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Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born 29 February 1928), known as Joss Ackland, is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films in his career, as well as numerous television appearances.

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Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland Biography / Wiki

NameJoss Ackland
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GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthNorth Kensington, London, England, UK
Date of Birth1928-02-29
Age(as in 2022)94
Deathday

Joss Ackland Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Princess and the GoblinKing Papa1991-12-20The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom….
In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister CrowleyNarrator2007-09-10“In Search of the Great Beast 666” documents the chilling life, impulses and journey of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most controversial an…
First and LastAlan Holly1989-01-01The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other….
ShadowlandsCS Lewis1985-01-01A play based on the friendship between CS Lewis and Joy Gresham….
To the Ends of TimeKing Francis1996-10-21In a mythical kingdom, a young boy must fight time for the love of his princess and the future of his land….
QueenieSir Burton Rumsey1987-05-10A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie s…
Voices in the GardenSir Charles Peverall1993-02-23Sir Archie and Cuckoo Peveril have lived in elegant splendour on Cap Ferrat since the end of the war. But the heady days of extravagant socialising ha…
Heading For GloryNarrator1974-06-25The 1974 finals in West Germany saw the emergence of “Total Football” in the shape of the classy Dutch led by the legendary Johan Cruyff. The Dutch sw…
Access to the ChildrenMalcolmson1973-03-05A married man forms a liaison with a woman he meets on a train, and is divorced by his wife who allows him access to their daughters on Sundays, which…
The PortraitHenry Winter2014-04-11The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it eve…
The BankruptEllis Cripper1972-11-27Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his situation….
The Mighty DucksHans1992-10-02After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has expe…
It Couldn’t Happen HerePriest / murderer1988-06-08Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England – but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childho…
A Zed & Two NoughtsVan Hoyten1985-10-04Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals….
A Kid in King Arthur’s CourtKing Arthur1995-08-11A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an e…
A Murder of QualityTerence Fielding1991-10-04At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just receive…
OcchioPinocchioBrando Della Valle1993-12-31A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son….
Deadly Voyage1996-06-14When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowa…
The Man Who Lived at the RitzHermann Goering1989-06-23In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Rit…
Daisies in DecemberGerald Carmody1995-12-03A seaside hotel for senior citizens is the setting for late-season love as costars Jean Simmons and Joss Ackland meet and make a match in this romanti…
Brown Bear’s WeddingBrown Bear (voice)1991-12-25The shy Brown Bear falls for the beautiful White Bear and is bound and determined to make her his wife….
White Bear’s SecretBrown Bear (voice)1992-04-19Brown Bear and White Bear are now married, but Brown Bear is finding the married life a little harder than he hoped….
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-Barrett1982-12-30Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier’s play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the…
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItPresident1977-09-18John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his …
The SicilianDon Masino Croce1987-10-07Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence….
How About You…Donald Vanston2007-11-16The story of Ellie, a young woman left in charge of the residential home run by her older sister, over the Christmas period. Whilst most of the reside…
White Mischief‘Jock’ Delves Broughton1988-02-05A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the…
Dangerous Davies: The Last DetectiveChief Insp. Yardbird1981-01-04When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15…
To Kill a PriestColonel1988-01-01A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it….
CrescendoCarter1970-06-07An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased compos…
The Mind SnatchersDr. Frederick1972-06-28A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the br…
GiorginoFather Glaise1994-10-05October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of…
The Secret Life of Ian FlemingGen. Gerhard Hellstein1990-03-05The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books …
Hidden in SilenceGerman Factory Manager1996-03-06Poland 1939, shortly before invasion of the German troops. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to their …
Mad Dogs And EnglishmenInsp. Sam Stringer1995-06-02Gorgeous Antonia (Elizabeth Hurley) is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets Mike (C. Thomas Howell), a tough…
Jekyll & HydeDr. Charles Lanyon1990-01-06Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into t…
The Sheltering Desert1991-02-01In 1935 two German geologists, Henno Martin and Hermann Korn, leave Nazi Germany for South-West Africa (Namibia) to conduct field research. At the out…
Citizen LockeLord Ashley1994-04-30Story of John Locke……
The Bridge1992-01-10When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival …
Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsLewis Serrocold1991-12-29At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit ‘Stonygates’, th…
The Palermo Connectionil boss1990-02-02Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral…
Operation: DaybreakJanák1975-11-01Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich….
