Michael Jayston
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
90 acting credits
Acting · 90
Midsomer Murders
1997
Coronation Street
1960
Doctor Who
1963
Casualty
1986
Holby City
1999
Crown Court
1972
Heartbeat
1992
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Sherlock Holmes
1984
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Foyle's War
2002
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Thriller
1973
Film '72
1971
UFO
1970
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Churchill's People
1974
Remembers…
2022
Press Gang
1989
Callan
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
The Darling Buds of May
1991
Detective
1964
Cluedo
1990
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Lady Killers
1980
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Murder in Suburbia
2004
The Power Game
1965
Stay Lucky
1989
The Edwardians
1972
Worlds Beyond
1986
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Quiller
1975
Time for Murder
1985
Outside Edge
1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
Big Deal
1984
Zulu Dawn
1979
Armchair Theatre
1956
A Bit of a Do
1989
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
Cromwell
1970
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
The Royal
2003
Haggard
1990
The Internecine Project
1974
Craze
1974
Follow Me!
1972
Jane Eyre
1973
Bequest to the Nation
1973
Dominique
1980
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
Element of Doubt
1996
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
The Homecoming
1973
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
She Fell Among Thieves
1978
The Merchant of Venice
1973
From a Far Country
1981
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
Somewhere to Run
1989
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
Ring Once for Death
1973
A Coffin for the Bride
1974
King Lear
1975
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Gossip from the Forest
1979
Albert's Memorial
2009
Love's Labour's Lost
1965
The Last Romantic
1978
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Macbeth
1970
The Hero of My Life
1970
Competition
1971
Mad Jack
1970
Green Julia
1971
Finisterre
2003
The Importance of Being Earnest
1974
From This Day Forward
2019