Joss Ackland

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 29, 1928 (97 years old)
Death date
Nov 19, 2023

Joss Ackland

Known For

The Portrait
0h 19m
Movie 2014

The Portrait

The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it ever better not to know some things than to know them? Does secrecy protect or damage those we love? Can all things be forgiven and forgotten?

Katherine of Alexandria
1h 48m
Movie 2014

Katherine of Alexandria

The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.

Prisoners of the Sun
1h 28m
Movie 2013

Prisoners of the Sun

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

Hogfather
1h 35m
TV Show 2006

Hogfather

On the night before Hogswatch, the holiday where kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather, Death notices that the Hogfather's life-timer is lying broken on the floor of his castle. Could it be that Hogswatch will not happen this year?

Above and Beyond
TV Show 2006

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond is a four-hour 2006 miniseries aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on October 29 and 30. The miniseries is about the Atlantic Ferry Organization, which was tasked with delivering aircraft from North America to Europe in the early years of the Second World War. It stars Richard E. Grant, Jonathan Scarfe, Liane Balaban, Allan Hawco, Kenneth Welsh, and Jason Priestley.

Henry VIII
1h 36m
TV Show 2003

Henry VIII

The life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death following a stroke in 1547, by which time he had married for the sixth time.

Heat of the Sun
1h 46m
TV Show 1998

Heat of the Sun

Heat of the Sun is a police drama set in 1930s Kenya produced by Carlton Productions. Starring Trevor Eve as Superintendent Albert Tyburn, a Scotland Yard officer sent to Nairobi after a shooting, the show focuses on the seedier side of the expatriate community in Kenya. It began airing in January 1998 in the UK and was broadcast in the United States in 1999 as part of Mystery!.

Ashenden
0h 55m
TV Show 1991

Ashenden

Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham

First and Last
2h 12m
Movie 1989

First and Last

The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.

Biography

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE 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.

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