Joss Ackland
Acting Born Feb 29, 1928 Died Nov 19, 2023 North Kensington, London, England, UK 217 credits
Biography
Joss Ackland was an English actor born on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London, England, UK. He appeared in more than 130 film, radio, and television roles. Ackland was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). He was active in the entertainment industry from the late 1940s to the mid-2010s, and his career included stage performances. Ackland passed away on November 19, 2023, at the age of 95.
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Career overview
Joss Ackland was an English actor who appeared in numerous film, radio, and television roles. He had a long and extensive career, with more than 130 known credits. Ackland's acting career spanned several decades, beginning in the late 1940s and continuing until the mid-2010s.
Ackland's work included a wide range of film and television productions. He appeared in over 80 feature films and more than 120 television productions. In addition to his screen work, Ackland also performed in stage productions. His extensive body of work demonstrates his versatility as an actor and his ability to adapt to various roles and formats.
Ackland received recognition for his performances, including a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. This nomination was for his portrayal of Jock Delves Broughton in the 1987 film White Mischief.
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Career timeline
Katherine of AlexandriaThe Portrait
Prisoners of the Sun
The Boy with Chocolate Fingers
Peak Performers - The Mk3 Ford Cortina
PinocchioPinocchio
FlawlessKingdomHogfatherHow About You...In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley
The One ShowHogfatherThese Foolish ThingsMoscow ZeroAbove and Beyond
AsylumIconDefining a Style
A Different Loyalty
Henry VIIII'll Be There
K-19: The WidowmakerNo Good Deed
Othello
Passion of MindLounge ActEaster TalesThe Mumbo Jumbo
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceMilk
FirelightSwept from the SeaMy GiantHeat of the Sun
Midsomer Murders
Testament: The Bible in AnimationTestament: The Bible in AnimationD3: The Mighty DucksSurviving PicassoTo the Ends of Time
Citizen XA Kid in King Arthur's CourtMad Dogs and EnglishmenDaisies in December
Miracle on 34th StreetMiracle on 34th StreetGiorginoJacobJoan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry
Nowhere to RunThe Thief and the CobblerMother's BoysSimulacrumVoices in the Garden
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesShakespeare: The Animated TalesThe Mighty DucksOnce Upon a CrimeProject: Shadowchaser
Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyA Woman Named JackieA Murder of QualityMiss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsThe Object of Beauty
The Hunt for Red OctoberThe Secret Life of Ian FlemingThe Palermo ConnectionTre colonne in cronacaJekyll & Hyde
Lethal Weapon 2First and LastA Quiet Conspiracy
It Couldn't Happen HereCodename: KyrilTo Kill a PriestOlympus Force: The KeyThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
White MischiefQueenieThe SicilianA Killing on the ExchangeWhen We Are Married
Lady Jane
Screen TwoScreen TwoA Zed & Two NoughtsShadowlands
Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesShroud for a NightingaleThe Leather BoysThe Tragedy of Coriolanus
Natural WorldDalgliesh
Full Filmography
217 titles- Katherine of Alexandria (2014) as Rufus
- The Portrait (2014) as Henry Winter
- Prisoners of the Sun (2013) as Professor Mendella
- The Boy with Chocolate Fingers (2011) as Narrator
- Peak Performers - The Mk3 Ford Cortina (2010) as Narrator
- Pinocchio (2009) as Mastro Ciliegia
- Pinocchio (2009) as Mastro Ciliegia
- Flawless (2007) as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
- Kingdom (2007) as Mr. John Narbutowicz
- Hogfather (2007) as Mustrum Ridcully
- How About You... (2007) as Donald Vanston
- In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley (2007) as Narrator
- The One Show (2006) as Self
- Hogfather (2006) as Mustrum Ridcully
- These Foolish Things (2006) as Albert
- Moscow Zero (2006) as Tolstoy
- Above and Beyond (2006) as Winston Churchill
- Asylum (2005) as Jack Straffen
- Icon (2005) as General Nikolayev
- Defining a Style (2005) as Self
- A Different Loyalty (2004) as Randolph Cauffield
- Henry VIII (2003) as Henry VII
- I'll Be There (2003) as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
- K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) as Marshal Zelentsov
- No Good Deed (2002) as Mr. Quarre
- Othello (2001) as James Brabant
- Passion of Mind (2000) as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
- Lounge Act (2000)
- Easter Tales (2000) as Barabbas
- The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) as Mayor Smith
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) as The Prussian
- Milk (1999) as Vicar
- Firelight (1998) as Lord Clare
- Swept from the Sea (1998) as Mr. Swaffer
- My Giant (1998) as Monsignor Popesou
- Heat of the Sun (1998) as Max Van Der vuurst
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Sir Freddy Butler
- Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996) as Noah (voice)
- Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996) as Samuel (voice)
- D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) as Hans
- Surviving Picasso (1996) as Henri Matisse
- To the Ends of Time (1996) as King Francis
- Deadly Voyage (1996)
- Hidden in Silence (1996) as German Factory Manager
- Citizen X (1995) as Bondarchuk
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) as King Arthur
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) as Insp. Sam Stringer
- Daisies in December (1995) as Gerald Carmody
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994) as Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994) as Victor Landbergh
- Giorgino (1994) as Father Glaise
- Jacob (1994) as Isaak
- Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry (1994) as Self
- Julius Caesar (1994) as Caesar
- OcchioPinocchio (1994) as Brando Della Valle
- Citizen Locke (1994) as Lord Ashley
- Nowhere to Run (1993) as Franklin Hale
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) as Brigand (voice)
- Mother's Boys (1993) as Lansing, Jude's Attorney
- Simulacrum (1993) as The Chemist
- Voices in the Garden (1993) as Sir Charles Peverall
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as The Prussian
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) as Caesar (voice)
- The Mighty Ducks (1992) as Hans
- Once Upon a Crime (1992) as Hercules Popodopoulos
- Project: Shadowchaser (1992) as Kinderman
- White Bear's Secret (1992) as Brown Bear (voice)
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) as King Edward
- The Bridge (1992) as Smithson
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) as De Nomolos
- A Woman Named Jackie (1991) as Aristotle Onassis
- A Murder of Quality (1991) as Terence Fielding
- Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991) as Lewis Serrocold
- The Object of Beauty (1991) as Mr. Mercer
- The Princess and the Goblin (1991) as King Papa (voice)
- Ashenden (1991)
- Brown Bear's Wedding (1991) as Brown Bear (voice)
- The Sheltering Desert (1991)
- The Hunt for Red October (1990) as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
- The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
- The Palermo Connection (1990) as il boss
- Tre colonne in cronaca (1990) as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere
- Jekyll & Hyde (1990) as Dr. Charles Lanyon
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) as Arjen Rudd
- First and Last (1989) as Alan Holly
- A Quiet Conspiracy (1989) as Theo Carter
- It Couldn't Happen Here (1988) as Priest/Murderer
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as 'C'
- To Kill a Priest (1988) as Colonel
- Olympus Force: The Key (1988) as George Grossopoulos
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988) as Hermann Goering
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as 'C'
- White Mischief (1987) as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
- Queenie (1987) as Sir Burton Rumsey
- The Sicilian (1987) as Don Masino Croce
- A Killing on the Exchange (1987) as Sir Max Sillman
- When We Are Married (1987) as Henry Ormonroyd
- Lady Jane (1986) as Sir John Bridges
- Screen Two (1985) as Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
- Screen Two (1985) as Captain
- A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) as Van Hoyten
- Shadowlands (1985) as CS Lewis
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Jephro Rucastle
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Jephro Rucastle
- Shroud for a Nightingale (1984) as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
- The Leather Boys (1984) as Narrator
- The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984) as Menenius
- Natural World (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Dalgliesh (1983) as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982) as Edward Moulton-Barrett
- Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) as Chief Insp. Yardbird
- Findings on a Late Afternoon (1981) as Father
- Elizabeth Alone (1981) as Major Orpen
- The Gentle Touch (1980) as Ivor Stocker
- A Question of Guilt (1980) as Samuel Kent
- Closing Ranks (1980) as Victor Rogachev
- Rough Cut (1980) as Insp. Vanderveld
- The Apple (1980) as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980) as Prison Warden
- The Love Tapes (1980) as Narrator (voice)
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Colonel George Peregrine
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Jack Cutler
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as Jerry Westerby
- Saint Jack (1979) as Yardley
- Turtle's Progress (1979) as Benny D-Day
- Return of the Saint (1978) as Gunther
- Enemy at the Door (1978) as Major General Laidlaw
- The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) as Menenius
- Watership Down (1978) as Black Rabbit (voice)
- The Greek Tycoon (1978) as Naval officer (uncredited)
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) as Cantrell
- Silver Bears (1977) as Henry Foreman
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) as President
- You Talk Too Much (1976) as Doctor
- The Crezz (1976) as Charles Bronte
- The Sweeney (1975) as Alan Ember
- Operation: Daybreak (1975) as Janák
