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
Jack the Ripper (1988 TV series) to play a serial killer who mutilates women). The casting of Michael Caine was considered to be a major coup, as the actor was not known for doing television work. "Jack the Ripper" reportedly earned Caine a fee of $1 million. In the original version of the series, Abberline's partner George Godley was to have been played by Brian Capron. He was replaced by Lewis Collins (best known as Bodie in the ITV action series "The Professionals"). American actor Armand Assante and British actress Jane Seymour, both well known to American audiences, were added to the cast at the suggestion