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Joss Ackland

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2/29/1928, North Kensington, London, England

Birth Name

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland

Gender

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Biography

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Joss Ackland was born in England in 1928 and has had a career that has lasted over six decades. He debuted at 17 in the play The Hasty Heart in 1945. In the 1940's and 50's Joss focused on his stage career in different theater companies. He later…more

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Star (44)

Role
- Brown Bear's Wedding
  Star
  2010
- In Search of the Great Beast 666 - Aleister Crowley
  Star
  2007
- How About You
  Star
  2007
- Flawless
  Star
  2007
- The Hogfather
  Mustrum Ridcully
  2006
  - S 1: Ep 1
    12/16/06
- Moscow Zero
  Star
  2006
- I'll Be There
  Star
  2003
- A Kid In King Arthur's Court
  King Arthur
  2003
- The Princess and the Goblin
  Star
  2003
- Secret History
  Narrator
  - S 10: Ep 3 Witchfinder General
    6/20/02
- K-19: The Widowmaker
  Marshal Zelentsov
  2002
- No Good Deed
  Star
  2002
- Heat of the Sun
  Max van der Vuurst
- Swept From the Sea
  Star
  1998
- Firelight
  Lord Clare
  1997
- D3: The Mighty Ducks
  Hans
  1996
- Surviving Picasso
  Star
  1996
- Joan Miro: Constellations: The Color of Poetry
  Star
  1994
- Mother's Boys
  Star
  1994
- Nowhere To Run
  Franklin Hale
  1993
- The Mighty Ducks
  Hans
  1992
- Once Upon A Crime
  Hercules Popodopoulos
  1992
- Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls, Part 2
  Star
  1992
- A Woman Named Jackie
  Aristoteles Onassis
- Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
  De Nomolos
  1991
- THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY
  Star
  1991
- The Hunt for Red October
  Andrei Lysenko
  1990
- Secret Life of Ian Fleming The
  Star
  1990
- A Zed & Two Noughts (Z+00)
  Star
  1990
- Jekyll & Hyde
  Star
  1990
- Lethal Weapon 2
  Arjen Rudd
  1989
- White Mischief
  "Jock" Delves Broughton
  1987
- Lady Jane
  Sir John Bridges
  1986
- Shadowlands
  Star
  1985
- The Apple
  Hippie Leader / Mr. Topps
  1980
- The Crezz
  Charles Bronte
  - S 1: Ep 12 Pitman's Folly
    12/2/76
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Newcomers
    11/25/76
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Battle of Harvey Street
    11/11/76
  - S 1: Ep 8 Bent Doubles
    11/4/76
  - S 1: Ep 7 Gone To The Dogs
    10/28/76
  - + 6 More Credits
- Operation Daybreak
  Star
  1975
- The Little Prince
  The King
  1974
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days
  Star
  1973
- The Three Musketeers
  D'Artagnan's Father
  1973
- Asylum
  Star
  1972
- The House that Dripped Blood
  Star
  1971
- Z Cars
  Det. Insp. Todd
  - S 6: Ep 130 Two's a Pair, Part 2
    5/28/68
  - S 6: Ep 129 Two's a Pair, Part 1
    5/27/68
  - S 6: Ep 128 At Least You Know You've Tried, Part 2
    5/21/68
  - S 6: Ep 127 At Least You Know You've Tried, Part 1
    5/20/68
  - S 6: Ep 126 The Guilty Ones, Part 2
    5/14/68
  - + 36 More Credits
- Z Cars
  Det. Insp. Todd [ 1967 - 1968 ]
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Crusoe
  Judge Jefferies
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mutineers
    10/31/08
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Lewis
  - S 4: Ep 21 Never The Twain
    3/18/68
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Considine
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Sharp End Of The Wedge
    1/22/68
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Sam Jardine
  - S 3: Ep 2 A Damn Great Lump Of Iron
    2/6/67
  - S 2: Ep 13 Do Your Best For The Lads
    7/23/66
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Mr. Gibbon
  - S 2: Ep 3 Thea
    5/14/66
Guest Star (48)

