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Acting

Michael Jayston

Career: Active from 1965 to 2019, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 24
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Jayston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Classic Literature 4
Political Intrigue 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Romantic Comedy 2
Eccentric Characters 2
Psychological Manipulation 2
Historical Setting 2
Victorian Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Remembers…

TV show

2010s

1 title

From This Day Forward

as Him

2000s

6 titles · average score 62

Albert's Memorial

as Albert

Murder in Suburbia

48

TV show · as Bradley

Finisterre

as Narrator (Voice)

The Royal

51

TV show · as Henry Appleton

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as AC Henry Parkins

A Dinner of Herbs

68

TV show · as Justice Craig

1990s

12 titles · average score 63

Holby City

64

TV show · as Judge

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Reverend Arthur Gould

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

49

as Admiral Sellings

First Kid

43

Original Music Composer

Element of Doubt

as Kirk

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

31

as Jack Donovan

Outside Edge

76

TV show · as Bob Willis

99-1

TV show · as Chauncy

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Gerald Hudson / Michael Harvey

The Darling Buds of May

78

TV show · as Ernest Bristow

TV show

Cluedo

TV show · as Colonel Mustard

1980s

19 titles · average score 65

Press Gang

77

TV show · as Colonel X

Stay Lucky

TV show · as Valentine

Still Crazy Like a Fox

73

as Randall Perry

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Quentin Nightingale

Casualty

62

TV show · as Ian / David Northwick

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

as The Valeyard

C.A.T.S. Eyes

62

TV show

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as The Earl of Rufton

Big Deal

76

TV show · as Grover

1970s

34 titles · average score 66

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

92

TV show · as Peter Guillam

Zulu Dawn

61

as Col. Crealock

She Fell Among Thieves

as Mansel

Quiller

TV show · as Quiller

A Coffin for the Bride

81

as Mark Walker

Jane Eyre

66

TV show · as Mr Rochester

Bequest to the Nation

64

as Capt. Hardy

Ring Once for Death

81

as Roger Masters

Follow Me!

72

as Charles

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

56

as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)

Nicholas and Alexandra

58

as Nicholas

Macbeth

as Macbeth

1960s

12 titles · average score 66

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Jake

Happy Ever After

TV show · as Stafford

A Midsummer Night's Dream

65

as Demetrius

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Gerry Hackett

Callan

76

TV show

The Power Game

TV show · as Lincoln Dowling

Love's Labour's Lost

as Longaville

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Edmund / John 'Jack' Worthing

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Siegfried Sassoon

Detective

TV show

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as The Valeyard

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Judge

1950s

1 title · average score 68

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Jimmy