Codename: Kyril‘C’1988-03-29At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy (“Kyril”) is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark…
The Boy with Chocolate FingersNarrator2011-01-01The story is about Donald McGlone, the boy with chocolate fingers (his fingers are made of chocolate). Because he is different, Donald has no friends …
Lethal Weapon 2Arjen Rudd1989-07-07In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat wh…
Bill & Ted’s Bogus JourneyDe Nomolos1991-07-19Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicate…
JacobIsaak1994-12-04In this inspiring tale from the book of Genesis, young shepherd Jacob (Matthew Modine) falls in love with and wants to marry Rachel (Lara Flynn Boyle)…
AsylumJack Straffen2005-09-09A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband’s inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former…
K-19: The WidowmakerMarshal Zelentsov2002-07-19When Russia’s first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster….
S*P*Y*SMartinson1974-09-05Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination….
Surviving PicassoHenri Matisse1996-09-04The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocio…
Saint JackYardley1979-04-27Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a…
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsKing Edward1992-02-19King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabl…
Miss Nightingale1974-01-01The life, background, motivation and struggles of Florence Nightingale….
Katherine of AlexandriaRufus2014-02-01The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend’s whereabouts, …
England Made MeHaller1973-06-01A young, English, ne’er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930’s Germany, just before the rise of the Naz…
Penny GoldJones1974-11-29While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim’s twin sister….
Project: ShadowchaserKinderman1992-07-02Set in the future, a group of terrorists with an android leader storm a hospital when the President’s daughter is inside, taking her hostage. To find …
Olympus Force: The Key1988-01-01Olympian gods watch the Earth and resolve to fight a group of terrorists who stole a diskette containing a secret that can destroy the world….
Swept from the SeaMr. Swaffer1998-01-23The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. Whe…
No Good DeedMr. Quarre2002-06-28While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a ba…
Lady JaneSir John Bridges1986-02-07The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep E…
Citizen XBondarchuk1995-02-25Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17…
The AppleHippie Leader / Mr. Topps1980-11-21In the glitzy, glittering futuristic world of 1994, music is king — and the man who controls it is all-powerful malicious mogul Mr. Boogalow. Now he …
The Object of BeautyMr. Mercer1991-04-12American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavis…
Tales from the MadhouseBarabbas2000-04-16Set inside the crumbling walls of a dilapidated Victorian sanatorium, eight mysterious characters reveal their secret stories to the visiting camera. …
FirelightLord Clare1998-05-27In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father’s debt. At birth she, …
Moscow ZeroTolstoy2006-11-05In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about th…
Defining a StyleInterviewee2005-01-01In this 2005 featurette, many key WATERSHIP DOWN animators and background artists recall their painstaking work on this landmark adaptation….
The Hunt for Red OctoberAndrei Lysenko1990-03-02A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri…
D3: The Mighty DucksHans1996-10-04The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach’s methods and come under pressure from the board to retain t…
Mother’s BoysLansing, Jude’s Attorney1994-03-17Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall…
The Little PrinceThe King1974-11-06Based on the story by Antoine deSaint-Exupery, this magical musical fable begins as a pilot (Richard Kiley) makes a forced landing on the barren Sahar…
I’ll Be ThereEvil Edmonds – The BeeLzeeBOPS2003-06-13A comedy about a has-been rock star (Craig Ferguson) that discovers he has a teenage daughter (Charlotte Church), from a long forgotten love affair….
