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Joss Ackland
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Joss Ackland

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1928 – 2023 · North Kensington, London, England, UK · Active 1949–2014

Joss Ackland, born in 1928, is an English actor whose career spans decades and genres. He delivers a memorable performance in The House That Dripped Blood (1971), where he navigates the eerie landscape of horror anthology. In Villain (1971), he plays a key role that highlights his adeptness in portraying complex characters within the crime genre. Ackland's versatility extends through films like Saint Jack (1979) and The Black Windmill (1974), making him a significant figure in the realm of cult and exploitation cinema.

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The Four Musketeers

The Four Musketeers

1974 ★ 6.3
as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

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The House That Dripped Blood (1971) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · ★6.0
Mad Dogs And Englishmen (1995) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Mad Dogs And Englishmen
1995 · ★8.0
The Black Windmill (1974) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Black Windmill
1974 · ★6.0
Saint Jack (1979) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Saint Jack
1979 · ★7.0
Villain (1971) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Villain
1971 · ★7.0
The Mind Snatchers (1972) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Mind Snatchers
1972 · ★6.0
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2
1989
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
The Mighty Ducks
1992

Filmography

208 credits
2010s 5 credits
2014
Katherine of Alexandria as Rufus
Movie ★ 2.7
2014
The Portrait as Henry Winter
Movie
2013
Prisoners of the Sun as Professor Mendella
Movie ★ 3.9
2011
The Boy with Chocolate Fingers as Narrator
Movie ★ 5.0
2010
Peak Performers - The Mk3 Ford Cortina as Narrator
Movie
2000s 25 credits
2009
Pinocchio as Mastro Ciliegia
Movie ★ 6.1
2009
Pinocchio as Mastro Ciliegia
TV
2007
Flawless as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
Movie ★ 6.8
2007
How About You... as Donald Vanston
Movie ★ 6.3
2007
In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley as Narrator
Movie ★ 6.7
2007
Hogfather as Mustrum Ridcully
Movie ★ 6.8
2007
Kingdom as Mr. John Narbutowicz
TV ★ 7.1
2006
These Foolish Things as Albert
Movie ★ 5.8
2006
Moscow Zero as Tolstoy
Movie ★ 3.4
2006
The One Show as Self
TV ★ 4.4
2006
Above and Beyond as Winston Churchill
TV ★ 6.8
2006
Hogfather as Mustrum Ridcully
TV ★ 7.6
2005
Asylum as Jack Straffen
Movie ★ 5.9
2005
Icon as General Nikolayev
Movie ★ 5.7
2005
Defining a Style as Self
Movie
2004
A Different Loyalty as Randolph Cauffield
Movie ★ 4.8
2003
I'll Be There as Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS
Movie ★ 5.4
2003
Henry VIII as Henry VII
TV ★ 7.0
2002
No Good Deed as Mr. Quarre
Movie ★ 5.4
2002
K-19: The Widowmaker as Marshal Zelentsov
Movie ★ 6.6
2001
Othello as James Brabant
Movie ★ 6.9
2000
Lounge Act
Movie ★ 10.0
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo as Mayor Smith
Movie ★ 7.0
2000
Passion of Mind as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
Movie ★ 5.8
2000
Easter Tales as Barabbas
TV
1990s 53 credits
1999
Milk as Vicar
Movie ★ 4.0
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as The Prussian
Movie ★ 5.2
1998
Swept from the Sea as Mr. Swaffer
Movie ★ 6.4
1998
Firelight as Lord Clare
Movie ★ 6.7
1998
My Giant as Monsignor Popesou
Movie ★ 5.3
1998
Heat of the Sun as Max Van Der vuurst
TV ★ 6.2
1997
Midsomer Murders as Sir Freddy Butler
TV ★ 7.5
1996
D3: The Mighty Ducks as Hans
Movie ★ 6.0
1996
Surviving Picasso as Henri Matisse
Movie ★ 5.8
1996
Deadly Voyage
Movie ★ 5.6
1996
Hidden in Silence as German Factory Manager
Movie ★ 7.2
1996
To the Ends of Time as King Francis
Movie ★ 5.6
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation as Samuel (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation as Noah (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
1995
Citizen X as Bondarchuk
Movie ★ 7.2
1995
A Kid in King Arthur's Court as King Arthur
Movie ★ 5.0
1995
Mad Dogs and Englishmen● as Insp. Sam Stringer
Movie ★ 4.0
1995
Daisies in December as Gerald Carmody
Movie ★ 6.2
1994
Jacob as Isaak
Movie ★ 6.7
1994
Giorgino as Father Glaise
Movie ★ 6.4
1994
