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Biography

Joss Ackland was born in England in 1928 and has had a career that has lasted over six decades. He debuted at 17 in…more

Born

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

Birth Name

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- Secret History
  Narrator
  - S 10: Ep 3 Witchfinder General
    6/20/02
- Heat of the Sun
  Max van der Vuurst
- A Woman Named Jackie
  Aristoteles Onassis
- 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
- 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
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 (42)

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
  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 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
- 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
- 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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