Joss Ackland

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Actor

Birth Date: February 29, 1928

Death Date: November 19, 2023

Birth Place: North Kensington, London, England, UK

Joss Ackland was an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was a prolific stage performer, with the Old Vic and the Mermaid Theater companies who made his professional debut in 1945, only entering films in the late 1960s (after an uncredited film debut in "Seven Days to Noon" 1950).

Ackland's most recent memorable screen roles include Greta Scacchi's scheming husband in "White Mischief," Don Masino Croce in Michael Cimino's "The Sicilian" (both 1987) and the villainous South African diplomat Arjen Rudd, in "Lethal Weapon II" (1989).

A musical comedy star in the West End productions of "A Little Night Music," "Evita," "Peter Pan" and "Jean Seberg," Ackland won acclaim for portraying C.S. Lewis in the British TV production, "Shadowlands" (1985).

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From Gorsemere to Gloomsbury: The Literary Lunacy of Sue Limb

Music Performer
Show
2019

Talking Pictures With...

Guest
Show
2018

Alemanha 1974 - Heading for Glory

Narrator
Show
2018

In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley

Actor
Show
2014

The Portrait

Actor
Henry Winter
Show
2014

Katherine of Alexandria

Actor
Rufus
Movie
2014

The Portrait

Actor
Henry Winter
Movie
2014

Prisoners of the Sun

Actor
Prof. Mendella
Movie
2013

Haunted

Voice
Peter Harrington
Show
2011

Pinocchio

Actor
Mastro Ciliegia
Show
2008

Pinocchio

Actor
Mastro Ciliegia
Show
2008

Les Miserables

Actor
Victor Hugo
Show
2008

Les Miserables

Voice
Victor Hugo
Show
2008

Crusoe

Actor
Judge Jefferies
Show
2008

HogfatherStream

Actor
Mustrum Ridcully
Miniseries
2007

Kingdom

Guest Star
Show
2007

Flawless

Actor
Sir Milton
Movie
2007

How About You

Actor
Donald
Movie
2007

In Search of the Great Beast 666

Voice
Aleister Crowley
Movie
2007

Above and Beyond

Actor
Show
2006

1966 and All That

Actor
Show
2006

Hogfather - Teil 1

Actor
Mustrum Ridcully
Movie
2006

Hogfather - Teil 2

Actor
Mustrum Ridcully
Movie
2006

These Foolish Things

Actor
Albert
Movie
2006

Moscow Zero

Actor
Tolstoy
Movie
2006

Asylum

Actor
Straffen
Movie
2005

A Different Loyalty

Actor
Randolph Cauffield
Movie
2004

Henry VIII

Actor
Show
2003

I'll Be There

Actor
Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
Movie
2003

Alison and Maud

Actor
Father
Show
2002

Drama on 3

Voice
Macbeth
Show
2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

Actor
Marshal Zelentsov
Movie
2002

The House on Turk Street

Actor
Mr. Quarrie
Movie
2002

Tales From the Madhouse

Actor
Show
2000

The Mumbo Jumbo

Actor
Mayor Smith
Movie
2000

Passion of MindStream

Actor
Dr. Langer
Movie
2000
19%

Gioco di specchi

Actor
Bennet
Movie
1999

Milk

Actor
The Vicar
Movie
1999

Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Adventures in the Secret Service

