Profile of Joss Ackland on Famous Like Me

Joss Ackland (born February 29, 1928) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films in his career.

He was born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland in North Kensington, London, and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared extensively on television, notably as C. S. Lewis in Shadowlands (1985). He has often played South African characters, in films like Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and White Mischief (1987).

Ackland appears in the Pet Shop Boys' 1987 film It Could Never Happen Here, and in the video for their cover version of the song Always On My Mind, which was taken from the film. Several years later, he claimed in an interview with the Radio Times that he appeared with the band purely as the result of losing a bet.

Filmography

• Seven Days to Noon (1950) as station policeman
• Ghost Ship (1952) as Ron, 2nd Fisherman
• Rasputin: the Mad Monk (1966) as The Bishop
• The Avengers (1969) as Brigadier Hansing
• Crescendo (1970) as Carter
• Mr Forbush and the Penguins (1971) as The Leader
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971)as Neville Rogers
• Villain (1971) as Edgar Lewis
• England Made Me (1972) as Haller
• The Happiness Cage (1972) as Dr. Frederick
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) as Gen. Burgdorf
• Penny Gold (1973)
• The Three Musketeers (1973) as D'Artagnan's Father
• The Black Windmill (1974) as Chief Supt. Wray
• S.P.Y.S (1974)
• Great Expectations (1974) as Joe Gargery
• Royal Flash (1975) as Sapten
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) as B.J. Spence
• The Little Prince (1975) as The King
• Operation Daybreak (1977) as Janák
• Silver Bears (1977) as Henry Foreman
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) as Cantrell
• Saint Jack (1979) as Yardley
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)

External link

• Joss Ackland at the Internet Movie Database

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