Joss Ackland

Acting

Joss Ackland

Born 29 February 1928 · North Kensington, London, England, UK · Died 19 November 2023 at 95

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

Highlights

The Hunt for Red October1990 · Film · Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Lethal Weapon 21989 · Film · Arjen Rudd
Miracle on 34th Street1994 · Film · Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
Watership Down1978 · Film · Black Rabbit (voice)
K-19: The Widowmaker2002 · Film · Marshal Zelentsov
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Jephro Rucastle

Filmography

Movies

115 films

The Portrait2014 · Film · Henry Winter
Katherine of Alexandria2014 · Film · Rufus
Prisoners of the Sun2013 · Film · Professor Mendella
Pinocchio2009 · Film · Mastro Ciliegia
How About You...2007 · Film · Donald Vanston
Hogfather2007 · Film · Mustrum Ridcully
Flawless2007 · Film · Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
Moscow Zero2006 · Film · Tolstoy
These Foolish Things2006 · Film · Albert
Asylum2005 · Film · Jack Straffen
Icon2005 · Film · General Nikolayev
A Different Loyalty2004 · Film · Randolph Cauffield
I'll Be There2003 · Film · Evil Edmonds
K-19: The Widowmaker2002 · Film · Marshal Zelentsov
No Good Deed2002 · Film · Mr. Quarre
Othello2001 · Film · James Brabant
The Mumbo Jumbo2000 · Film · Mayor Smith
Passion of Mind2000 · Film · Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999 · Film · The Prussian
Milk1999 · Film · Vicar
Firelight1998 · Film · Lord Clare
My Giant1998 · Film · Monsignor Popesou
Swept from the Sea1998 · Film · Mr. Swaffer
To the Ends of Time1996 · Film · King Francis
D3: The Mighty Ducks1996 · Film · Hans
Surviving Picasso1996 · Film · Henri Matisse
Deadly Voyage1996 · Film · Captain
Hidden in Silence1996 · Film · German Factory Manager
Daisies in December1995 · Film · Gerald Carmody
A Kid in King Arthur's Court1995 · Film · King Arthur
Mad Dogs and Englishmen1995 · Film · Insp. Sam Stringer
Citizen X1995 · Film · Bondarchuk
OcchioPinocchio1994 · Film · Brando Della Valle
Jacob1994 · Film · Isaak
Julius Caesar1994 · Film · Caesar
Miracle on 34th Street1994 · Film · Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
Giorgino1994 · Film · Father Glaise
Simulacrum1993 · Film · The Chemist
Mother's Boys1993 · Film · Lansing, Jude's Attorney
The Thief and the Cobbler1993 · Film · Brigand (voice)
Voices in the Garden1993 · Film · Sir Charles Peverall
Nowhere to Run1993 · Film · Franklin Hale
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors1992 · Film · Lewis Serrocold
The Mighty Ducks1992 · Film · Hans
Project: Shadowchaser1992 · Film · Kinderman
White Bear's Secret1992 · Film · Brown Bear (voice)
Once Upon a Crime1992 · Film · Hercules Popodopoulos
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls1992 · Film · King Edward
The Bridge1992 · Film · Smithson
Brown Bear's Wedding1991 · Film · Brown Bear (voice)
A Murder of Quality1991 · Film · Terence Fielding
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991 · Film · De Nomolos
The Princess and the Goblin1991 · Film · King Papa (voice)
The Object of Beauty1991 · Film · Mr. Mercer
The Sheltering Desert1991 · Film
Tre colonne in cronaca1990 · Film · Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming1990 · Film · Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
The Hunt for Red October1990 · Film · Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
The Palermo Connection1990 · Film · il boss
Jekyll & Hyde1990 · Film · Dr. Charles Lanyon
First and Last1989 · Film · Alan Holly
Lethal Weapon 21989 · Film · Arjen Rudd
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz1988 · Film · Hermann Goering
To Kill a Priest1988 · Film · Colonel
It Couldn't Happen Here1988 · Film · Priest/Murderer
Olympus Force: The Key1988 · Film · George Grossopoulos
When We Are Married1987 · Film · Henry Ormonroyd
White Mischief1987 · Film · 'Jock' Delves Broughton
The Sicilian1987 · Film · Don Masino Croce
Lady Jane1986 · Film · Sir John Bridges
A Zed & Two Noughts1985 · Film · Van Hoyten
Shadowlands1985 · Film · CS Lewis
The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984 · Film · Menenius
The Barretts of Wimpole Street1982 · Film · Edward Moulton-Barrett
Findings on a Late Afternoon1981 · Film · Father
Elizabeth Alone1981 · Film · Major Orpen
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective1981 · Film · Chief Insp. Yardbird
The Apple1980 · Film · Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader
Rough Cut1980 · Film · Insp. Vanderveld
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square1980 · Film · Prison Warden
Saint Jack1979 · Film · Yardley
Watership Down1978 · Film · Black Rabbit (voice)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?1978 · Film · Cantrell
The Greek Tycoon1978 · Film · Naval officer (uncredited)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It1977 · Film · President
Silver Bears1977 · Film · Henry Foreman
You Talk Too Much1976 · Film · Doctor
Operation: Daybreak1975 · Film · Janák
Royal Flash1975 · Film · Sapten
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · Film · B.J. Spence
The Little Prince1974 · Film · The King
S*P*Y*S1974 · Film · Martinson
The Black Windmill1974 · Film · Chief Supt. Wray
Great Expectations1974 · Film · Joe Gargery
The Three Musketeers1973 · Film · D’Artagnan’s Father
Penny Gold1973 · Film · Jones
England Made Me1973 · Film · Haller
Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973 · Film · General Burgdorf
Access to the Children1973 · Film · Malcolmson
The Bankrupt1972 · Film · Ellis Cripper
The Mind Snatchers1972 · Film · Dr. Frederick
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins1971 · Film · Head of Board
Villain1971 · Film · Edgar Lowis
The House That Dripped Blood1971 · Film · Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
The Lie1970 · Film · Albert
Crescendo1970 · Film · Carter
The Three Sisters1970 · Film · Chebutykin
Death of a Salesman1966 · Film · Charley
Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966 · Film · The Bishop
Tomorrow, Just You Wait1965 · Film · Tom Gorbet
In Search of the Castaways1962 · Film · Yacht Seaman
Next to No Time1958 · Film · Turkish Bath Attendant
Ghost Ship1952 · Film · Ron, 2nd Fisherman
Seven Days to Noon1950 · Film · Station Policeman
Landfall1949 · Film · O'Neil

