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Joss Ackland

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Joss Ackland

Born February 29, 1928 in North Kensington, London, England, UKDied November 19, 2023125 films

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987).

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Lethal Weapon 2 poster7.0Lethal Weapon 21989Miracle on 34th Street poster6.8Miracle on 34th Street1994Watership Down poster7.2Watership Down1978K-19: The Widowmaker poster6.6K-19: The Widowmaker2002Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey poster6.3Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991The Mighty Ducks poster6.6The Mighty Ducks1992Nowhere to Run poster6.6Nowhere to Run1993Flawless poster6.8Flawless2007

Filmography

125 films as actor
  1. 2014The PortraitHenry Winter
  2. 2014Katherine of AlexandriaRufus
  3. 2013Prisoners of the SunProfessor Mendella
  4. 2011The Boy with Chocolate FingersNarrator
  5. 2009PinocchioMastro Ciliegia
  6. 2007How About You...Donald Vanston
  7. 2007HogfatherMustrum Ridcully
  8. 2007FlawlessMilton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
  9. 2006Moscow ZeroTolstoy
  10. 2006These Foolish ThingsAlbert
  11. 2005AsylumJack Straffen
  12. 2005IconGeneral Nikolayev
  13. 2004A Different LoyaltyRandolph Cauffield
  14. 2003I'll Be ThereEvil Edmonds
  15. 2002K-19: The WidowmakerMarshal Zelentsov
  16. 2002No Good DeedMr. Quarre
  17. 2001OthelloJames Brabant
  18. 2000The Mumbo JumboMayor Smith
  19. 2000Passion of MindDr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
  20. 2000Lounge Act
  21. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceThe Prussian
  22. 1999MilkVicar
  23. 1998FirelightLord Clare
  24. 1998My GiantMonsignor Popesou
  25. 1998Swept from the SeaMr. Swaffer
  26. 1996To the Ends of TimeKing Francis
  27. 1996D3: The Mighty DucksHans
  28. 1996Surviving PicassoHenri Matisse
  29. 1996Deadly Voyage
  30. 1996Hidden in SilenceGerman Factory Manager
  31. 1995Daisies in DecemberGerald Carmody
  32. 1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtKing Arthur
  33. 1995Mad Dogs and EnglishmenInsp. Sam Stringer
  34. 1995Citizen XBondarchuk
  35. 1994OcchioPinocchioBrando Della Valle
  36. 1994JacobIsaak
  37. 1994Julius CaesarCaesar
  38. 1994Miracle on 34th StreetVictor Landbergh (uncredited)
  39. 1994GiorginoFather Glaise
  40. 1994Citizen LockeLord Ashley
  41. 1993SimulacrumThe Chemist
  42. 1993Mother's BoysLansing, Jude's Attorney
  43. 1993The Thief and the CobblerBrigand (voice)
  44. 1993Voices in the GardenSir Charles Peverall
  45. 1993Nowhere to RunFranklin Hale
  46. 1992The Mighty DucksHans
  47. 1992Project: ShadowchaserKinderman
  48. 1992White Bear's SecretBrown Bear (voice)
  49. 1992Once Upon a CrimeHercules Popodopoulos
  50. 1992Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria FallsKing Edward
  51. 1992The BridgeSmithson
  52. 1991Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsLewis Serrocold
  53. 1991Brown Bear's WeddingBrown Bear (voice)
  54. 1991A Murder of QualityTerence Fielding
  55. 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyDe Nomolos
  56. 1991The Princess and the GoblinKing Papa (voice)
  57. 1991The Object of BeautyMr. Mercer
  58. 1991The Sheltering Desert
  59. 1990Tre colonne in cronacaGaetano Leporino, il finanziere
  60. 1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingGen. Gerhard Hellstein
  61. 1990The Hunt for Red OctoberAmbassador Andrei Lysenko
  62. 1990The Palermo Connectionil boss
  63. 1990Jekyll & HydeDr. Charles Lanyon
  64. 1989First and LastAlan Holly
  65. 1989Lethal Weapon 2Arjen Rudd
  66. 1988The Man Who Lived at the RitzHermann Goering
  67. 1988To Kill a PriestColonel
  68. 1988It Couldn't Happen HerePriest/Murderer
  69. 1988Olympus Force: The KeyGeorge Grossopoulos
  70. 1987When We Are MarriedHenry Ormonroyd
  71. 1987White Mischief'Jock' Delves Broughton
  72. 1987The SicilianDon Masino Croce
  73. 1986Lady JaneSir John Bridges
  74. 1985A Zed & Two NoughtsVan Hoyten
  75. 1985ShadowlandsCS Lewis
  76. 1984The Tragedy of CoriolanusMenenius
  77. 1982The Barretts of Wimpole StreetEdward Moulton-Barrett
  78. 1981Findings on a Late AfternoonFather
  79. 1981Elizabeth AloneMajor Orpen
  80. 1981Dangerous Davies: The Last DetectiveChief Insp. Yardbird
  81. 1980The AppleMr. Topps / Hippie Leader
  82. 1980Rough CutInsp. Vanderveld
  83. 1980The Love TapesNarrator (voice)
  84. 1980A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquarePrison Warden
  85. 1980Closing RanksVictor Rogachev
  86. 1979Saint JackYardley
  87. 1978Watership DownBlack Rabbit (voice)
  88. 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Cantrell
  89. 1978The Greek TycoonNaval officer (uncredited)
  90. 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItPresident
  91. 1977Silver BearsHenry Foreman
  92. 1976You Talk Too MuchDoctor
  93. 1975Operation: DaybreakJanák
  94. 1975Royal FlashSapten
  95. 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingB.J. Spence
  96. 1974The Little PrinceThe King
  97. 1974S*P*Y*SMartinson
  98. 1974The Black WindmillChief Supt. Wray
  99. 1974Great ExpectationsJoe Gargery
  100. 1974Miss NightingaleLord Palmerston
  101. 1973The Three MusketeersD’Artagnan’s Father
  102. 1973Penny GoldJones
  103. 1973England Made MeHaller
  104. 1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysGeneral Burgdorf
  105. 1973Access to the ChildrenMalcolmson
  106. 1972The BankruptEllis Cripper
  107. 1972Crippled BloomPotter Jones
  108. 1972The Mind SnatchersDr. Frederick
  109. 1972King's Cross Lunch HourThe Man
  110. 1971Getting InAn Applicant
  111. 1971Mr. Forbush and the PenguinsHead of Board
  112. 1971VillainEdgar Lowis
  113. 1971The House That Dripped BloodNeville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
  114. 1970The LieAlbert
  115. 1970CrescendoCarter
  116. 1970The Three SistersChebutykin
  117. 1966Death of a SalesmanCharley
  118. 1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkThe Bishop
  119. 1965Tomorrow, Just You WaitTom Gorbet
  120. 1964MaggieNorman