Martin Jarvis Biography (1941-)

Born August 4, 1941, in Cheltenham, England; son of Denys Harry and Margot Lillian (maiden name, Scottney) Jarvis; married second wife, Rosalind Ayres (anactress), November 23, 1974; children: (first marriage) Toby, Oliver.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: August 4, 1941; Cheltenham, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Jolyon "Jon" Forsyte, The Forsyte Saga, BBC, 1967
Oliver, Rings on Their Fingers, BBC, 1978
Breadmaster, The Tick, 1996
Voice, Richie Rich, syndicated, 1996
Farmlow, Supply and Demand, 1998
Also appeared in Breakaway.
Miniseries
Godfrey Ablewhite, The Moonstone, 1972
Uriah Heep, David Copperfield; Nicholas Nickleby, 1974
Wilfred Anstey, The Black Tower, BBC, 1985
Voice, "The Tempest," Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, 1992
Movies
King George VI, Ike: The War Years, 1978
Johannes Hentschel, The Bunker (also known as Le Bunker), CBS, 1981
Also appeared as Mr. Stone, The Business of Murder, BBC, and in Make and Break, BBC.
Specials
Sam Harvey, A Murder in the Family, 1986
Canon Timothy Donkin, Rumpole and the Age of Miracles, 1989
Narrator, Christmas Star, 1993
Episodic
Hilio, "The Web Planet," Doctor Who, 1965
John Brooke, Little Women, 1971
Karn, "The Swordsman," Arthur of the Britons, 1973
Butler, "Invasion of the Dinosaurs," Doctor Who, 1974
Frank, The Pallisers, 1977
Who Dares Wins, 1984
The governor, "Vengeance on Varos," Doctor Who, 1985
Clive Markham, "Friends and Neighbours," Juliet Bravo, 1985
Narrator and voice of boy, "The Reluctant Dragon," Long Ago and Far Away, 1989
Randall Rees, "Greeks Bearing Gifts," Inspector Morse, 1991 , thenin Inspector Morse, Series VII, 1994
Maurice Howling, "The Girl from Ipanema," Murder Most Horrid, 1991
Malcolm Ashforth, "Message in a Bottle," Boon, 1992
"Making Waves," Casualty, 1992
Adam Bailey, "Breaking the Broker," Lovejoy, 1994
Cyril Ruddy/Edward Montgomery, "Another Killing in Cork," Murder, SheWrote, CBS, 1995
Giles Havelock, "Deadly Bidding," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995
Harvey Wade, "Fun Time for Swingers," A Touch of Frost, 1996
Major Cyril MacKendrick, "Pearly," Space: Above and Beyond, 1996
Collin Draper, "The Deadliest Man Alive," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1996
Voices of God and Moses, "Moses," Testament: The Bible in Animation, HBO, 1997
Voice, Max Steel, The WB, 2000

Other Television Appearances
The Life Revolution, 1967
Crown House, 1989
Voice, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, 1990
Neil Biddle, Sex 'n' Death, 1999
Film Appearances
Mike, Secrets of a Windmill Girl, 1965
Lieutenant Donald Wilcox, The Last Escape, United Artists, 1970
Jeremy Secker, Taste the Blood of Dracula, 1970
Inspector Jack Mitchell, Buster, 1988
Dover's agent, Calliope, 1993
Monsieur De Renal, Scarlet and Black, 1993
Member of Australian voice group, Jackie Chan's First Strike (also known as First Strike, Police Story 4, Police Story 4:First Strike, Police Story 4: Piece of Cake, Police Story 4: Story of the CIA, Story of the CIA, and Jing cha gu shi IV: Jiandan ren wu), New Line Cinema, 1996
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, Titanic, Paramount, 1997
Film Work
Stage manager, Secrets of a Windmill Girl, 1965
Stage Appearances
Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Library Theatre, Manchester, England, 1962
Drummer, Cockade, New Arts Theatre, London, 1963
Franz Delanoue, Poor Bitos, New Arts Theatre, 1963 , then Duke ofYork's Theatre, London, both 1964
Octavius Robinson, Man and Superman, New Arts Theatre, then Vaudeville Theatre, London, both 1966
Owen Gereth, The Spoils of Poynton, May Fair Theatre, London, 1969
Piers Cramp, The Bandwagon, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1969
Jack Absolute, The Rivals, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, England, and University Theatre, New York City, 1972
Title role, Hamlet, Festival of British Theatre, Theatre Royal, Windsor, England, 1973
Adam, Paradise Lost, recitals at Chichester, England, then Old VicTheatre Company, London, 1975
Arnold Champion-Cheney, The Circle, Chichester Festival, England,then Haymarket Theatre, London, 1976
Edward VIII, The Woman I Love, Churchill Theatre, Bromley, England, 1978
Hector, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1983
Woman in Mind, Vaudeville Theatre, 1986-87
The Exchange, Vaudeville Theatre, 1990
Twelfth Night, Playhouse, London, 1991
Passion Play, Theatre at Donmar Warehouse, London, 2000
Made stage debut in title role, Henry V, National Youth Theatre, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London; also appeared in Caught in the Act, Garrick Theatre, London; as Ernest, The Importance of Being Earnest, and as "274," Victoria Station, both National Theatre, London.
Major Tours
Father Michael, The Prodigal Daughter, British cities, 1974
Young Marlow, She Stoops to Conquer, Canadian cities and Hong KongArts Festival, 1978
Radio Appearances
Series
Reader, Excalibur, BBC-4, 1998
Also voice performer for the series Jarvis' Frayn.
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
Great Trials: Oscar Wilde, Tangled Web, 1996
A Night to Remember, Audio Partners, 1997
10 Lb. Penalty, Putnam Audio, 1997
Oliver Twist, 1998
The Titanic Sinks! A Night to Remember, 1998
Felix in the Underworld, Chivers Audiobooks, 1998
Field of Thirteen, Putnam Berkley Audio, 1998
Hard Times, Chivers Audiobooks, 1998
Carry On, Jeeves, Audio Partners, 1999
The Drowning People, Time Warner, 1999
Nicholas Nickleby, Hodder Headline Audiobooks, 1999
The Third Man, Audio Partners, 1999
Great Expectations, Audio Partners, 2000
Reader for several dozen other audio books.
WRITINGS
For Radio
Bright Boy, broadcast by BBC, Samuel French, 1977
Promo, BBC, 1986
Adaptations include twenty "Just William" stories by Richard Crompton, for BBC, 1972-76; and Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, BBC, 1973 (also performed on television).
Other Writings
William at Christmas (adaptation for television), BBC, 1985
Columnist for Radio Times.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Times November 24, 1994, (London), p. 18.

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