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Jayston worked briefly as a trainee accountant at the offices of the National Coal Board before obtaining a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to train as an actor. He made his professional debut, aged 27, in a production of The Amorous Prawn, going on to work on the stage at the Salisbury Repertory, Bristol Old Vic and with The Royal Shakespeare Company. The GSMD seen across the Barbican lake. ... The Coopers Hall (right) became the theatre foyer in the 1970s. ... The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company, one of the most influential in the country. ...

He enjoyed success as a classical stage actor before going on to become well known on British television. He was once considered for the part of James Bond and he portrayed the character in a radio adaptation of You Only Live Twice. In 1971 he starred as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra whilst in 1973 he took the lead role of Mr Rochester in a BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre opposite Sorcha Cusack. In 1975 he player Quiller, a spy who never used a gun, in a British TV series of the same name. In 1979 he played Peter Guillam opposite Alec Guinness in the mini-series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition You Only Live Twice is the twelfth novel by Ian Fleming featuring James Bond, secret agent 007; it was published in 1964, around the time Fleming died. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia Nicholas II of Russia (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918)(in Russian Николай II) Nikolai II was the last crowned Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. ... DVD cover Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife, the Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse, the last of Russias monarchs. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... It has been suggested that Mesrour be merged into this article or section. ... Acting daughter of the late Irish actor Cyril Cusack, and sister of Sinéad Cusack, Niamh Cusack, and Catherine Cusack. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Sir Alec Guinness, KBE, CH (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Oscar winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. ... Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carré, published in 1974. ...

In 1986 Jayston played the role of the Valeyard in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In the serial The Ultimate Foe, the Valeyard is revealed to be an evil version of Doctor himself. He later reprised the part of the Valeyard in one of the audio plays by Big Finish Productions in the Doctor Who Unbound series, He Jests at Scars... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Valeyard (pronounced Valley-ard) is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character. ... The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from November 29 to December 6, 1986. ... Radio drama (audio drama), which had its greatest popularity in the United States and in most other countries before the spread of television, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye. In the television era, some audio... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... He Jests at Scars. ...

In 1991 appeared as Colonel Mustard in the television series Cluedo. He has also narrated many audio books, including works by P. D. James and John le Carré. 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cluedo was a television game show in the United Kingdom and Australia based on the board game of the same name. ... Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920 in Oxford) is a British writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords. ... John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England). ...

Further he provided a "voice" in a song by the UK music group St. Etienne.

External links

• Michael Jayston at the Internet Movie Database