Born on this day – Joss Ackland:

Joss Ackland

Actor

February 29, 1928 – November 19, 2023

Credits:

Aeris (2014); Decline of an Empire (2014); The Portrait (2014); Prisoners of the Sun (2013); The Stain (2011); The Boy with Chocolate Fingers (2011); Crusoe (2008–2010); Pinocchio (2009); IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (2009); In Search of the Great Beast 666 (2007); How About You (2007); Flawless (2007); Kingdom (2007); Above and Beyond (2006); Hogfather (2006); Moscow Zero (2006); These Foolish Things (2006); Midsomer Murders (2006); The Christmas Eve Snowfall (2005); Blue Peter (2005); Icon (2005); Asylum (2005); A Different Loyalty (2004); Henry VIII (2003); Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003); I'll Be There (2003); Lionheart: The Crusade (2003); A World in Arms (2002); K-19: The Widowmaker (2002); No Good Deed (2002); Othello (2001); Lounge Act (2000); The Mumbo Jumbo (2000); Gioco di specchi (2000); Tales from the Madhouse (2000); Passion of Mind (2000); Milk (1999); Il figlio di Sandokan (1998); My Giant (1998); Heat of the Sun (1998); Firelight (1997); Swept from the Sea (1997); Bedtime Stories (1996); Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996); To the Ends of Time (1996); D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996); Surviving Picasso (1996); Screen Two (1993–1996); Hidden in Silence (1996); Daisies in December (1995); A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995); Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995); Citizen X (1995); OcchioPinocchio (1994); Jacob (1994); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Giorgino (1994); Citizen Locke (1994); Mother's Boys (1993); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); Nowhere to Run (1993); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); The Mighty Ducks (1992); Shadowchaser (1992); White Bear's Secret (1992); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Jackanory (1987–1992); Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992); Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991); Brown Bear's Wedding (1991); The Princess and the Goblin (1991); Ashenden (1991); The Bridge (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); A Murder of Quality (1991); Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991); The Object of Beauty (1991); The Sheltering Desert (1991); Never the Sinner (1990); Tre colonne in cronaca (1990); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Palermo Connection (1990); Jekyll and Hyde (1990); First and Last (1989); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); The Justice Game (1989); A Quiet Conspiracy (1989); Olympus Force: The Key (1988); To Kill A Priest (1988); Codename: Kyril (1988); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1988); When We Are Married (1987); Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind (1987); It Couldn't Happen Here (1987); White Mischief (1987); The Sicilian (1987); Queenie (1987); A Killing on the Exchange (1987); Omnibus (1986); Shadowlands (1986); The Great White Mountain (1986); Lady Jane (1986); A Zed & Two Noughts (1985); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1985); The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984); Shroud for a Nightingale (1984); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982); Escape to the West (1982); The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Thicker Than Water (1981); Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981); The Apple (1980); The Gentle Touch (1980); Closing Ranks (1980); Rough Cut (1980); A Question of Guilt (1980); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Caligula (1979); Turtle's Progress (1979); Saint Jack (1979); The Love Tapes (1979); The Sweeney (1978); Watership Down (1978); Return of the Saint (1978); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); The Greek Tycoon (1978); Enemy at the Door (1978); The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977); Silver Bears (1977); The Crezz (1976); Aquarius (1974–1976); Centre Play (1976); Operation Daybreak (1975); Royal Flash (1975); One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975); Great Expectations (1974); The Little Prince (1974); Miss Nightingale (1974); S*P*Y*S (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); The Protectors (1974); The Three Musketeers (1973); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); England Made Me (1973); Penny Gold (1973); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); Play for Today (1970–1973); Late Night Theatre (1972); Six Faces (1972); Country Matters (1972); The Mind Snatchers (1972); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971–1972); The Persuaders! (1972); Justice (1972); Cry of the Penguins (1971); Shirley's World (1971); Villain (1971); One Pair of Eyes (1971); The House That Dripped Blood (1971); Crescendo (1970); BBC Play of the Month (1966–1970); Canterbury Tales (1969); W. Somerset Maugham (1969); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Avengers (1969); Z Cars (1964–1968); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Mogul (1966–1968); The Wednesday Play (1965–1967); Trapped (1967); The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967); Armchair Theatre (1965–1967); Theatre 625 (1965–1966); The Suspect (1966); Lord Raingo (1966); David Copperfield (1966); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1966); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); No Hiding Place (1965); The Good Soldier Schweik (1965); Blackmail (1965); Gaslight Theatre (1965); Pity About the Abbey (1965); The Sign of Four (1965); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); Detective (1964); First Night (1964); In Search of the Castaways (1962); About Religion (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); On Trial (1960); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); Next to No Time! (1958); Destination Downing Street (1957); Ghost Ship (1952); Seven Days to Noon (1950); Landfall (1949).