Jack May

Jack May

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as General Nicolai Hermack

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#2The Adventures of Robin Hood

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Old Peasant (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Action & AdventureFamily

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.

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#3The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Citizen (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
DramaAction & Adventure

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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#4Night Train to Munich

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
DramaThrillerWar

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

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#5Tiger Bay

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Mr Willis (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
ThrillerCrime

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal murder of a young woman. Instead of reporting the crime, she merely pockets a prize for herself — the perpetrator's shiny black revolver — and flees. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.

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#6The Gang's All Here

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m as Man Exiting Pub

7.5 / 10
Comedy

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.

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#7The Lamp Still Burns

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Elderly Patient (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
DramaRomanceWar

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.

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#8London Belongs to Me

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Bystander (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Drama

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

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#9The Ghost of St. Michael's

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m as Man in Courtroom (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.

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#10Captain Boycott

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Carriage Driver (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
DramaHistory

In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.

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#11Penny Princess

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
ComedyRomance

A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.

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#12The Common Touch

Movie - 1941, 2h 15m as Workman

6.8 / 10
Drama

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

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#13Burnt Evidence

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Man Being Interviewed by Detective (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
CrimeMysteryDrama

Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he heads for the hills as a police hunt begins... Classic British thriller from the creator of Dixon Of Dock Green.

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#14Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Man with Ear-trumpet

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.

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#15Up in the World

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Footman (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand

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#16Stop Press Girl

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Newspaper Seller (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
Comedy

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.

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#17The Mutiny Of The Elsinore

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m as Deckhand

9.0 / 10
ActionAdventureCrime

The story of a surly crew, an honest God-fearing captain, a hardboiled-but-loyal Scotch mate, a scoundrelly second-mate, and then a mutiny, the fight and the final voyage to a safe harbor. But not before the Captain has been murdered, his pretty daughter in peril, her rescue by the single passenger on board, and a member of the crew thrown overboard by another crew member.

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