Michael Jayston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 29, 1935
- Died
- Feb 5, 2024
- Place of birth
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Michael James, Michael A. James
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Acting credits
Coronation Street
Judge
Midsomer Murders
Reverend Arthur Gould
Doctor Who
The Valeyard
Holby City
Judge
Casualty
Ian / David Northwick
Heartbeat
Michael Harvey / Gerald Hudson
Crown Court
Keith Saunders QC
Film '72
Self
BBC Play of the Month
John 'Jack' Worthing / Edmund
The Wednesday Play
Siegfried Sassoon
Sherlock Holmes
The Earl of Rufton
Tales of the Unexpected
G.B. Shaw
ITV Playhouse
Gerry Hackett
Foyle's War
AC Henry Parkins
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jake
Churchill's People
Henry, Bishop of Norwich
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Quentin Nightingale
UFO
Russell Stone
Remembers…
Thriller
Roger Masters / Mark Walker
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
Press Gang
Colonel X
Callan
BBC2 Play of the Week
Mansel
The Darling Buds of May
Ernest Bristow
Murder in Suburbia
Bradley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Guillam
Cluedo
Colonel Mustard
Detective
Stay Lucky
Valentine
Lady Killers
Frederick Henry Seddon
Big Deal
Grover
The Power Game
Lincoln Dowling
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Outside Edge
Bob Willis
The Edwardians
Frederick Henry Royce
A Bit of a Do
Neville Badger
Quiller
Quiller
99-1
Chauncy
About Face
Michael
Armchair Theatre
Jimmy
A Dinner of Herbs
Justice Craig
Worlds Beyond
Drayton Thomas
Time for Murder
Austin Tupp
Haggard
Solo
Happy Ever After
Stafford
Biography
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jane Eyre
Mr Rochester
The Royal
Henry Appleton