Michael jayston actor biography
Michael jayston actor biography
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Michael Jayston
English actor (1935–2024)
Michael A. James (29 October 1935 – 5 February 2024), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor.
He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971).[1] He also made many television appearances, which included portraying Peter Guillam in the miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986), and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Early life and education
Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in West Bridgford, Nottingham as Michael A. James,[1] the only son of Aubrey Vincent James (died 1937) and Edna Myfanwy Medcalfe (died 1950).[2] His father died of pneumonia when Michael was one, and his mother died when he was a young teenager.
Jayston was then raised by his grandmother and an