ArtistInfo

Jack May

1922-1997 GB, Henley-on-Thames
of Classical, Spoken Word and Soundtrack

Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor. Born in Henley-on-Thames, he was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow and, after war service with the Royal Indian Navy in British India, was offered a place at RADA, but he instead went to Merton College, Oxford. Here, with the OUDS, he played parts, which included John of Gaunt in Richard II and Polonius in Hamlet.On television he became familiar as the butler William E. Simms in two series of the BBC 1 fantasy/adventure television series Adam Adamant Lives! from 1966–67.

Genres

• Classical
• Spoken Word
• Soundtrack