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Joss Ackland CBE (born February 29, 1928) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films in his career.

He was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland in North Kensington, London, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared extensively on television, notably as C. S. Lewis in Shadowlands
(1985). He has often played South African characters, in films like Lethal Weapon 2
(1989) and White Mischief
(1987).

Ackland appears in the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 film It Couldn't Happen Here
, and in the video for their cover version of the song Always On My Mind, which was taken from the film. Several years later, he claimed in an interview with the Radio Times that he appeared with the band purely as the result of losing a bet.

Filmography

As an actor

Above and Beyond (2006) (TV Mini Series) ... Winston Churchill
Moscow Zero (2006) ... Tolstoy
These Foolish Things (2006) ... Albert
Midsomer Murders (2006) (TV Series) ... Sir Freddy Butler
Icon (2005) (TV) ... General Nikolayev
Asylum (2005/I) ... Jack Straffen
A Different Loyalty (2004) ... Randolph Cauffield
Henry VIII (2003) (TV) ... Henry VII
I'll Be There (2003) ... Vocals, The BeelzeeBOPS
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003) (voice) ... Pieter Van Eckhardt
K-19: The Widowmaker
(2002) ... Marshal Zelentsov
The House on Turk Street (2002) ... Mr. Thomas Quarre
Othello (2001) (TV) ... James Brabant
Gioco di specchi (2000) (TV)
Passion of Mind (2000) ... Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) ... Mayor Smith
Lounge Act (2000) (voice)
Milk (1999/I) ... The Vicar
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) ... The Prussian
My Giant
(1998) (uncredited) ... Monsignor Popescu
Heat of the Sun (1998) (TV Mini Series) ... Max van der Vuurst
Figlio di Sandokan, II (1998) (TV Mini Series)
Firelight (1997) ... Lord Clare
Swept from the Sea
(1997) ... Mr. Swaffer
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) ... Hans
Surviving Picasso
(1996) ... Henri Matisse
To the Ends of Time (1996) (TV) ... King Francis
Deadly Voyage (1996) (TV) ... Captain
Hidden in Silence (1996) (TV) ... German factory manager
Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996) (TV Series) (voice) ... Noah
Daisies in December (1995) (TV) ... Gerald Carmody
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
(1995) ... King Arthur
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) ... Insp. Sam Stringer
Citizen X
(1995) (TV) ... Bondarchuk
Jacob (1994) (TV) ... Isaac
Miracle on 34th Street
(1994) (uncredited) ... Mr. Victor Landbergh
Giorgino (1994) ... Father Glaise
Citizen Locke (1994) (TV) ... Lord Ashley
Mother's Boys (1994) ... Lansing, Jude's Attorney
OcchioPinocchio (1994) ... Brando
The Princess and the Goblin (1993) (voice) ... King Papa
Voices in the Garden (1993) (TV) ... Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
Nowhere to Run (1993) ... Franklin Hale
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) (TV Series) (voice) ... Julius Caesar
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) (TV Series) ... The Prussian
The Mighty Ducks (1992) ... Hans
Shadowchaser (1992) ... Kinderman
Once Upon a Crime... (1992) ... Hercules Popodopoulos
The Bridge (1992) ... Smithson
The Sheltering Desert (1992) ... Col. Johnston
They Do It with Mirrors (1991) (TV) ... Lewis Serrocold
Ashenden (1991) (TV Mini Series) ... Cumming
A Woman Named Jackie (1991) (TV Mini Series) ... Aristoteles Onassis
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
(1991) ... Chuck De Nomolos
The Object of Beauty (1991) ... Mr. Mercer
A Murder of Quality (1991) (TV) ... Terence Fielding
Incident at Victoria Falls (1991) (TV) ... King Edward
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) (TV) ... Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
The Hunt for Red October
(1990) ... Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Dimenticare Palermo (1990) ... Uomo di Potere
Jekyll & Hyde (1990) (TV) ... Dr. Charles Lanyon
Tre colonne in cronaca (1990) ... Gaetano Leporino
Lethal Weapon 2
(1989) ... Arjen 'Aryan' Rudd
The Justice Game (1989) (TV) ... Sir James Crichton
A Quiet Conspiracy (1989) (TV Mini Series) ... Theo Carter
First and Last (1989) (TV) ... Alan Holly
To Kill a Priest (1988) ... Colonel
Codename: Kyril (1988) (TV) ... 'C'
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988) (TV) ... Goering
It Couldn't Happen Here
(1987) ... Priest/murderer
The Sicilian (1987) ... Don Masino Croce
Queenie (1987) (TV) ... Sir Burton Rumsey
A Killing on the Exchange (1987) (TV Mini Series) ... Sir Max Sillman
White Mischief
(1987) ... Sir Jock Delves Broughton