- Heading For Glory (1975) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Royal Flash (1975) as Sapten
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) as B.J. Spence
- The Magic Dream (1975) as Narrator
- Playhouse (1974) as Maj. Orpen
- Playhouse (1974) as Father
- The Four Musketeers (1974) as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Little Prince (1974) as The King
- The Black Windmill (1974) as Chief Supt. Wray
- Great Expectations (1974) as Joe Gargery
- S*P*Y*S (1974) as Martinson
- Miss Nightingale (1974) as Lord Palmerston
- Centre Play (1973) as Doctor
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) as Detective Inspector Hud
- The Three Musketeers (1973) as D’Artagnan’s Father
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as General Burgdorf
- England Made Me (1973) as Haller
- Penny Gold (1973) as Jones
- Access to the Children (1973) as Malcolmson
- The Protectors (1972) as Arthur Gordon
- Shirley's World (1972)
- Country Matters (1972) as Potter-Jones
- Late Night Theatre (1972) as Martens
- Crippled Bloom (1972) as Potter Jones
- The Mind Snatchers (1972) as Dr. Frederick
- King's Cross Lunch Hour (1972) as The Man
- The Bankrupt (1972) as Ellis Cripper
- The Persuaders! (1971) as Felix Meadowes
- Justice (1971) as Sir Robert Beste
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) as Grubber
- Getting In (1971) as An Applicant
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971) as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- Villain (1971) as Edgar Lowis
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971) as Head of Board
- Play for Today (1970) as Albert
- Play for Today (1970) as Ellis Cripper
- Play for Today (1970) as Malcolmson
- The Three Sisters (1970) as Chebutykin
- Crescendo (1970) as Carter
- The Lie (1970) as Albert
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Councillor Horne
- W. Somerset Maugham (1969) as Harold Bannon
- Canterbury Tales (1969) as Host
- The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) as d'Artagnan
- One Pair of Eyes (1967)
- Trapped (1967) as Pritchy
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) as Herr Scavenius
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) as Mr Smedhurst
- David Copperfield (1966) as Daniel Peggotty
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) as The Bishop
- Death of a Salesman (1966) as Charley
- Lord Raingo (1966) as Tom Hogarth
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Chebutykin
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Charley
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Applicant
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Man
- The Troubleshooters (1965) as Mr. Gibbon
- The Troubleshooters (1965) as Sam Jardine
- The Troubleshooters (1965) as Considine
- The Troubleshooters (1965) as Lewis
- Londoners (1965) as Angus Grahame
- Tomorrow, Just You Wait (1965) as Tom Gorbet
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Tom Gorbet
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Cornelius
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Hockey Jagger
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Fred
- Theatre 625 (1964) as John Hinks
- Sherlock Holmes (1964) as Hon. Philip Green
- Maggie (1964) as Norman
- The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964) as William Stevens
- In Search of the Castaways (1962) as Yacht Seaman
- The Avengers (1961) as Brigadier Hansing
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Next to No Time (1958) as Turkish Bath Attendant
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Frank Penfold
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Mr Green
- Ghost Ship (1952) as Ron, 2nd Fisherman
- Seven Days to Noon (1950) as Station Policeman
- Landfall (1949) as O'Neil
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Joss Ackland best known for?
Joss Ackland is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Flawless (2007), Kingdom (2007), The One Show (2006), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002).
When and where was Joss Ackland born?
Joss Ackland was born on February 29, 1928 in North Kensington, London, England, UK. They passed away on November 19, 2023.
How many credits does Joss Ackland have?
Joss Ackland has accumulated over 217 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1949 to 2014.
What is Joss Ackland's background in cinema and television?
Joss Ackland was an English actor born on February 29, 1928, in North Kensington, London, England, UK. He appeared in more than 130 film, radio, and television roles. Ackland was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). He was...
Joss Ackland by the numbers
217credits
135films
82TV series
1949–2014active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- A Woman Named Jackie (1991) as Aristotle Onassis — aged about 63
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Jephro Rucastle — aged about 56
- Enemy at the Door (1978) as Major General Laidlaw — aged about 50
- The Sweeney (1975) as Alan Ember — aged about 47
- The Avengers (1961) as Brigadier Hansing — aged about 33
- The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) as d'Artagnan — aged about 39
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