcully
2007
How About You...Donald Vanston
2007
In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister CrowleyNarrator
2007
PinocchioMastro Ciliegia
2009
Peak Performers - The Mk3 Ford CortinaNarrator
2010
The Boy with Chocolate FingersNarrator
2011
Prisoners of the SunProfessor Mendella
2013
Katherine of AlexandriaRufus
2014
The PortraitHenry Winter
2014Television
Armchair TheatreFrank Penfold · 1 eps
1956Armchair TheatreMr Green · 1 eps
1956
No Hiding Place1 eps
1959
The AvengersBrigadier Hansing · 1 eps
1961
Sherlock HolmesHon. Philip Green · 1 eps
1964TI
The Indian Tales of Rudyard KiplingWilliam Stevens · 25 eps
1964
The Wednesday PlayCornelius · 1 eps
1964The Wednesday PlayTom Gorbet · 1 eps
1964
Theatre 625Hockey Jagger · 1 eps
1964Theatre 625Fred · 1 eps
1964Theatre 625John Hinks · 1 eps
1964
BBC Play of the MonthChebutykin · 1 eps
1965BBC Play of the MonthCharley · 1 eps
1965B
BlackmailCharles Lorrimer · 1 eps
1965
LondonersAngus Grahame · 1 eps
1965
The TroubleshootersSam Jardine · 2 eps
1965The TroubleshootersMr. Gibbon · 1 eps
1965The TroubleshootersConsidine · 1 eps
1965The TroubleshootersLewis · 1 eps
1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Applicant · 1 eps
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Man · 1 eps
1965DC
David CopperfieldDaniel Peggotty · 5 eps
1966LR
Lord RaingoTom Hogarth · 4 eps
1966
Mystery and ImaginationHerr Scavenius · 1 eps
1966Mystery and ImaginationMr Smedhurst · 1 eps
1966
One Pair of Eyes1 eps
1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeersd'Artagnan · 16 eps
1967T
TrappedPritchy · 1 eps
1967CT
Canterbury TalesHost · 7 eps
1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreCouncillor Horne · 1 eps
1969WS
W. Somerset MaughamHarold Bannon · 1 eps
1969
Play for TodayMalcolmson · 1 eps
1970Play for TodayEllis Cripper · 1 eps
1970Play for TodayAlbert · 1 eps
1970
JusticeSir Robert Beste · 1 eps
1971
The Persuaders!Felix Meadowes · 1 eps
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesGrubber · 1 eps
1971
Country MattersPotter-Jones · 1 eps
1972LN
Late Night TheatreMartens · 1 eps
1972
Shirley's World1 eps
1972
The ProtectorsArthur Gordon · 1 eps
1972
Centre PlayDoctor · 1 eps
1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesDetective Inspector Hud · 1 eps
1973
PlayhouseMaj. Orpen · 1 eps
1974PlayhouseFather · 1 eps
1974
The SweeneyAlan Ember · 1 eps
1975
The CrezzCharles Bronte · 12 eps
1976
Enemy at the DoorMajor General Laidlaw · 1 eps
1978
Return of the SaintGunther · 1 eps
1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareMenenius · 1 eps
1978
Tales of the UnexpectedColonel George Peregrine · 1 eps
1979Tales of the UnexpectedJack Cutler · 1 eps
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyJerry Westerby · 1 eps
1979
Turtle's ProgressBenny D-Day · 1 eps
1979AQ
A Question of GuiltSamuel Kent · 8 eps
1980
The Gentle TouchIvor Stocker · 1 eps
1980
WoganSelf · 1 eps
1982
DalglieshStephen Courtney-Briggs · 5 eps
1983
Natural WorldSelf - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
1983
Sherlock HolmesJephro Rucastle · 1 eps
1984
Shroud for a NightingaleStephen Courtney-Briggs · 5 eps
1984
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesJephro Rucastle · 1 eps
1984
Screen TwoSir Charles (Archie) Peverall · 1 eps
1985Screen TwoCaptain · 1 eps
1985
A Killing on the ExchangeSir Max Sillman · 4 eps
1987
QueenieSir Burton Rumsey · 2 eps
1987
Codename: Kyril'C' · 2 eps
1988AQ
A Quiet ConspiracyTheo Carter · 4 eps
1989
A Woman Named JackieAristotle Onassis · 1 eps
1991A
Ashenden4 eps
1991
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesCaesar (voice) · 1 eps
1992
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Prussian · 1 eps
1992
Testament: The Bible in AnimationSamuel (voice) · 1 eps
1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationNoah (voice) · 1 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersSir Freddy Butler · 1 eps
1997
Heat of the SunMax Van Der vuurst · 3 eps
1998
Easter TalesBarabbas · 1 eps
2000
Henry VIIIHenry VII · 2 eps
2003
Above and BeyondWinston Churchill · 2 eps
2006
HogfatherMustrum Ridcully · 2 eps
2006
The One ShowSelf · 1 eps
2006
KingdomMr. John Narbutowicz · 1 eps
2007
PinocchioMastro Ciliegia · 2 eps
2009Photos
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