Actor
The Prussian
Movie
1999

Heat of the Sun

Actor
Max Van der Vuurst
Show
1998

Midsomer MurdersStream

Guest Star
Series
1997

Swept From the Sea

Actor
Mr. Swaffer
Movie
1997

Firelight

Actor
Lord Clare
Movie
1997

Hidden in Silence

Actor
German factory manager
Movie
1996

Deadly Voyage

Actor
Captain
Movie
1996

Surviving Picasso

Actor
Henri Matisse
Movie
1996

D3: The Mighty Ducks

Actor
Hans
Movie
1996

To the Ends of Time

Actor
King Francis
Movie
1996

Citizen XStream

Actor
Bondarchuk
Movie
1995
86%

Mad Dogs and EnglishmenStream

Actor
Insp. Sam Stringer
Movie
1995

A Kid in King Arthur's CourtStream

Actor
King Arthur
Movie
1995
5%

Daisies in December

Actor
Gerald Carmody
Movie
1995

Margaritas Fuera de Temporada

Actor
Movie
1995

Jacob

Actor
Isaac
Movie
1994

OcchioPinocchio

Actor
Brando
Movie
1994

A Confession

Narrator
Show
1993

Nowhere to Run

Actor
Franklin Hale
Movie
1993

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Actor
Show
1992

Proyecto Sombra Nuclear

Actor
Movie
1992

The Bridge

Actor
Smithson
Movie
1992

Incident at Victoria Falls

Actor
King Edward
Movie
1992

Once Upon a CrimeStream

Actor
Hercules Popodopoulos
Movie
1992
0%

Project: Shadowchaser

Actor
Kinderman
Movie
1992

The Mighty DucksStream

Actor
Hans
Movie
1992
23%

The Sheltering Desert

Actor
Movie
1992

A Woman Named Jackie

Actor
Aristoteles Onassis
Show
1991

A Woman Named Jackie

Actor
Aristoteles Onassis
Show
1991

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

Actor
Show
1991

Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyStream

Actor
De Nomolos
Movie
1991
56%

The Palermo Connection

Actor
Uomo di Potere
Movie
1991

The Princess and the Goblin

Voice
King Papa
Movie
1991

A Murder of Quality

Actor
Terence Fielding
Movie
1991

Voices in the Garden

Actor
Sir Charles "Archie" Peverall
Movie
1991

The Object of Beauty

Actor
Mr. Mercer
Movie
1991

Jekyll & Hyde

Actor
Dr. Charles Lanyon
Movie
1990

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

Actor
Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
Movie
1990

The Hunt for Red OctoberStream

Actor
Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Movie
1990
88%

First & Last

Actor
Alan Holly
Movie
1990

Dimenticare Palermo

Actor
Uomo di potere
Movie
1989

Lethal Weapon 2Stream

Actor
Arjen Rudd
Movie
1989
82%

To Kill a Priest

Actor
Colonel
Movie
1988

Codename: Kyril

Actor
"C"
Movie
1988

L'Homme qui vivait au Ritz

Actor
Movie
1988

The Sicilian

Actor
Don Masino Croce
Movie
1987
10%

White MischiefStream

Actor
`'Jock'` Delves Broughton
Movie
1987
80%

It Couldn't Happen Here

Actor
Priest/murderer
Movie
1987

New World

Actor
Movie
1986

Lady Jane

Actor
Sir John Bridges
Movie
1986

ShadowlandsStream

Actor
C.S. Lewis
Movie
1985

The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesStream

Guest Star
Series
1984

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Actor
Chief Insp. Yardbird
Movie
1981

The Gentle Touch

Actor
Ivor Stocker
Show
1980

Mystery!

Actor
Series
1980

Rough Cut

Actor
Insp. Vanderveld
Movie
1980

The Apple

Actor
Mr. Topps/Hippie Leader
Movie
1980

Tales of the Unexpected

Actor
Jack Cutler
Show
1979

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Actor
Movie
1979

Saint Jack

Actor
Yardley
Movie
1979

Silver Bears

Actor
Henry Foreman
Movie
1978

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

Actor
President
Movie
1977

HG Wells - The Treasure in the Forest

Actor
De Witt
Show
1976

Price of Freedom

Actor
Janák
Movie
1976

The SweeneyStream

Guest Star
Alan Ember
Series
1975

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Actor
B.J. Spence
Movie
1975

Royal Flash

Actor
Sapten
Movie
1975

Operation Daybreak

Actor
Janák
Movie
1975

Heading for Glory

Narrator
Movie
1974

The Black Windmill

Actor
Chief Supt. Wray
Movie
1974

S.P.Y.S

Actor
Martinson
Movie
1974

Great ExpectationsStream

Actor
Joe Gargery
Movie
1974

The Little PrinceStream

Actor
The King
Movie
1974

The Three MusketeersStream

Actor
D'Artagnan's Father
Movie
1973
88%

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Actor
Gen. Burgdorf
Movie
1973

Penny Gold

Actor
Jones
Movie
1973

England Made Me

Actor
Haller
Movie
1972

The Mind Snatchers

Actor
Dr. Frederick
Movie
1972

Crescendo

Actor
Carter
Movie
1972

Justice

Actor
Sir Robert Beste
Show
1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Actor
Show
1971

The Persuaders!Stream

Actor
Felix Meadowes
Series
1971

Villain

Actor
Edgar Lowis
Movie
1971

The Gold Robbers

Actor
Derek Hartford
Show
1969

Call My Bluff

Guest
Show
1965

The AvengersStream

Guest Star
Series
1961

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Voice
Quince
Movie
1959

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