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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 ...
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, ...
As well as playing James in Only Fools And Horses, Jayston also portrayed Nicholas II of Russia in the 1970s historical film Nicholas And Alexandra.
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 ...
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 ...
The serial, which stars: Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Bate, Ian Bannen, George Sewell and Michael Aldridge, was shown in the United Kingdom from 10 September to 22 October 1979, and in the United States beginning on 29 September 1980.
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.