Acting · North Kensington, London, England, UK · Born February 29, 1928
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Ackland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieThe Portrait
2014
as Henry Winter
MovieKatherine of Alexandria
2014
as Rufus
MoviePrisoners of the Sun
2013
as Professor Mendella
MovieThe Boy with Chocolate Fingers
2011
as Narrator
MoviePeak Performers - The Mk3 Ford Cortina
2010
as Narrator
MoviePinocchio
2009
as Mastro Ciliegia
TVPinocchio
2009
as Mastro Ciliegia
MovieHow About You...
2007
as Donald Vanston
MovieHogfather
2007
as Mustrum Ridcully
MovieIn Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley
2007
as Narrator
MovieFlawless
2007
as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
TVKingdom
2007
as Mr. John Narbutowicz
TVHogfather
2006
as Mustrum Ridcully
MovieMoscow Zero
2006
as Tolstoy
TVAbove and Beyond
2006
as Winston Churchill
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieThese Foolish Things
2006
as Albert
MovieAsylum
2005
as Jack Straffen
MovieIcon
2005
as General Nikolayev
MovieDefining a Style
2005
as Self
MovieA Different Loyalty
2004
as Randolph Cauffield
TVHenry VIII
2003
as Henry VII
MovieI'll Be There
2003
as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
MovieK-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Marshal Zelentsov
MovieNo Good Deed
2002
as Mr. Quarre
MovieOthello
2001
as James Brabant
MovieThe Mumbo Jumbo
2000
as Mayor Smith
TVEaster Tales
2000
as Barabbas
MoviePassion of Mind
2000
as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
Lounge Act
2000
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as The Prussian
MovieMilk
1999
as Vicar
MovieFirelight
1998
as Lord Clare
MovieMy Giant
1998
as Monsignor Popesou
TVHeat of the Sun
1998
as Max Van Der vuurst
MovieSwept from the Sea
1998
as Mr. Swaffer
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Sir Freddy Butler
MovieTo the Ends of Time
1996
as King Francis
TVTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Samuel (voice)
MovieD3: The Mighty Ducks
1996
as Hans
MovieSurviving Picasso
1996
as Henri Matisse
MovieDeadly Voyage
1996
MovieHidden in Silence
1996
as German Factory Manager
MovieDaisies in December
1995
as Gerald Carmody
MovieA Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
as King Arthur
MovieMad Dogs and Englishmen
1995
as Insp. Sam Stringer
MovieCitizen X
1995
as Bondarchuk
MovieOcchioPinocchio
1994
as Brando Della Valle
MovieJacob
1994
as Isaak
MovieJulius Caesar
1994
as Caesar
MovieMiracle on 34th Street
1994
as Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
MovieGiorgino
1994
as Father Glaise
Citizen Locke
1994
as Lord Ashley
MovieJoan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry
1994
as Self
MovieSimulacrum
1993
as The Chemist
MovieMother's Boys
1993
as Lansing, Jude's Attorney
MovieThe Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Brigand (voice)
MovieVoices in the Garden
1993
as Sir Charles Peverall
MovieNowhere to Run
1993
as Franklin Hale
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Caesar (voice)
MovieThe Mighty Ducks
1992
as Hans
MovieProject: Shadowchaser
1992
as Kinderman
MovieWhite Bear's Secret
1992
as Brown Bear (voice)
MovieOnce Upon a Crime
1992
as Hercules Popodopoulos
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as The Prussian
MovieSherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
as King Edward
MovieThe Bridge
1992
as Smithson
MovieMiss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Lewis Serrocold
MovieBrown Bear's Wedding
1991
as Brown Bear (voice)
Ashenden
1991
TVA Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Aristotle Onassis
MovieA Murder of Quality
1991
as Terence Fielding
MovieBill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
as De Nomolos
MovieThe Princess and the Goblin
1991
as King Papa (voice)
MovieThe Object of Beauty
1991
as Mr. Mercer
MovieThe Sheltering Desert
1991
MovieTre colonne in cronaca
1990
as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere
MovieThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
MovieThe Hunt for Red October
1990
as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
MovieThe Palermo Connection
1990
as il boss
MovieJekyll & Hyde
1990
as Dr. Charles Lanyon
MovieFirst and Last
1989
as Alan Holly
MovieLethal Weapon 2
1989
as Arjen Rudd
A Quiet Conspiracy
1989
as Theo Carter
MovieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Hermann Goering
MovieTo Kill a Priest
1988
as Colonel
MovieIt Couldn't Happen Here
1988
as Priest/Murderer
MovieCodename: Kyril
1988
as 'C'
TVCodename: Kyril
1988
as 'C'
MovieOlympus Force: The Key
1988
as George Grossopoulos
MovieWhen We Are Married
1987
as Henry Ormonroyd
MovieWhite Mischief
1987
as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
MovieThe Sicilian
1987
as Don Masino Croce
TVQueenie
1987
as Sir Burton Rumsey
TVA Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Sir Max Sillman
MovieLady Jane
1986
as Sir John Bridges
MovieA Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Van Hoyten
MovieShadowlands
1985
as CS Lewis
TVScreen Two
1985
as Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Jephro Rucastle
TVThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Jephro Rucastle
MovieThe Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984
as Menenius
TVShroud for a Nightingale
1984
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
The Leather Boys
1984
as Narrator
TVNatural World
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVDalgliesh
1983
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
MovieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieFindings on a Late Afternoon
1981
as Father
MovieElizabeth Alone
1981
as Major Orpen
MovieDangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981
as Chief Insp. Yardbird
MovieThe Apple
1980
as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader
MovieRough Cut
1980
as Insp. Vanderveld
MovieThe Love Tapes
1980
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Gentle Touch
1980
as Ivor Stocker
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Samuel Kent
MovieA Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
as Prison Warden
Closing Ranks
1980
as Victor Rogachev
TVTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as Jerry Westerby
MovieSaint Jack
1979
as Yardley
TVTurtle's Progress
1979
as Benny D-Day
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Colonel George Peregrine
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Menenius
MovieWatership Down
1978
as Black Rabbit (voice)
MovieWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as Cantrell
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Gunther
MovieThe Greek Tycoon
1978
as Naval officer (uncredited)
TVEnemy at the Door
1978
as Major General Laidlaw
MovieThe Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977
as President
MovieSilver Bears
1977
as Henry Foreman
TVThe Crezz
1976
as Charles Bronte
MovieYou Talk Too Much
1976
as Doctor
MovieOperation: Daybreak
1975
as Janák
MovieRoyal Flash
1975
as Sapten
MovieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as B.J. Spence
MovieHeading For Glory
1975
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Alan Ember
MovieThe Magic Dream
1975
as Narrator
MovieThe Little Prince
1974
as The King
MovieThe Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieS*P*Y*S
1974
as Martinson
MovieThe Black Windmill
1974
as Chief Supt. Wray
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Maj. Orpen
MovieGreat Expectations
1974
as Joe Gargery
Miss Nightingale
1974
as Lord Palmerston
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1973
as D’Artagnan’s Father
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Detective Inspector Hud
TVCentre Play
1973
as Doctor
MoviePenny Gold
1973
as Jones
MovieEngland Made Me
1973
as Haller
MovieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as General Burgdorf
MovieAccess to the Children
1973
as Malcolmson
MovieThe Bankrupt
1972
as Ellis Cripper
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Arthur Gordon
Crippled Bloom
1972
as Potter Jones
TVCountry Matters
1972
as Potter-Jones
MovieThe Mind Snatchers
1972
as Dr. Frederick
King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972
as The Man
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Martens
TVShirley's World
1972
Getting In
1971
as An Applicant
TVJustice
1971
as Sir Robert Beste
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Grubber
TVThe Persuaders!
1971
as Felix Meadowes
MovieMr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971
as Head of Board
MovieVillain
1971
as Edgar Lowis
MovieThe House That Dripped Blood
1971
as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
MovieThe Lie
1970
as Albert
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Albert
MovieCrescendo
1970
as Carter
MovieThe Three Sisters
1970
as Chebutykin
Canterbury Tales
1969
as Host
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Harold Bannon
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Councillor Horne
Trapped
1967
as Pritchy
TVThe Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
as d'Artagnan
TVOne Pair of Eyes
1967
MovieDeath of a Salesman
1966
as Charley
Lord Raingo
1966
as Tom Hogarth
MovieRasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
as The Bishop
TVMystery and Imagination
1966
as Herr Scavenius
David Copperfield
1966
as Daniel Peggotty
MovieTomorrow, Just You Wait
1965
as Tom Gorbet
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Chebutykin
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Applicant
TVThe Troubleshooters
1965
as Considine
TVLondoners
1965
as Angus Grahame
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Cornelius
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964
as William Stevens
TVSherlock Holmes
1964
as Hon. Philip Green
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Hockey Jagger
Maggie
1964
as Norman
MovieIn Search of the Castaways
1962
as Yacht Seaman
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Brigadier Hansing
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
MovieNext to No Time
1958
as Turkish Bath Attendant
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Frank Penfold
MovieGhost Ship
1952
as Ron, 2nd Fisherman
MovieSeven Days to Noon
1950
as Station Policeman
MovieLandfall
1949
as O'Neil
