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Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in West Bridgford, Nottingham as Michael A. James, [1] the only son of Aubrey Vincent James (died 1937) and Edna Myfanwy Medcalfe (died 1950). [2] His father died of pneumonia when Michael was one, and his mother died when he was a young teenager. Jayston was then raised by his grandmother and an ...
Quiller is a British drama television series starring Michael Jayston.The series premièred with the episode The Price of Violence on 29 August 1975 on BBC One. Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor who featured in a series of Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym "Adam Hall".
It tells the story of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Michael Jayston), and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra (Janet Suzman), from 1904 until their deaths in 1918. The ensemble cast includes Tom Baker as Grigori Rasputin , Laurence Olivier as Sergei Witte , Brian Cox as Leon Trotsky , Ian Holm as Vasily Yakovlev , Vivian ...
Michael Jayston, an actor known for his appearances in Only Fools and Horses and Doctor Who, has died aged 88 after “a short illness”. The British actor is known for playing James, ...
The Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who Unbound audio drama He Jests at Scars... documents an alternative timeline in which the Valeyard, once again voiced by Michael Jayston, has defeated the Doctor (in the aftermath of the trial) and gone on to ransack time and space. He has forged an empire by carefully eliminating time sensitives and ...
Follow Me! (U.S.title: The Public Eye) is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. [1] Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1962 play The Public Eye, the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film.
Donald De Souza is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Michael Jayston.Appearing between 2007 and 2008, Donald arrives as the husband of Nicola Blackstock (Nicola Wheeler), although their marriage quickly falls apart.
In 2004, an unabridged reading of Rogue Male, performed by Michael Jayston, in fifteen half-hour episodes, was broadcast on BBC Radio 7. It was broadcast again on Radio 4 Extra in August/September 2012, again in March/April 2014, again in November 2017 and most recently in March 2021.