
Michael Jayston
Born October 29, 1935 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

Zulu Dawn

Nicholas and Alexandra

Follow Me!

Cromwell

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Finisterre

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Tales That Witness Madness

A Midsummer Night's Dream

From a Far Country

The Merchant of Venice

The Homecoming

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Macbeth

The Internecine Project

Ring Once for Death

Craze

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

She Fell Among Thieves

Bequest to the Nation

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord

King Lear

Love's Labour's Lost

A Coffin for the Bride

Element of Doubt

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

Dominique

The Hero of My Life

UFO From Earth to the Moon

Gossip from the Forest

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

Albert's Memorial

From This Day Forward

Competition

Mad Jack
TV Shows

Casualty

Tales of the Unexpected

Sherlock Holmes

BBC Play of the Month

Crown Court

Heartbeat

Foyle's War

The Wednesday Play

ITV Playhouse

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Thriller

UFO

BBC2 Play of the Week

Callan

The Darling Buds of May

Churchill's People

Press Gang

Lady Killers

Remembers…

Detective

The Edwardians

Cluedo

Murder in Suburbia

Big Deal

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Stay Lucky

A Dinner of Herbs

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

Outside Edge

Time for Murder

Jane Eyre

Quiller

Worlds Beyond

The Power Game

A Bit of a Do

99-1

Armchair Theatre




