Joss Ackland
Joss Ackland
Biography
Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Ackland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
196
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-02-29 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
North Kensington, London, England, UK
Acting

2014

The Portrait as Henry Winter

2013

Prisoners of the Sun as Professor Mendella

2009

Pinocchio as Mastro Ciliegia

2009

Pinocchio as Mastro Ciliegia

2007

Kingdom as Mr. John Narbutowicz

2007

Flawless as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft

2007

How About You... as Donald Vanston

2007

Hogfather as Mustrum Ridcully

2006

The One Show as Self

2006

Hogfather as Mustrum Ridcully

2006

These Foolish Things as Albert

2006

Above and Beyond as Winston Churchill

2006

Moscow Zero as Tolstoy

2006

Above and Beyond as Not available

2005

Asylum as Jack Straffen

2005

Icon as General Nikolayev

2005

Defining a Style as Self

2004

A Different Loyalty as Randolph Cauffield

2003

Henry VIII as Henry VII

2003

I'll Be There as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker as Marshal Zelentsov

2002

No Good Deed as Mr. Quarre

2001

Othello as James Brabant

2000

Passion of Mind as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist

2000

The Mumbo Jumbo as Mayor Smith

2000

Lounge Act as Not available

2000

Tales from the Madhouse as Barabbas

1999

Milk as Vicar

1998

Firelight as Lord Clare

1998

Swept from the Sea as Mr. Swaffer

1998

Heat of the Sun as Max Van Der vuurst

1998

My Giant as Monsignor Popesou

1997

Midsomer Murders as Sir Freddy Butler

1996

Surviving Picasso as Henri Matisse

1996

Deadly Voyage as Not available

1996

Testament: The Bible in Animation as Samuel (voice)

1996

To the Ends of Time as King Francis

1996

Hidden in Silence as German Factory Manager

1995

A Kid in King Arthur's Court as King Arthur

1995

Citizen X as Bondarchuk

1995

Mad Dogs and Englishmen as Insp. Sam Stringer

1995

Daisies in December as Gerald Carmody

1994

Miracle on 34th Street as Victor Landbergh (uncredited)

1994

Miracle on 34th Street as Victor Landbergh

1994

Jacob as Isaak

1994

OcchioPinocchio as Brando Della Valle

1994

Giorgino as Father Glaise

1994

Citizen Locke as Lord Ashley

1994

Julius Caesar as Caesar

1993

Nowhere to Run as Franklin Hale

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler as Brigand (voice)

1993

Mother's Boys as Lansing, Jude's Attorney

1993

Voices in the Garden as Sir Charles Peverall

1993

Simulacrum as The Chemist

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Caesar (voice)

1992

Once Upon a Crime as Hercules Popodopoulos

1992

The Bridge as Smithson

1992

The Mighty Ducks as Hans

1992

Project: Shadowchaser as Kinderman

1992

White Bear's Secret as Brown Bear (voice)

1991

The Princess and the Goblin as King Papa (voice)

1991

A Woman Named Jackie as Aristotle Onassis

1991

The Object of Beauty as Mr. Mercer

1991

The Sheltering Desert as Not available

1991

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold

1991

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as De Nomolos

1991

Ashenden as Not available

1991

A Murder of Quality as Terence Fielding

1991

Brown Bear's Wedding as Brown Bear (voice)

1990

The Hunt for Red October as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko

1990

The Palermo Connection as il boss

1990

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein

1990

Jekyll & Hyde as Dr. Charles Lanyon

1990

Tre colonne in cronaca as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere

1989

Lethal Weapon 2 as Arjen Rudd

1989

First and Last as Alan Holly

1988

Codename: Kyril as 'C'

1988

To Kill a Priest as Colonel

1988

It Couldn't Happen Here as Priest/Murderer

1988

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Hermann Goering

1988

Codename: Kyril as 'C'

