Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

Nacimiento : 1935-10-29, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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Michael Jayston was born on October 29, 1935 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Doctor Who (1963).

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Michael Jayston

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The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the Colin Baker era of Doctor Who to life! This documentary includes the best in-depth interviews with Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), John Nathan-Turner (Producer) and Eric Saward (Script Editor) ever undertaken!
Albert's Memorial
Albert
One-off comedy drama that follows the story of three World War II veterans: Harry, Frank and Albert. It is October 2000 and, at the age of 76, Albert's dying wish is to be buried on the little hill outside Hinderburg in Germany where he watched the Russians take position in the closing stages of the Battle for Berlin. The notion of Harry and Frank transporting Albert's body after his death is a crazy one, but life is short, friendship precious and, after all, the trio have known each other for more than half a century.
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within the larger fourteen-part serial The Trial of a Time Lord. An instalment of the series was found on each DVD of the The Trial of a Time Lord box set.
Finisterre
Narrator (Voice)
London has always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity - Finisterre tries to identify the dreams that London holds for so many. Presented and scored by Saint Etienne, the film enraptures with a journey through the ultimate city of possibilities - from John Nash and Berthold Lubetkin to Hendon FC and Hampstead Heath via the New Piccadilly cafe. A genuinely moving meditation on the capital in all its tawdry glory, with extra features and deluxe booklet
20.000 leguas de viaje submarino
Admiral Sellings
A finales del siglo XIX, muchos barcos son atacados por una especie de balena gigante. El profesor Aronnax, con su hija zoóloga y el arponero Ned Land, inician una expedición para descubir qué extraño ser es quien les ataca. En una de sus embestidas, caen en el mar, siendo recogidos por un submarino que capitanea Nemo.
El hijo del presidente
Original Music Composer
No es fácil ser el hijo adolescente del Presidente de los Estados Unidos, y de eso el solitario Luke Davenport puede dar fe. Pero el chico, que se siente incomprendido, encontrará un amigo en Sam Simms, un excampeón de boxeo asignado para protegerle como escolta. El guardaespaldas pronto se da cuenta de que Luke sólo quiere ser como los demás chicos de su edad.
Los inmortales III: El hechicero
Jack Donovan
MacLeod se enfrenta al malvado Kane, en el Japón feudal, pues hasta allí se ha desplazado el héroe en busca de un maestro de la magia para que le transmita sus conocimientos. En un salto en el tiempo ambos vuelven a enfrentarse en el siglo XX.
Somewhere to Run
Roger Fitzpatrick
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Randall Perry
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard
Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer: the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner...
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Valeyard
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer named Mel. Answering a mysterious distress call from the space liner Hyperion III, they find that the passengers aboard include unscrupulous scientists, secret agents, saboteurs, thieves and a murderer. And lurking in the shadows are the Vervoids, the product of sinister botanical experiments, who will stop at nothing to destroy all non-plant life.
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Valeyard
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him.
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Valeyard
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with the motive of framing him as a villainous renegade.
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
documentary about Nagisa Oshima It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg
De un país lejano
Narrator (voice)
La película cuenta la historia biográfica de Karol Wojtyla, comenzando en 1926 en Polonia: muestra la invasión nazi a ese país, y la vida de Wojtyla como sacerdote, obispo y cardenal, hasta que finalmente es nombrado papa con el nombre de Juan Pablo II.
Gossip From The Forest
Alfred Maiberling
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Amanecer Zulú
Col. Crealock
