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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{for|the Australian tennis player|Jack May (tennis)}}
{{for|the Australian tennis player|Jack May (tennis)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
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| occupation    = Actor
| occupation    = Actor
| yearsactive  = 1945–1996
| yearsactive  = 1945–1996
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Petra Davies]]|1957}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowfield.co.uk/archers/may-obit-times.html|title=The Times' Obituary for JACK MAY|website=lowfield.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2016/obituary-petra-davies/|title=Obituary: Petra Davies &#124; Obituaries|first=Michael|last=Quinn|date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Petra Davies]]|1957}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowfield.co.uk/archers/may-obit-times.html|title=The Times' Obituary for JACK MAY|website=lowfield.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2016/obituary-petra-davies/|title=Obituary: Petra Davies &#124; Obituaries|first=Michael|last=Quinn|date=25 May 2016}}</ref>
| children      = 2
| children      = 2
}}
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May became familiar on television as the [[butler]] William E. Simms in two series of the [[BBC One|BBC 1]] fantasy/adventure television series ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'' from 1966 to 1967.<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Chapman|first1=James|title=Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s|url=https://archive.org/details/saintsavengersbr00chap|url-access=limited|date=6 September 2002|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=1860647545|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintsavengersbr00chap/page/n155 142]}}</ref>
May became familiar on television as the [[butler]] William E. Simms in two series of the [[BBC One|BBC 1]] fantasy/adventure television series ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'' from 1966 to 1967.<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Chapman|first1=James|title=Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s|url=https://archive.org/details/saintsavengersbr00chap|url-access=limited|date=6 September 2002|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=1860647545|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintsavengersbr00chap/page/n155 142]}}</ref>


He provided the voice for [[Count Duckula#Igor|Igor]], long-suffering butler to [[Count Duckula]] in the cartoon series of the same name.<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|author1=John Edgar Browning |author2=Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010|url=https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow |url-access=limited |date=20 October 2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786462018 |page=[https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow/page/n59 51]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=6 November 2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786486410 |page=212|edition=2nd}}</ref> He also appeared as the waiter [[Garkbit]] in the television version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'',<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|author1=John R. Cook|author2=Peter Wright|title=British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide|date=6 January 2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=1845110471|page=234}}</ref> [[Théoden]] in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', as General Hermack in the 1969 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Space Pirates]]'',<ref name=IndyObit /> and in ''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)|Bachelor Father]]''. For 45 years the long-running [[BBC Radio 4]] series, ''[[The Archers]]'', featured the voice of May as [[Nelson Gabriel]], son of Walter Gabriel,<ref name=TimesObit /> making him (at the time of his death) the fourth-longest serving [[soap opera]] star in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Henderson|first1=Mark|title=Nelson of The Archers is dead|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers Limited|date=20 September 1997}}</ref> He played the voice of Muzzy in ''[[Muzzy in Gondoland]]'' and ''[[Muzzy Comes Back]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmsinboxes.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/muzzy-1986/|title=Muzzy (1986)|date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