When We Are Married (1987) (TV) ... Henry Ormonroyd
Lady Jane (1986) ... Sir John Bridges
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(1985) (TV Series) ... Jephro Rucastle
A Zed & Two Noughts
(1985) ... Van Hoyten
Shadowlands (1985) (TV) ... C.S. Lewis
The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984) (TV) ... Menenius
Shroud for a Nightingale (1984) (TV Mini Series) ... Stephen Courtney-Briggs, surgeon
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (1982) (TV Mini Series) ... Mr. Twentyman
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
(1982) (TV Mini Series) ... Edward Moulton-Barrett
Thicker Than Water (1981) (TV Mini Series) ... Joseph Lockwood
Dangerous Davies - The Last Detective (1981) ... Chief Insp. Yardbird
The Apple (1980) ... Hippie Leader/Mr. Topps
The Gentle Touch (TV Series) ... Ivor Stocker
Rough Cut (1980) ... Insp. Vanderveld
The Love Tapes (1980) (TV) (uncredited) ... Narrator
A Question of Guilt (1980) (TV Series) ... Samuel Kent
Tales of the Unexpected (1980) (TV Series) (1980, 1988) ... Malcolm Harper (1980), Colonel George Peregrine (1988)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (TV Mini Series) (1979) ... Jerry Westerby
Saint Jack (1979) ... Yardley
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979) (uncredited) ... Prison Warden
The Sweeney (1978) (TV Series) ... Alan Ember
Disneyland (1978) (TV Series) (uncredited) ... Seaman on Yacht
Return of the Saint (1978) (TV Series) ... Gunther
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) ... Cantrell
The Greek Tycoon (1978) (uncredited)
Silver Bears (1977) ... Henry Foreman
Enemy at the Door (1978) (TV Series) ... Major General Laidlaw
Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Black Rabbit
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) ... President
The Crezz (1977) (TV Series) ... Charles Bronte
You Talk Too Much (1976) (TV)
Operation Daybreak
(1975) ... Janák
Royal Flash
(1975) as Sapten
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) ... B.J. Spence
Great Expectations (1974) (TV) ... Joe Gargery
The Little Prince (1974) as The King
S*P*Y*S (1974) ... Martinson
The Black Windmill
(1974) ... Chief Supt. Wray
The Protectors (1974) (TV Series) ... Arthur Gordon
The Three Musketeers (1973) ... D'Artagnan's Father
England Made Me (1973) ... Haller
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973) (TV Series) ... Gen. Burgdorf
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973) (TV Series) ... Grubber
Penny Gold (1973)
Six Faces: Gallery of Faces (1972) (TV)
Six Faces: True Life (1972) (TV)
Six Faces (1972) (TV Series) ... Harry Mellor
The Happiness Cage (1972) ... Dr. Frederick
Shirley's World (1972) (TV Series) ... Inspector Vaughan
The Persuaders! (1972) (TV Series) ... Felix Meadowes
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971) (TV Series) (1971, 1972)
Villain (1971) ... Edgar Lewis
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1972) ... The Leader
Play for Today (1970) (TV Series) (1970, 1972, 1973) ... Albert
Crescendo (1970) ... Carter
The House That Dripped Blood
(1970) ... Neville Rogers
Canterbury Tales (1969) (TV Series)
Before the Party (1969) (TV) ... Harold Bannon
The Gold Robbers (1969) (TV Series) ... Derek Hartford
The Avengers (1969) (TV Series) ... Brig. Hansing
Z Cars (1967) (TV Series) (1967-1968) ... Det. Insp. Todd
A Place of One's Own (1968) (TV)
Mystery and Imagination (1966) (TV Series) (1966, 1968) ... Herr Scavenius
The Troubleshooters (1966) (TV Series) (1966-1968) ... Mr. Gibbon (1966), Sam Jardine (1966-1967), Considine (1968), Lewis (1968)
The Wednesday Play (1965) (TV Series) (1965, 1967) ... Tom Gorbet (1965), Cornelius (1967)
The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1967) (TV Series) ... d'Artagnan
Room 13 (1966) (TV) ... Herr Scavenius
On the March to the Sea (1966) (TV)

The Widower (1966) (TV) ... Bernard Jeantet

Lord Raingo (1966) (TV) ... Tom Hogarth

Rasputin: the Mad Monk (1966) ... The Bishop

David Copperfield (1966) (TV Series) ... Mr. Peggotty

Focus (1966) (TV)

Play of the Months (1966) (TV Series) (1966, 1970)

Angus Slowly Sinking?]] (1965) (TV)

Sherlock Holmes (1965) (TV Series) ... Hon. Philip Green

Detective (1964) (TV Series) ... Jasper Garnette

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963) (TV Series) ... Editor of English Language Newspaper in India

In Search of the Castaways (1962) (uncredited) ... Seaman on yacht

Next to No Time (1959) (uncredited) ... Turkish Bath Attendant

Sen noci svatojanske (1959) (voice) ... Quince
Destination Downing Street (1957) (TV Series) ... Immelmann
Ghost Ship (1952) ... Ron, 2nd Fisherman
Seven Days to Noon (1950) (uncredited) ... Station policeman

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