Royal FlashSapten1975-10-10Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman’s (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair …
Prisoners of the SunProfessor Mendella2013-12-20A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apoc…
The LieAlbert1970-10-29Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Co…
The Black WindmillChief Supt. Wray1974-05-17A British agent’s son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can’t even count on the people he thought were on hi…
Passion of MindDr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist2000-01-07When Marie, a widow in Provence with two daughters, locks her bedroom door and goes to sleep, she dreams about Marty, a literary agent in Manhattan wh…
The Tragedy of CoriolanusMenenius1984-03-26BBC rendition of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus…
The Three SistersChebutykin1970-01-18In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their retu…
Above and Beyond
VillainEdgar Lowis1971-05-26In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament….
IconGeneral Nikolayev2005-01-01A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former…
The House That Dripped BloodNeville Rogers (segment 2 “Waxworks”)1971-02-22A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house….
Great ExpectationsJoe Gargery1974-11-22A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor….
Mr. Forbush and the PenguinsHead of Board1971-07-29Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accep…
Nowhere to RunFranklin Hale1993-01-15Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children….
FlawlessMilton Kendrick Ashtoncroft2007-09-01A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation….
Rough CutInsp. Vanderveld1980-06-19A romantic comedy with action and suspense. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exc…
MilkVicar1999-01-01Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy farm all his adult life. When Lucy unexpectedly dies…
Hitler: The Last Ten DaysGeneral Burgdorf1973-04-19Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provi…
Rasputin: The Mad MonkThe Bishop1966-03-06Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan…
Ghost ShipRon, 2nd Fisherman1952-10-01Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to come slowly to realize it …
Seven Days to NoonStation Policeman1950-10-30An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the …
Once Upon a CrimeHercules Popodopoulos1992-03-06On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling…
LandfallO’Neil1949-09-30A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to…
Silver BearsHenry Foreman1977-06-03Financial wizard “Doc” Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he ar…
The Princess and the GoblinKing Papa (voice)1991-12-20The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom….
Miracle on 34th StreetVictor Landbergh1994-11-18Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood’s most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago…
OthelloJames Brabant2001-12-23With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a “rethinking” of Shakespeare’s play, albeit sti…
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquarePrison Warden1979-01-01An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London….
The Thief and the CobblerBrigand (voice)1993-09-23It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the…
Tre colonne in cronacaGaetano Leporino, il finanziere1990-03-09A Roman newspaper, directed by Landolfi (Volonte) comes up against the ambitions of Mr Spano and a financier Lombard, this Leporino (Ackland). The ide…
When We Are MarriedHenry Ormonroyd1987-12-26Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth …
PinocchioMastro Ciliegia2009-11-01The enchanted story of Pinocchio….
One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingB.J. Spence1975-07-09Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X”, Lord Southmere, a Queen’s Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese…
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceThe Prussian1999-11-21In the thirteenth film in the series, in March 1917, Indiana Jones, now a captain in the French army, is assigned to escort two Austrian princes to me…
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Cantrell1978-09-13Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each…
The Three MusketeersD’Artagnan’s Father1973-12-11The young D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king’s musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea…
These Foolish ThingsAlbert2006-03-10The world’s on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest between a playwright and a director….
A Different LoyaltyRandolph Cauffield2004-05-16In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for B…
The Love TapesNarrator1980-05-09At Frank Yost’s Good possibilities, a state-of-the-art videotaping dating service, various clients have various misadventures while trying to find the…
HogfatherMustrum Ridcully2007-10-12It’s the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The belov…
Watership DownBlack Rabbit (voice)1978-10-14When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a …
In Search of the CastawaysYacht Seaman1962-12-01Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the childr…
The Greek TycoonNaval officer (uncredited)1978-05-12A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president….
Next to No TimeTurkish Bath Attendant1958-08-04Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack …
My GiantMonsignor Popesou1998-04-10Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max….
Miracle on 34th StreetVictor Landbergh (uncredited)1994-11-18Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood’s most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago…

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