Joss Ackland C.B.E. has been an actor for sixty two years. In the theatre he has played Captain Shotover in "Heartbreak House”, Weller Martin in “The Gin Game”, Clarence Darrow in “Never the Sinner”, Frederic Egermann in “A Little Night Music”, Ill in “The Visit”, Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in “Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Peter Pan – the Musical”, Captain Brassbound in “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion”, John Jorrocks in "Jorrocks”, Gaev in “The Cherry Orchard”, Juan Peron in “Ev... ... (read more...) ita”, Galileo in “Galileo”, Long John Silver in “Treasure Island”, Eustace Perrin State in “The Madras House”, Petruchio in “The Taming of the Shrew”, Sir in “The Dresser”, John Tarleton in “Misalliance”, Mitch in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, etc. etc. Movie roles include, Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief, Evil Edmonds in I’ll Be There, Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon, Don Masino in The Sicilian, The Man of Power in The Palermo Connection, The King in The Little Prince, Quarre in The House on Turk Street, The Russian Ambassador in The Hunt for Red October, Matisse in Surviving Picasso, etc. etc. He will next be seen as MKA in Flawless, with Demi Moore. Television Movies and Mini-series include C.S Lewis in “Shadowlands”, Alan Holly in “First and Last”, Gerald Carmody in “Daisies in December”, Bondachuk in “Citizen X”, Archie in “Voices in the Garden”, Barrett in “The Barretts of Wimpole Street”, Isaac in “The Bible”, Aristotle Onassis in “A Woman named Jackie”, Cummings in “Ashenden,” Sir Burton in “Queenie,” Martin van de Vurst in “Heat of the Sun,” Terence Fielding in “A Murder of Quality,” Jerry Westerby in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” Hermann Goering in “The Man who lived at the Ritz”, etc. etc. At Christmas he will appear as Wizard Rudcully in Terry Pratchett’s “The Hogfather.” In 1961, after three years with the Old Vic Company, he became artistic director at the Mermaid Theatre. He has played opposite Jean Simmons (three times), Claire Bloom (four times), Ingrid Bergman, Glynis Johns, Greta Scacchi, Lauren Bacall, Anouk Aimee, Barbara Cook, Dorothy Tutin, etc. etc., and once when he was gay – Denholm Elliot.
However, after playing opposite her in Mary Rose, his longest running mate was Rosemary Kirkcaldy, who died in 2002, after they had been married for fifty one years. Together they produced seven children, thirty two grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.