1879 el Imperio Británico trata de imponer su voluntad sobre el poderoso rey zulú Cetshwayo, que controla parte de la zona de ZuluLand. Al negarse Cetshwayo a cumplir las órdenes de su Majestad la Reina de Inglaterra, los británicos deciden movilizar sus tropas lideradas por el General Chelmsford hacia los dominios de los zulús para someterlos confiando en su aparente superioridad táctica, técnica, militar y armamentística.
Dominique
Arnold Craven
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
She Fell Among Thieves
Mansel
While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.
Nueva moda en el crimen
David Baker
El veterano agente secreto Robert Elliot (Coburn) va a ser nombrado consejero del gobierno americano. Para asegurarse de que su pasado no salga a la luz en el futuro, tendrá que ocuparse de sus cuatro ayudantes mediante un plan tan ingenioso como letal.
A Coffin for the Bride
Mark Walker
Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after the honeymoon. That all changes when he falls for cool blonde Stella McKenzie. He considers giving up his life of crime and finally marrying for love. The only obstacles in his way are a lawyer who suspects the truth, and temptation in the form of the perfect target for one more kill...
Locura
Detective Sgt. Wall
Neal Mottram es un anticuario que esconde en el sótano de su tienda un valiosísimo tesoro: una escultura africana que le proporciona suerte y riqueza; pero, a cambio, tiene que ofrecerle sacrificios humanos.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack Worthing
Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde.
Ring Once for Death
Roger Masters
Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows few people in England, but she desires rest and seclusion in her time of grief. However, she is more alone than she bargained for when she hires Roger Masters as her butler. With small doses of poison, the ruthless butler plans to keeps his wealthy employer incapacitated... permanently.
Las orgías de la locura
Brian (segment "Mel")
Un psiquiatra que regenta una moderna clínica mental recibe la visita de un colega de profesión. Durante la conversación, el director del manicomio expone diversas teorías con las que trata de explicar por qué se volvieron locos tres pacientes.
Regreso al hogar
Teddy
la historia transcurre en la sala de estar de una vieja casa londinense, a la que Teddy lleva a su mujer para presentársela a sus parientes. La revelación de un oscuro secreto familiar reabrirá viejas heridas.
The Merchant of Venice
Gratiano
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
Bequest to the Nation
Capt. Hardy
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
Las aventuras de Alicia
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
Adaptación del clásico de Lewis Carroll "Alicia en el país de las maravillas".
Sígueme
Charles
Un banquero británico con problemas personales contrata a un singular detective privado (Topol) para que siga a su esposa estadounidense, una mujer de espíritu libre (Farrow), de quien sospecha que lo está engañando.
Nicolás y Alejandra
Nicholas
En 1904, Nicolás II, que acaba de tener un hijo, está preocupado por la guerra ruso-japonesa, que acaba de comenzar, y por las reclamaciones cada vez más insistentes de su pueblo que desea un gobierno representativo. El joven heredero Alexis pronto es diagnosticado como hemofílico. Su madre Alejandra, emperatriz histérica poco querida por la familia de su marido, cae bajo el encanto de un campesino siberiano, Rasputín, que la convence de que él puede ser capaz de curar al niño. Nicolás II comienza a creer en su poder, mientras Lenin y el Partido bolchevique en la clandestinidad comienzan también a minar el régimen.
Competition
Jimmy
An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.
Cromwell
Henry Ireton
Inglaterra, siglo XVII. Las discrepancias entre el rey Carlos I Estuardo (1625-1649), que era católico, y el Parlamento, dominado por los puritanos de Oliverio Cromwell, desencadenaron una guerra civil (1642-1648). La causa inmediata fue la sublevación de los católicos irlandeses tras la matanza del Ulster de 1641. La guerra terminó con la victoria de Cromwell. En 1649 tuvo lugar la ejecución de Carlos I y la abolición de la Monarquía, que fue sustituida por la República (1649-1660). Cromwell adoptó el título vitalicio de "Lord Protector", disolvió el Parlamento y empezó a ejercer una dictadura personal.
The Hero of My Life
Charles Dickens
The rise of Charles Dickens, from poverty to prosperity, traced and reflected in his writings.
Mad Jack
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
From This Day Forward
Him
Sheila Hancock stars as Ellie; a woman gathering her strength on the morning of the hardest day of her life. Unwaveringly, she prepares to perform her last act of love. As she navigates her feelings and the very practical considerations of getting this done, she finds that another big decision is to be made.