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Martin Jarvis

Born 1941-08-04

📍 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.

Filmography 110

as Henry V (voice)

Tales of the Tardis

New Chilling Tales: The Anthology

as Self - Narrator

Batman: Assault on Arkham

as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

United Passions

as Sir Stanley Rous

as Humphry Davy (voice)

as Paul Hollander

as British TV Interviewer

as Saitine (voice)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as Narrator (voice)

Inside the Actor's Workshop

Beware of What You Wish For

Taking the Flak

Underfist: Halloween Bash

as Nergal / Police Officer / Tarvis (voice)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Johannes Hentschel (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Ruby in the Smoke

as Voice of Capt. Lockhart (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing

ShakespeaRe-Told

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

as William / Bartok (voice)

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

as William / King Teddy (voice)

as Taylor Ashby

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Vincent Hogg

Stargate Atlantis

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Cowfrey Pitt

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

as Baron de Whichehalse

as Baron de Whichehalse

Jackie Chan Adventures

as John Dread (voice)

as Sir Duff Gordon

Extreme Ghostbusters

Testament: The Bible in Animation

as Moses / God (voice)

as Cadbury, Bascomb

The Queen's Nose

Space: Above and Beyond

Space: Above and Beyond

as Cyril MacKendrick

The Absence of War

An Audience with Ken Dodd

as Breadmaster (voice)

Scarlet and Black

as Monsieur de Renal

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Colin Draper

A Touch of Frost

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Narrator (voice)

Murder Most Horrid

as Maurice Howling

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

as Sharp Shooter / Lightening (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Captain Warburton

as Inspector Jack Mitchell

The Reluctant Dragon

as Narrator / Boy / Father (voice)

Inspector Morse

as Randall Rees

Artists and Models

as Commentary (voice)

The Black Tower

as Wilfred Anstey

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

as The Governor

Murder, She Wrote

as Giles Havelock

Murder, She Wrote

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

as Self - Presenter

as Johannes Hentschel

as King George VI

Rings on Their Fingers

as Oliver Pryde

Enemy at the Door

An Audience with...

as Sir Fergus / Sir James

BBC2 Play of the Week

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Canon Timothy Donkin

David Copperfield

as G.H. Hardy (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

as Frank Greystock

Arthur of the Britons

as Godfrey Ablewhite

as Godfrey Ablewhite

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Philip Marsden

as Sir Fergus / Sir James

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Jeremy Secker

The Last Escape

as Lt. Donald Wilcox

Nicholas Nickleby

as Nicholas Nickleby

Look at Life: On the Meter

as David Bryant

The Forsyte Saga

as Jolyon 'Jon' Forsyte

Secrets of a Windmill Girl

BBC Play of the Month

as Aircraftman Dickinson

Doctor Who: The Web Planet

as Butler / Voice in Reminder Room

Dixon of Dock Green