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JOSS ACKLAND The Hunt For Red October/Z Cars/Evita hand signed A4 photo Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). He worked opposite Alec Guinness in the 1979 television serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , playing sporting journalist and intermittent British espionage operative Jerry Westerby , and his career advanced through the 1980s with important parts in such films as The Sicilian , Lethal Weapon 2 , The Hunt for Red October and White Mischief . On television Ackland appeared as Jephro Rucastle with Jeremy Brett and David Burke in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; the episode entitled " The Copper Beeches ". Other appearances included Passion of Mind with Demi Moore and the two-part TV serial Hogfather based on Terry Pratchett 's Discworld . He played C. S. Lewis in the television version of Shadowlands before it was adapted into a stage play starring Nigel Hawthorne and then a theatrical film with Anthony Hopkins in the same role. His voice (as well as that of Roy Dotrice ) was heard reading quotations in several episodes of Jacob Bronowski 's 1973 documentary series The Ascent of Man . Ackland's stage roles included creating the role of Juan Perón in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical Evita opposite Elaine Paige . He also starred in the London production of Stephen Sondheim 's and Hugh Wheeler 's A Little Night Music with Jean Simmons and Hermione Gingold , performing on the RCA Victor original London cast album. [
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