Miracle on 34th Street as Victor Landbergh (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
OcchioPinocchio as Brando Della Valle
Movie ★ 4.3
1994
Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry as Self
Movie ★ 10.0
1994
Citizen Locke as Lord Ashley
Movie ★ 10.0
1994
Miracle on 34th Street as Victor Landbergh
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
Julius Caesar as Caesar
Movie
1993
Nowhere to Run as Franklin Hale
Movie ★ 6.5
1993
Mother's Boys as Lansing, Jude's Attorney
Movie ★ 5.4
1993
Voices in the Garden as Sir Charles Peverall
Movie ★ 8.0
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler as Brigand (voice)
Movie ★ 7.1
1993
Simulacrum as The Chemist
Movie
1992
The Mighty Ducks as Hans
Movie ★ 6.6
1992
Once Upon a Crime as Hercules Popodopoulos
Movie ★ 5.7
1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls as King Edward
Movie ★ 5.1
1992
The Bridge as Smithson
Movie ★ 4.5
1992
Project: Shadowchaser as Kinderman
Movie ★ 4.3
1992
White Bear's Secret as Brown Bear (voice)
Movie
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as The Prussian
TV ★ 6.5
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Caesar (voice)
TV ★ 6.4
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as De Nomolos
Movie ★ 6.3
1991
A Murder of Quality as Terence Fielding
Movie ★ 5.6
1991
The Object of Beauty as Mr. Mercer
Movie ★ 5.2
1991
The Sheltering Desert
Movie ★ 10.0
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold
Movie ★ 6.9
1991
The Princess and the Goblin as King Papa (voice)
Movie ★ 5.9
1991
Brown Bear's Wedding as Brown Bear (voice)
Movie
1991
Ashenden
TV ★ 6.0
1991
A Woman Named Jackie as Aristotle Onassis
TV ★ 8.8
1990
The Hunt for Red October as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Movie ★ 7.4
1990
Jekyll & Hyde as Dr. Charles Lanyon
Movie ★ 5.9
1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein
Movie ★ 4.5
1990
The Palermo Connection as il boss
Movie ★ 6.2
1990
Tre colonne in cronaca as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere
Movie ★ 6.4
1980s 36 credits
1989
Lethal Weapon 2 as Arjen Rudd
Movie ★ 7.0
1989
First and Last as Alan Holly
Movie ★ 7.0
1988
It Couldn't Happen Here as Priest/Murderer
Movie ★ 5.9
1988
To Kill a Priest as Colonel
Movie ★ 6.1
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Hermann Goering
Movie ★ 4.3
1988
Olympus Force: The Key as George Grossopoulos
Movie ★ 2.5
1988
Codename: Kyril as 'C'
Movie
1988
Codename: Kyril as 'C'
TV ★ 6.0
1987
The Sicilian as Don Masino Croce
Movie ★ 5.2
1987
White Mischief as 'Jock' Delves Broughton
Movie ★ 6.1
1987
When We Are Married as Henry Ormonroyd
Movie ★ 7.0
1987
Queenie as Sir Burton Rumsey
TV ★ 5.0
1987
A Killing on the Exchange as Sir Max Sillman
TV ★ 5.0
1986
Lady Jane as Sir John Bridges
Movie ★ 6.9
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts as Van Hoyten
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
Shadowlands as CS Lewis
Movie ★ 7.4
1985
Screen Two as Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall
TV ★ 7.1
1985
Screen Two as Captain
TV ★ 7.1
1984
The Tragedy of Coriolanus as Menenius
Movie ★ 8.0
1984
The Leather Boys as Narrator
Movie
1984
Shroud for a Nightingale as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
TV ★ 6.4
1984
Sherlock Holmes as Jephro Rucastle
TV ★ 8.2
1983
Natural World as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1983
Dalgliesh as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
TV ★ 6.9
1982
The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Movie ★ 8.0
1982
Wogan as Self
TV ★ 5.3
1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as Chief Insp. Yardbird
Movie ★ 6.2
1981
Elizabeth Alone as Major Orpen
Movie
1981
Findings on a Late Afternoon as Father
Movie
1980
The Apple as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader
Movie ★ 4.5
1980
The Love Tapes as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 6.5
1980
Rough Cut as Insp. Vanderveld
Movie ★ 5.9
1980
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square as Prison Warden
Movie ★ 6.0
1980
Closing Ranks as Victor Rogachev
Movie ★ 7.0
1980
The Gentle Touch as Ivor Stocker
TV ★ 7.2
1980
A Question of Guilt
TV
1970s 55 credits
1979
Saint Jack● as Yardley
Movie ★ 6.7
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Colonel George Peregrine
TV ★ 6.8
1979
Turtle's Progress as Benny D-Day
TV ★ 6.3
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Jack Cutler
TV ★ 6.8
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Jerry Westerby
