Jack May the voice for Igor, long-suffering butler to Count Duckula in the cartoon series of the same name. He also appeared as the waiter Garkbit in the television version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Théoden in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", as General Hermack in the 1969 "Doctor Who" serial "The Space Pirates", and in "Bachelor Father". For 45 years the long-running BBC Radio 4 series, "The Archers" featured the voice of May as Nelson Gabriel, son of Walter Gabriel, making him (at the time of his death) the fourth-longest serving soap opera
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) actor. The radio series (and the LP and TV versions) featured narration by comedy actor Peter Jones as "The Book". He was cast after it was decided that a "Peter-Jonesy" sort of voice was required. This led to a three-month search for an actor with sonorous, avuncular tones who sounded exactly like Jones, after which the producers hired Jones himself. Following another actor dropping out of the production, Bill Wallis was called in at short notice to play two parts, Mr Prosser and Vogon Jeltz. One character appearing in the pilot who was dropped from subsequent incarnations of the story