Jack May

Jack May
Birth date:	23 April 1922
Death date:	19 September 1997
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	General Nikolai Hermack
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	The Space Pirates
Main time period active:	1969
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Vanity Fair, Nicholas Nickleby, Pride and Prejudice, An Age of Kings, A for Andromeda, The Avengers, Z-Cars, A Tale of Two Cities, Adam Adamant Lives!, Orlando, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, UFO, The Man Who Would Be King, Poldark, The Children of the New Forest, Ripping Yarns, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Cleopatras, The Wind in the Willows, Count Duckula, Sherlock Holmes
IMDb profile

Jack May (born 23 April 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, died 19 September 1997 in Hove, East Sussex) played General Nikolai Hermack in the Doctor Who television story The Space Pirates.

Career

May’s best known role was that of William E. Simms, the titular character’s butler in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966-67). His other credits included A for Andromeda (1961), The Avengers (1964), Out of the Unknown (1965), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) and the films Trog (1970) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He also voiced Igor in Count Duckula (1988-1993).

For forty-five years he provided the voice of Nelson Gabriel on The Archers and voiced Theoden in BBC Radio's 1981 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

External links

• Jack May at the Internet Movie Database