Role
- Crusoe
  Judge Jefferies
  - S 1: Ep 4 High Water
    11/7/08
- Kingdom
  Mr John Narbutowicz
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6 Series 1
    5/27/07
- Midsomer Murders
  Sir Freddy Butler
  - S 9: Ep 3 Vixen's Run
    3/5/06
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Henry VII
  - S 34: Ep 4 Henry VIII (1)
    11/7/04
- Heat of the Sun
  Max Van der Vuurst
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Sport of Kings
    2/11/98
- Mighty Ducks
  Hans
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  The Prussian
  - S 2: Ep 1 Austria, March 1917
    9/21/92
- Miss Marple
  Lewis Serrocold
  - S 4: Ep 3 They Do It with Mirrors
    12/29/91
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Colonel George Peregrine
  - S 9: Ep 2 The Colonel's Lady
    1/8/88
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
  Jephro Rucastle
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Copper Beeches
    8/25/85
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Menenius
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Tragedy of Coriolanus
    4/21/84
- Dalgliesh
  Stephen Courtney-Briggs
  - S 2: Ep 5 Shroud For A Nightingale (5)
    4/6/84
  - S 2: Ep 4 Shroud For A Nightingale (4)
    3/30/84
  - S 2: Ep 3 Shroud For A Nightingale (3)
    3/23/84
  - S 2: Ep 2 Shroud For A Nightingale (2)
    3/16/84
  - S 2: Ep 1 Shroud For A Nightingale (1)
    3/9/84
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Jack Cutler
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Stinker
    12/7/80
- The Gentle Touch
  Ivor Stoker
  - S 2: Ep 4 Menaces
    9/26/80
- The Gentle Touch
  Ivor Stocker
- The Sweeney
  Alan Ember
  - S 4: Ep 9 Feet of Clay
    11/2/78
- Return of the Saint
  Gunther
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Nightmare Man
    9/17/78
- Enemy at the Door
  Major-General Laidlaw
  - S 1: Ep 10 Treason
    3/25/78
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 8 Joss Ackland
    12/15/76
- The Protectors (1972)
  Arthur Gordon
  - S 2: Ep 21 Trial
    2/8/74
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
  Detective Sergeant Grubber
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Mystery of the Amber Beads
    4/16/73
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 19 Access to the Children
    3/5/73
- Play for Today
  Ellis Cripper
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Bankrupt
    11/27/72
- Shirley's World
  Inspector Vaughan
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Reunion
    6/2/72
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 30 Kings Cross - Lunch Hour
    5/29/72
  - S 7: Ep 6 Getting In
    10/25/71
- The Persuaders!
  Felix Meadowes
  - S 1: Ep 20 Read and Destroy
    1/28/72
- Play for Today
  Albert
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Lie
    10/29/70
- Somerset Maugham Theatre
  Harold Bannon
  - S 1: Ep 13 Before the Party
    8/26/69
- The Avengers
  Brigadier Hansing
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Morning After
    1/29/69
- Mystery and Imagination
  Mr. Smedhurst
  - S 3: Ep 3 A Place of One's Own
    4/6/68
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 6 Fall of the Goat
    11/15/67
  - S 3: Ep 7 Tomorrow, Just You Wait
    11/24/65
- Mystery and Imagination
  Herr Scavenius
  - S 2: Ep 1 Room 13
    10/22/66
- Theatre 625
  John Hinks
  - S 3: Ep 34 On the March to the Sea
    7/17/66
- Play of the Month
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Death of a Salesman
    5/24/66
  - S 5: Ep 4 Three Sisters
    1/18/70
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
  John MacEwan
  - S 4: Ep 18 O Sole Mio
    3/20/66
- Theatre 625
  Fred
  - S 3: Ep 16 Focus
    1/9/66
- No Hiding Place
  Sam
  - S 8: Ep 9 What's All This Then?
    12/29/65
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Mr. Gibbon
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Sam Jardine
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Considine
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Lewis
- Sherlock Holmes (1965)
  The Hon. Philip Green
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
    5/8/65
- Theatre 625
  Hockey Jagger
  - S 2: Ep 14 Try for White
    4/18/65
- Detective
  Jasper Garnette
  - S 1: Ep 11 Death in Ecstasy
    6/8/64
- First Night
  Will Dent
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Improbable Mr. Claybill
    5/5/64
- Theatre 625
  Guest Star
- Z Cars
  Mr. Shields
  - S 3: Ep 29 Happy Families
    3/18/64
- First Night
  Norman
  - S 1: Ep 19 Maggie
    1/25/64

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- Joss has been nominated for the following awards:
  • 1990- BAFTA TV Award Best Actor for his role in First and Last.
  • 1989- BAFTA Film Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role for White Mischief.
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- Joss was named Commander of the order of the British Empire in 2001 in honor of his 50 years of service to English theater, film and television.
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- Joss has five daughters named Melanie, Antonia, Penelope, Samantha and Kirsty. He also had two sons Toby and Paul. His eldest son Paul died as a heroin overdose in 1982.
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- Joss is 6 feet 1 inch tall.
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- His old wife's name was Rosemary.
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- He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
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- He has appeared in more than 130 films in his career.
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