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Post by nickthegeek on Feb 5, 2024 13:05:46 GMT
Actor Michael Jayston has died aged 88. He was the Valeyard in the 1986 Colin Baker Dr Who epic The Trial of a Timelord.
Also, the original (and best) Peter Guilliam, in the BBC TV Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in 1979.
Vale, Valeyard.
Obscure one this but he provided the vocal interludes on Saint Etienne's 2002 album Finisterre.
NTG
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Post by ontheslate on Feb 5, 2024 13:39:33 GMT
Was great in the trial of a time lord, also featured in a great episode of tales of the unexpected, probably most famous role was that in Only fools and horses or Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but was in a huge amount of work on stage tv and radio his distinctive voice made him a great radio actor.
RIP
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Post by yoyopickles on Feb 5, 2024 15:19:39 GMT
I met him in December last year. It was funny feeling meeting a radio 007 and a doctor!
Rip
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Feb 5, 2024 15:56:18 GMT
Sad news, fine actor with an illustrious career under his belt
RIP Sir
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Post by spacecadet on Feb 5, 2024 16:49:32 GMT
I remember him best from the UFO episode "The Sound of Silence" plus "Only Fools and Horses". Another actor with a very long career.
RIP Michael
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Post by Arch Stanton on Feb 5, 2024 16:51:09 GMT
Sad news, fine actor with an illustrious career under his belt RIP Sir Yes, he was in so much stuff. So much good stuff. Particularly in the 60s/70s. I think my favourite is The Homecoming. RIP Mr Jayston. |
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Post by artyboy1973 on Feb 5, 2024 23:38:15 GMT
This is sad news. Michael Jayston was a brilliant actor with a distinctive voice. He was great in Dr Who Trial of a Timelord as a the chilling Valeyard. He was also great in the Tales of the Unexpected episode The Best Chess player in the World and the classic horror film Tales that Witness Madness alongside Joan Collins. Michael Jayston RIP.
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Post by Albert Wendell on Feb 6, 2024 3:10:26 GMT
I first saw him (when I was a kid) in 'A Bit Of A Do' (1989) where he played a widower Neville Badger who was a solicitor (with Badger, Badger Fox & Badger) who was a very mild mannered and polite man who struggled with small talk at social events and consistently spoke about his deceased wife Jane and was forever apologising and saying "good lord". For fans of Michael you really need to see his performance in this. He starred in both series and leading the cast was David Jason, he would go on to star with David in both 'Only Fools & Horses' and 'The Darling Buds Of May'.
RIP
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Post by yoyopickles on Feb 6, 2024 8:30:32 GMT
I only got to meet him for a couple of seconds, It was funny feeling sitting next to a bloke who had been on doctor who,played James bond and worked with both George cole and Christopher Lambert. I never got a chance to ask him about filming the episode if quiller with George cole,as you say with the actors,posed for a picture then made way for the next punter!
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Post by AlanH on Feb 6, 2024 8:43:24 GMT
Saw him at many events and he always seemed a lovely bloke with a ready wit. Last saw him last summer at the Day at Devil's End event, where he joined Michael Troughton and Jeff Rawle by the Aldbourne pond for a little chat for the benefit of the punters.
I'm going to be a bit unpredictable here and say that my fave Jayston performance was in The Power Game. And well done to him for bringing a degree of respectability to one of the worst Doctor Who seasons ever made.
Terrific actor. Sad that he's left the stage.
RIP.
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Post by simon316 on Feb 7, 2024 12:33:30 GMT
RIP Mr Jayston.
Definitely remember him from Only Fools and Horses but seen him in many more. Another sad loss... |
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Post by metro1962 on Feb 7, 2024 13:07:12 GMT
Another sad loss.
RIP Michael.
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Post by jno on Feb 7, 2024 19:50:26 GMT
Very sad. Quiller with him and George Cole is a must see.
RIP Michael.
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Post by daz on Feb 10, 2024 7:57:04 GMT
Sad to read.
A face that turned up in a lot of TV.
RIP
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Post by kusumkangguru on Feb 12, 2024 16:27:26 GMT
He also performed a fantastic audio-reading of Geoffrey Household's novel 'Rogue Male', which periodically gets an airing on Radio 4 Extra. He had a mesmerising voice and I never tire of listening to that performance whenever they broadcast it.
RIP
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Post by ltd on Feb 14, 2024 12:46:58 GMT
He also performed a fantastic audio-reading of Geoffrey Household's novel 'Rogue Male', which periodically gets an airing on Radio 4 Extra. He had a mesmerising voice and I never tire of listening to that performance whenever they broadcast it. RIP I'd like to hear that - will keep an eye (or rather ear) out for it. He'd have been good in the 1976 film I think. Peter O'Toole is fine, and I appreciate the producers probably needed a name in the lead, but Michael Jayston just had that intensity about him that would have suited the character down to the ground. |
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Post by jjmolloy on Feb 14, 2024 12:50:38 GMT
He was great in Tinker Tailor opposite Alec Guinness. RIP Michael.
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