Biography
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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Filmography
all 188
Movies 134
TV Shows 54
self 5
Narrator 5
Voice 5
The Narrator

Aeris (2014)
Movie
Henry Winter

The Portrait (2014)
Movie
Professor Mendella

Prisoners of the Sun (2013)
Movie
Master Cherry

Pinocchio (2009)
Movie
Mastro Ciliegia

Pinocchio (2009)
TV
Donald Vanston

How About You... (2007)
Movie
Mustrum Ridcully

Hogfather (2007)
Movie
Mr. John Narbutowicz

Kingdom (2007)
TV
6
Mustrum Ridcully

Hogfather (2006)
TV
Tolstoy

Moscow Zero (2006)
Movie
Winston Churchill

Above and Beyond (2006)
TV
Winston Churchill

Above and Beyond (2006)
Movie
Jack Straffen

Asylum (2005)
Movie
General Nikolayev

Frederick Forsyth's Icon (2005)
TV
General Nikolayev

Icon (2005)
Movie
Odd Passenger (video "Always On My Mind")

Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (2004)
Movie
Randolph Cauffield

A Different Loyalty (2004)
Movie
Bible Readings

The Adventure of English (2003)
TV
Henry VII

Henry VIII (2003)
TV
Evil Edmonds - The BeeLzeeBOPS

I'll Be There (2003)
Movie
Marshal Zelentsov

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Movie
6
Mr. Quarre

No Good Deed (2002)
Movie
James Brabant

Othello (2001)
Movie
Mayor Smith

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
Movie
Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist

Passion of Mind (2000)
Movie
Narrator

The Story of the SAS (1999)
Movie
Vicar

Milk (1999)
Movie
Lord Clare

Firelight (1998)
Movie
Monsignor Popesou

My Giant (1998)
Movie
Max Van Der vuurst

Heat of the Sun (1998)
TV
Mr. Swaffer

Swept from the Sea (1998)
Movie
Sir Freddy Butler

Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
King Francis

To the Ends of Time (1996)
Movie
Henri Matisse

Surviving Picasso (1996)
Movie
6
Captain

Deadly Voyage (1996)
Movie
German Factory Manager

Hidden in Silence (1996)
Movie
Gerald Carmody

Daisies in December (1995)
Movie
King Arthur

A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Movie
Insp. Sam Stringer

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)
Movie
Bondarchuk

Citizen X (1995)
Movie
Isaac

Jacob (1994)
Movie
Victor Landbergh / Victor Landbergh (uncredited)

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Movie
5.8
Father Glaise

Giorgino (1994)
Movie
Lord Ashley

Citizen Locke (1994)
Movie
Lansing

Mother's Boys (1993)
Movie
Brigand (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Movie
Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall

Voices in the Garden (1993)
Movie
Franklin Hale

Nowhere to Run (1993)
Movie
7
Caesar (voice)

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
TV
Kinderman

Project: Shadowchaser (1992)
Movie
6
Brown Bear

White Bear's Secret (1992)
Movie
Hercules Popodopoulos

Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Movie
6
The Prussian

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
TV
5.44
Smithson

The Bridge (1992)
Movie
Lewis Serrocold

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
Movie
2
Brown Bear

Brown Bear's Wedding (1991)
Movie
Aristotle Onassis

A Woman Named Jackie (1991)
TV
Terence Fielding

A Murder of Quality (1991)
Movie
King Papa / King Papa (voice)

The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
Movie
5.75
Hermann Goering

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1991)
TV
Mr. Mercer

The Object of Beauty (1991)
Movie
Col. Johnston

The Sheltering Desert (1991)
Movie
Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere

Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)
Movie
Gen. Gerhard Hellstein

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)
Movie
Andrei Lysenko

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Movie
6.13
Uomo di Potere

The Palermo Connection (1990)
Movie
Dr. Charles Lanyon

Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
Movie
Alan Holly

First and Last (1989)
Movie
Arjen Rudd

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Movie
5.92
Hermann Goering

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
Movie
Colonel

To Kill a Priest (1988)
Movie
Priest / murderer

It Couldn't Happen Here (1988)
Movie
George Grossopoulos

Olympus Force: The Key (1988)
Movie
Henry Ormonroyd

When We Are Married (1987)
Movie
Broughton

White Mischief (1987)
Movie
Don Masino Croce

The Sicilian (1987)
Movie
Sir Burton Rumsey

Queenie (1987)
Movie
10
Sir Burton Rumsey

Queenie (1987)
TV
Sir Max Sillman

A Killing on the Exchange (1987)
TV
Sir John Bridges

Lady Jane (1986)
Movie
Van Hoyten

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
CS Lewis

Shadowlands (1985)
Movie
Jephro Rucastle

Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV
4.71
Stephen Courtney-Briggs

Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)

Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Stephen Courtney-Briggs

Dalgliesh (1983)
TV
Edward Moulton-Barrett

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)
Movie
Self

Wogan (1982)
TV
Major Orpen

Elizabeth Alone (1981)
Movie
Chief Insp. Yardbird

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)
Movie
Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader

The Apple (1980)
Movie
Insp. Vanderveld

Rough Cut (1980)
Movie
Narrator (voice)

The Love Tapes (1980)
Movie
Ivor Stocker

The Gentle Touch (1980)
TV
Prison Warden

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (1980)
Movie
Yardley

Saint Jack (1979)
Movie
Benny D-Day

Turtle's Progress (1979)
TV
Colonel George Peregrine / Jack Cutler

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Black Rabbit (voice)

Watership Down (1978)
Movie
6
Gunther

Return of the Saint (1978)
TV
Naval officer (uncredited)

The Greek Tycoon (1978)
Movie
Major General Laidlaw

Enemy at the Door (1978)
TV
Henry Foreman

Silver Bears (1977)
Movie
Charles Bronte

The Crezz (1976)
TV
Sapten

Royal Flash (1975)
Movie
B.J. Spence

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
Movie
Narrator

Heading For Glory (1975)
Movie
Alan Ember

The Sweeney (1975)
TV
The King

The Little Prince (1974)
Movie
D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Four Musketeers (1974)
Movie
3.2
Martinson

S*P*Y*S (1974)
Movie
Chief Supt. Wray

The Black Windmill (1974)
Movie
Major Orpen

Playhouse (1974)
TV
Lord Palmerston

Miss Nightingale (1974)
Movie
Joe Gargery

Great Expectations (1974)
Movie
D’Artagnan’s Father

The Three Musketeers (1973)
Movie
4
Quotations

The Ascent of Man (1973)
TV
General Burgdorf

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Movie
Malcolmson

Access to the Children (1973)
Movie
Ellis Cripper

The Bankrupt (1972)
Movie
Arthur Gordon

The Protectors (1972)
TV
Dr. Frederick

The Mind Snatchers (1972)
Movie
Sir Robert Beste

Justice (1971)
TV
Felix Meadowes

The Persuaders! (1971)
TV
1
Head of Board

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
Movie
Edgar Lowis

Villain (1971)
Movie
Neville Rogers (segment 2 'Waxworks')

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Movie
6
Albert

The Lie (1970)
Movie
Malcolmson / Albert / Ellis Cripper

Play for Today (1970)
TV
Carter

Crescendo (1970)
Movie
Chebutykin

The Three Sisters (1970)
Movie
Bernard Jeantet

Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
TV
The Bishop

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Movie
Mr. Peggotty

David Copperfield (1966)
TV
Tom Gorbet

Tomorrow, Just You Wait (1965)
Movie
Chebutykin

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Sam Jardine / Mr. Gibbon / Considine / Lewis

The Troubleshooters (1965)
TV
Cornelius / Tom Gorbet

The Wednesday Play (1964)
TV
Hon. Philip Green

Sherlock Holmes (1964)
TV
6.2
Norman

Maggie (1964)
Movie
Yacht Seaman

In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Movie
3.5
Brigadier Hansing

The Avengers (1961)
TV
6
Turkish Bath Attendant

Next to No Time (1958)
Movie
Mr Green / Frank Penfold

Armchair Theatre (1956)
TV
Ron, 2nd Fisherman

Ghost Ship (1952)
Movie
Station Policeman

Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Movie
O'Neil

Landfall (1949)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1928-02-29
Deathday2023-11-19 (95 years old)
Birth NameSidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland
Birth PlaceKensington, United Kingdom
RelationshipsRosemary Jean Kirkcaldy (1951 - 2002)
ChildrenKirsty A. Ackland
FatherNorman Ackland
MotherRuth Izod
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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