TV ★ 7.6
1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Cantrell
Movie ★ 6.1
1978
Watership Down as Black Rabbit (voice)
Movie ★ 7.2
1978
The Greek Tycoon as Naval officer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1978
Return of the Saint as Gunther
TV ★ 7.0
1978
Enemy at the Door as Major General Laidlaw
TV ★ 8.2
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It as President
Movie ★ 6.3
1977
Silver Bears as Henry Foreman
Movie ★ 6.1
1976
You Talk Too Much as Doctor
Movie ★ 10.0
1976
The Crezz as Charles Bronte
TV
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as B.J. Spence
Movie ★ 5.8
1975
Royal Flash as Sapten
Movie ★ 5.9
1975
Operation: Daybreak as Janák
Movie ★ 6.9
1975
Heading For Glory as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 7.0
1975
The Magic Dream as Narrator
Movie
1975
The Sweeney as Alan Ember
TV ★ 8.0
1974
S*P*Y*S as Martinson
Movie ★ 5.4
1974
The Little Prince as The King
Movie ★ 6.9
1974
Great Expectations as Joe Gargery
Movie ★ 6.8
1974
Miss Nightingale as Lord Palmerston
Movie
1974
The Black Windmill● as Chief Supt. Wray
Movie ★ 6.2
1974
The Four Musketeers● as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1974
Playhouse as Maj. Orpen
TV ★ 7.0
1974
Playhouse as Father
TV ★ 7.0
1973
The Three Musketeers as D’Artagnan’s Father
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
England Made Me as Haller
Movie ★ 6.1
1973
Penny Gold as Jones
Movie ★ 6.0
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days as General Burgdorf
Movie ★ 6.2
1973
Access to the Children as Malcolmson
Movie ★ 8.5
1973
Centre Play as Doctor
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Detective Inspector Hud
TV ★ 6.8
1972
The Mind Snatchers● as Dr. Frederick
Movie ★ 5.9
1972
The Bankrupt as Ellis Cripper
Movie ★ 8.0
1972
King's Cross Lunch Hour as The Man
Movie ★ 7.0
1972
Crippled Bloom as Potter Jones
Movie
1972
The Protectors as Arthur Gordon
TV ★ 6.1
1972
Shirley's World
TV ★ 6.0
1972
Country Matters as Potter-Jones
TV ★ 4.6
1971
Villain● as Edgar Lowis
Movie ★ 6.2
1971
The House That Dripped Blood● as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Movie ★ 6.4
1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Head of Board
Movie ★ 5.0
1971
Getting In as An Applicant
Movie ★ 8.0
1971
The Persuaders! as Felix Meadowes
TV ★ 7.6
1971
Justice as Sir Robert Beste
TV ★ 7.3
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Grubber
TV ★ 7.5
1970
Crescendo as Carter
Movie ★ 5.2
1970
The Lie as Albert
Movie ★ 6.5
1970
The Three Sisters as Chebutykin
Movie ★ 6.5
1970
Play for Today as Malcolmson
TV ★ 6.6
1970
Play for Today as Ellis Cripper
TV ★ 6.6
1970
Play for Today as Albert
TV ★ 6.6
1960s 27 credits
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Councillor Horne
TV ★ 7.0
1969
W. Somerset Maugham as Harold Bannon
TV
1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers as d'Artagnan
TV ★ 7.7
1967
One Pair of Eyes
TV ★ 7.0
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk as The Bishop
Movie ★ 5.8
1966
Death of a Salesman as Charley
Movie
1966
David Copperfield as Daniel Peggotty
TV ★ 6.5
1966
Mystery and Imagination as Herr Scavenius
TV ★ 5.8
1966
Mystery and Imagination as Mr Smedhurst
TV ★ 5.8
1965
Tomorrow, Just You Wait as Tom Gorbet
Movie ★ 4.0
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Chebutykin
TV ★ 5.3
1965
The Troubleshooters as Sam Jardine
TV ★ 7.3
1965
The Troubleshooters as Mr. Gibbon
TV ★ 7.3
1965
The Troubleshooters as Considine
TV ★ 7.3
1965
The Troubleshooters as Lewis
TV ★ 7.3
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Charley
TV ★ 5.3
1965
Londoners as Angus Grahame
TV
1964
Maggie as Norman
Movie
1964
Sherlock Holmes as Hon. Philip Green
TV ★ 6.7
1964
The Wednesday Play as Cornelius
TV ★ 5.2
1964
The Wednesday Play as Tom Gorbet
TV ★ 5.2
1964
Theatre 625 as Hockey Jagger
TV ★ 7.2
1964
Theatre 625 as Fred
TV ★ 7.2
1964
Theatre 625 as John Hinks
TV ★ 7.2
1964
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling as William Stevens
TV
1962
In Search of the Castaways as Yacht Seaman
Movie ★ 6.5
1961
The Avengers as Brigadier Hansing
TV ★ 7.8
1950s 6 credits
1959
No Hiding Place
TV ★ 4.8
1958
Next to No Time as Turkish Bath Attendant
Movie ★ 7.7
1956
Armchair Theatre as Frank Penfold
TV ★ 6.0
1956
Armchair Theatre as Mr Green
TV ★ 6.0
1952
Ghost Ship as Ron, 2nd Fisherman
Movie ★ 5.4
1950
Seven Days to Noon as Station Policeman
Movie ★ 6.8
1940s 1 credit
1949
Landfall as O'Neil
Movie ★ 7.6