Filmography

Series

53 shows

Pinocchio2009 · Series · Mastro Ciliegia
Kingdom2007 · Series · Mr. John Narbutowicz
Hogfather2006 · Series · Mustrum Ridcully
Above and Beyond2006 · Series · Winston Churchill
Henry VIII2003 · Series · Henry VII
Easter Tales2000 · Series · Barabbas
Heat of the Sun1998 · Series · Max Van Der vuurst
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Sir Freddy Butler
Testament: The Bible in Animation1996 · Series · Samuel (voice)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · Series · Caesar (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · Series · The Prussian
A Woman Named Jackie1991 · Series · Aristotle Onassis
Codename: Kyril1988 · Series · 'C'
Queenie1987 · Series · Sir Burton Rumsey
A Killing on the Exchange1987 · Series · Sir Max Sillman
Screen Two1985 · Series · Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Jephro Rucastle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Jephro Rucastle
Shroud for a Nightingale1984 · Series · Stephen Courtney-Briggs
Dalgliesh1983 · Series · Stephen Courtney-Briggs
The Gentle Touch1980 · Series · Ivor Stocker
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979 · Series · Jerry Westerby
Turtle's Progress1979 · Series · Benny D-Day
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · Series · Colonel George Peregrine
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · Series · Menenius
Return of the Saint1978 · Series · Gunther
Enemy at the Door1978 · Series · Major General Laidlaw
The Crezz1976 · Series · Charles Bronte
The Sweeney1975 · Series · Alan Ember
Playhouse1974 · Series · Maj. Orpen
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · Series · Detective Inspector Hud
Centre Play1973 · Series · Doctor
The Protectors1972 · Series · Arthur Gordon
Country Matters1972 · Series · Potter-Jones
Shirley's World1972 · Series
Justice1971 · Series · Sir Robert Beste
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · Series · Grubber
The Persuaders!1971 · Series · Felix Meadowes
Play for Today1970 · Series · Albert
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · Series · Councillor Horne
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers1967 · Series · d'Artagnan
One Pair of Eyes1967 · Series
Mystery and Imagination1966 · Series · Herr Scavenius
BBC Play of the Month1965 · Series · Chebutykin
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · The Applicant
The Troubleshooters1965 · Series · Considine
Londoners1965 · Series · Angus Grahame
The Wednesday Play1964 · Series · Cornelius
Sherlock Holmes1964 · Series · Hon. Philip Green
Theatre 6251964 · Series · Hockey Jagger
The Avengers1961 · Series · Brigadier Hansing
No Hiding Place1959 · Series
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Frank Penfold