He provided the voice for [[Count Duckula#Igor|Igor]], long-suffering butler to [[Count Duckula]] in the cartoon series of the same name.<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|author1=John Edgar Browning |author2=Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010|url=https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow |url-access=limited |date=20 October 2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786462018 |page=[https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow/page/n59 51]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=6 November 2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786486410 |page=212|edition=2nd}}</ref> He also appeared as the waiter [[Garkbit]] in the television version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'',<ref name=IndyObit /><ref>{{cite book|author1=John R. Cook|author2=Peter Wright|title=British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide|date=6 January 2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=1845110471|page=234}}</ref> [[Théoden]] in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', as General Hermack in the 1969 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Space Pirates]]'',<ref name=IndyObit /> and in ''[[Bachelor Father (UK TV series)|Bachelor Father]]''. For 45 years the long-running [[BBC Radio 4]] series, ''[[The Archers]]'', featured the voice of May as [[Nelson Gabriel]], son of Walter Gabriel,<ref name=TimesObit /> making him (at the time of his death) the fourth-longest serving [[soap opera]] star in the world.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Henderson|first1=Mark|title=Nelson of The Archers is dead|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers Limited|date=20 September 1997}}</ref> He played the voice of Muzzy in ''[[Muzzy in Gondoland]]'' and ''[[Muzzy Comes Back]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmsinboxes.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/muzzy-1986/|title=Muzzy (1986)|date=2 July 2011}}</ref>


His other credits in film and television included Dr. Denny in the 1960 serial ''[[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|The Citadel]]'', the sex-crazed Judge in the horror film ''Night After Night After Night'' (1970), the [[District Commissioner (British Colonial)|District Commissioner]] in ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975),<ref name=TimesObit /> and the prosecuting naval attorney in the remake of ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba083b534|title=Jack May|website=BFI}}</ref>
His other credits in film and television included Dr. Denny in the 1960 serial ''[[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|The Citadel]]'', the sex-crazed Judge in the horror film ''Night After Night After Night'' (1970), the [[District Commissioner (British Colonial)|District Commissioner]] in ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975),<ref name=TimesObit /> and the prosecuting naval attorney in the remake of ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba083b534|title=Jack May|website=BFI}}</ref>
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* ''[[Gert and Daisy's Weekend]]'' (1942) as Old Man
* ''[[Gert and Daisy's Weekend]]'' (1942) as Old Man
* ''[[Give Me the Stars]]'' (1945) - Milkman (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[Give Me the Stars]]'' (1945) - Milkman (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[The Oracle (film)|The Oracle]]'' (1953) - Old Man
* ''[[The Oracle (film)|The Oracle]]'' (1953) - Old Man
* ''[[Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) - (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[Innocents in Paris]]'' (1953) - (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[John Wesley (film)|John Wesley]]'' (1954)
* ''[[John Wesley (film)|John Wesley]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Child's Play (1954 film)|Child's Play]]'' (1954) - Bob Crouch
* ''[[Child's Play (1954 film)|Child's Play]]'' (1954) - Bob Crouch
* ''[[It's a Great Day]]'' (1955) - Nightwatchman (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[It's a Great Day]]'' (1955) - Nightwatchman (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[Cat Girl]]'' (1957) - Richard Johnson
* ''[[Cat Girl]]'' (1957) - Richard Johnson
* ''[[The Silent Enemy (1958 film)|The Silent Enemy]]'' (1958) - (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[The Silent Enemy (1958 film)|The Silent Enemy]]'' (1958) - (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960) - Police Sergeant
* ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960) - Police Sergeant
* ''[[Seven Keys (film)|Seven Keys]]'' (1961) - Prison Officer (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[Seven Keys (film)|Seven Keys]]'' (1961) - Prison Officer (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[Solo for Sparrow]]'' (1962) - Insp. Hudson
* ''[[Solo for Sparrow]]'' (1962) - Insp. Hudson
* ''[[The Traitors (1962 film)|The Traitors]]'' (1962) - Burton / 'The Traitor'
* ''[[The Traitors (1962 film)|The Traitors]]'' (1962) - Burton / 'The Traitor'
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* ''[[A Twist of Sand]]'' (1968) - Inspector Seekert
* ''[[A Twist of Sand]]'' (1968) - Inspector Seekert
* ''[[Night After Night After Night]]'' (1969) - Judge Charles Lomax
* ''[[Night After Night After Night]]'' (1969) - Judge Charles Lomax
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1969) - Price (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1969) - Price (uncredited){{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* ''[[Trog]]'' (1970) - Dr. Selbourne
* ''[[Trog]]'' (1970) - Dr. Selbourne
* ''[[The Yes Girls]]'' (1971) - King Reiter
* ''[[The Yes Girls]]'' (1971) - King Reiter