Michael Jayston: movies and TV shows
Michael Jayston has 98 credits in the archive: 46 films and 52 TV series, from 1956 to 2024. Highest rated: Sherlock Holmes (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2024 · busiest year: 1973 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | Film | 6.0 | 88 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | TV | 7.0 | 86 | |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | Film | 7.8 | 86 |
| 2019 | From This Day Forward | Him | Film | — | 83 |
| 2019 | The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years | Film | — | 83 | |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa | Self | TV | — | 82 |
| 2016 | UFO From Earth to the Moon | Self | Film | 10.0 | 80 |
| 2009 | Albert's Memorial | Albert | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2008 | The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2004 | Murder in Suburbia | Bradley | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2003 | The Royal | Henry Appleton | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2003 | Finisterre | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 8.5 | 67 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | AC Henry Parkins | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2000 | A Dinner of Herbs | Justice Craig | TV | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1999 | Holby City | Judge | TV | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Reverend Arthur Gould | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1997 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Admiral Sellings | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1996 | First Kid | Film | 5.8 | 60 | |
| 1996 | Element of Doubt | Kirk | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1994 | Outside Edge | Bob Willis | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1994 | Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Jack Donovan | Film | 4.8 | 58 |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Chauncy | TV | — | 58 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Michael Harvey | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Gerald Hudson | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Ernest Bristow | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Colonel Mustard | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1990 | Haggard | TV | 4.0 | 54 | |
| 1989 | Press Gang | Colonel X | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky | Valentine | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1989 | A Bit of a Do | TV | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1989 | Somewhere to Run | Roger Fitzpatrick | Film | — | 53 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Quentin Nightingale | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1987 | Still Crazy Like a Fox | Randall Perry | Film | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Ian | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1986 | Casualty | David Northwick | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Drayton Thomas | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: Mindwarp | The Valeyard | Film | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids | The Valeyard | Film | 4.7 | 50 |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe | The Valeyard | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1986 | Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet | The Valeyard | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | TV | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Austin Tupp | TV | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | The Earl of Rufton | TV | 8.2 | 48 |
| 1984 | Big Deal | Grover | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1983 | The Man Who Left His Soul on Film | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1981 | From a Far Country | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.6 | 45 |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Frederick Henry Seddon | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1980 | Dominique | Arnold Craven | Film | 4.9 | 44 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | G.B. Shaw | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Peter Guillam | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Col. Crealock | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1979 | Gossip from the Forest | Alfred Maiberling | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1978 | She Fell Among Thieves | Mansel | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1978 | The Last Romantic | James | Film | — | 42 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Mansel | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | Quiller | Quiller | TV | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1975 | King Lear | Edmund | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Henry, Bishop of Norwich | TV | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | The Internecine Project | David Baker | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | Craze | Detective Sgt. Wall | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1974 | A Coffin for the Bride | Mark Walker | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Jack Worthing | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Roger Masters | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Mark Walker | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1973 | Jane Eyre | Mr Rochester | TV | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1973 | The Merchant of Venice | Gratiano | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Brian (segment "Mel") | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1973 | The Homecoming | Teddy | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | Capt. Hardy | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1973 | Ring Once for Death | Roger Masters | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Keith Saunders QC | TV | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Frederick Henry Royce | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1972 | Follow Me! | Charles | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1972 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Nicholas | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1971 | Green Julia | Jake | Film | — | 35 |
| 1971 | Competition | Jimmy | Film | — | 35 |
| 1970 | UFO | Russell Stone | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1970 | Solo | TV | — | 34 | |
| 1970 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | Henry Ireton | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1970 | Biography | Ludwig van Beethoven | TV | — | 34 |
| 1970 | Mad Jack | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1970 | The Hero of My Life | Charles Dickens | Film | — | 34 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jake | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Gerry Hackett | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1967 | Callan | TV | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | John 'Jack' Worthing | TV | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Edmund | TV | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Power Game | Lincoln Dowling | TV | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1965 | Love's Labour's Lost | Longaville | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Siegfried Sassoon | TV | 5.2 | 28 |
| 1964 | Detective | TV | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | The Valeyard | TV | 7.9 | 27 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Judge | TV | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Jimmy | TV | 6.0 | 20 |