1988

Olympus Force: The Key as George Grossopoulos

1987

The Sicilian as Don Masino Croce

1987

White Mischief as 'Jock' Delves Broughton

1987

Queenie as Sir Burton Rumsey

1987

When We Are Married as Henry Ormonroyd

1987

A Killing on the Exchange as Sir Max Sillman

1986

Lady Jane as Sir John Bridges

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts as Van Hoyten

1985

Shadowlands as CS Lewis

1984

Sherlock Holmes as Jephro Rucastle

1984

The Tragedy of Coriolanus as Menenius

1984

Shroud for a Nightingale as Stephen Courtney-Briggs

1984

The Leather Boys as Narrator

1983

Natural World as Self - Narrator (voice)

1983

Dalgliesh as Stephen Courtney-Briggs

1982

Wogan as Self

1982

The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Edward Moulton-Barrett

1981

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as Chief Insp. Yardbird

1981

Elizabeth Alone as Major Orpen

1980

The Gentle Touch as Ivor Stocker

1980

The Apple as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader

1980

Rough Cut as Insp. Vanderveld

1980

The Love Tapes as Narrator (voice)

1980

A Question of Guilt as Not available

1980

Closing Ranks as Victor Rogachev

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Colonel George Peregrine

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Jack Cutler

1979

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Not available

1979

Saint Jack as Yardley

1979

Turtle's Progress as Benny D-Day

1978

Return of the Saint as Gunther

1978

Enemy at the Door as Major General Laidlaw

1978

The Greek Tycoon as Naval officer (uncredited)

1978

Watership Down as Black Rabbit (voice)

1977

Silver Bears as Henry Foreman

1976

The Crezz as Charles Bronte

1976

You Talk Too Much as Doctor

1975

The Sweeney as Alan Ember

1975

Operation: Daybreak as Janák

1975

Royal Flash as Sapten

1975

Heading For Glory as Self - Narrator (voice)

1974

Playhouse as Maj. Orpen

1974

Playhouse as Father

1974

The Little Prince as The King

1974

Great Expectations as Joe Gargery

1974

The Black Windmill as Chief Supt. Wray

1974

The Four Musketeers as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

Miss Nightingale as Lord Palmerston

1974

S*P*Y*S as Martinson

1973

The Three Musketeers as D’Artagnan’s Father

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days as General Burgdorf

1973

Penny Gold as Jones

1973

Access to the Children as Malcolmson

1973

England Made Me as Haller

1972

The Protectors as Arthur Gordon

1972

Shirley's World as Not available

1972

The Bankrupt as Ellis Cripper

1972

The Mind Snatchers as Dr. Frederick

1972

King's Cross Lunch Hour as The Man

1971

The Persuaders! as Felix Meadowes

1971

Justice as Sir Robert Beste

1971

The House That Dripped Blood as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")

1971

Villain as Edgar Lowis

1971

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Head of Board

1971

Getting In as An Applicant

1970

Play for Today as Malcolmson

1970

Play for Today as Ellis Cripper

1970

Play for Today as Albert

1970

The Three Sisters as Chebutykin

1970

The Lie as Albert

1970

Crescendo as Carter

1966

Mystery and Imagination as Not available

1966

Rasputin: The Mad Monk as The Bishop

1966

David Copperfield as Daniel Peggotty

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Chebutykin

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Charley

1965

The Troubleshooters as Sam Jardine

1965

The Troubleshooters as Mr. Gibbon

1965

The Troubleshooters as Considine

1965

The Troubleshooters as Lewis

1965

Tomorrow, Just You Wait as Tom Gorbet

1965

Londoners as Angus Grahame

1964

The Wednesday Play as Cornelius

1964

The Wednesday Play as Tom Gorbet

1964

Sherlock Holmes as Hon. Philip Green

1964

Theatre 625 as Hockey Jagger

1964

Theatre 625 as Fred

1964

Theatre 625 as John Hinks

1964

Maggie as Norman

1962

In Search of the Castaways as Yacht Seaman

1961

The Avengers as Brigadier Hansing

1959

No Hiding Place as Not available

1958

Next to No Time as Turkish Bath Attendant

1956

Armchair Theatre as Frank Penfold

1956

Armchair Theatre as Mr Green

1952

Ghost Ship as Ron, 2nd Fisherman

1950

Seven Days to Noon as Station Policeman

1949

Landfall as O'Neil