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Acting

Michael Jayston

Titles: 42movies48TV shows

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

Historical
5.0average 2.6
Nostalgia
6.0average 3.7
Wit & Wordplay
5.1average 3.7
Politics
4.0average 2.6
Mystery
4.9average 4.1
Family Dynamics
5.6average 4.8
Class & Capitalism
4.1average 3.3
Crime
4.2average 3.7

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.8, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.9
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

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Drama 25
Comedy 7
TV Movie 7
Adventure 7
Thriller 5
Science Fiction 5
Fantasy 4
Action 4

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Classic Literature 4
Political Intrigue 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Social Satire 2
Historical Setting 2
Psychological Manipulation 2
Eccentric Characters 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Victorian Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

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

TV show · as Bradley

Finisterre

as Narrator (Voice)

The Royal

TV show · as Henry Appleton

Foyle's War

TV show · as AC Henry Parkins

A Dinner of Herbs

TV show · as Justice Craig

1990s

12 titles · average score 63

Holby City

TV show · as Judge

Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Reverend Arthur Gould

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Admiral Sellings

First Kid

Original Music Composer

Element of Doubt

as Kirk

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

as Jack Donovan

Outside Edge

TV show · as Bob Willis

99-1

TV show · as Chauncy

Heartbeat

TV show · as Gerald Hudson / Michael Harvey

The Darling Buds of May

TV show · as Ernest Bristow

TV show

Cluedo

TV show · as Colonel Mustard

1980s

19 titles · average score 65

A Bit of a Do

TV show

Press Gang

TV show · as Colonel X

Still Crazy Like a Fox

as Randall Perry

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV show · as Quentin Nightingale

Casualty

TV show · as Ian / David Northwick

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

as The Valeyard

C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV show

Sherlock Holmes

TV show · as The Earl of Rufton

Big Deal

TV show · as Grover

All 19 titles from the 1980s

1970s

34 titles · average score 66

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

TV show · as Peter Guillam

Zulu Dawn

as Col. Crealock

She Fell Among Thieves

as Mansel

Quiller

TV show · as Quiller

A Coffin for the Bride

as Mark Walker

The Internecine Project

as David Baker

Jane Eyre

TV show · as Mr Rochester

Bequest to the Nation

as Capt. Hardy

Ring Once for Death

as Roger Masters

Follow Me!

as Charles

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Nicholas

All 34 titles from the 1970s

1960s

11 titles · average score 66

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Jake

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Demetrius

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Gerry Hackett

Callan

TV show

The Power Game

TV show · as Lincoln Dowling

Love's Labour's Lost

as Longaville

BBC Play of the Month

TV show · as Edmund / John 'Jack' Worthing

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Siegfried Sassoon

Detective

TV show

Doctor Who

TV show · as The Valeyard

Coronation Street

TV show · as Judge

1950s

1 title · average score 68

Armchair Theatre

TV show · as Jimmy