Autographs of Michael Jayston
Michael A. James (29 October 1935 – 5 February 2024), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He also made many television appearances, which included portraying Peter Guillam in the miniseries Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986), and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.
Michael Jayston was born on 29 October 1935 in West Bridgford, Nottingham as Michael A. James, the only son of Aubrey Vincent James (died 1937) and Edna Myfanwy Medcalfe (died 1950). His father died of pneumonia when Michael was one, and his mother died when he was a young teenager. Jayston was then raised by his grandmother and an uncle. He attended the Becket RC School on Wilford Lane, West Bridgford. Formerly an accountant, he trained in acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Jayston began his stage career in 1962, performed at the Bristol Old Vic, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1965. He starred as Captain von Trapp in the 1981 stage revival of The Sound of Music at the Apollo Victoria in London's West End, alongside Petula Clark as Maria. In 1984, Jayston starred as Mirabell in a production of William Congreve's The Way of the World at the Haymarket Theatre opposite Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright.
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Traded items with a signature of Michael Jayston
The most expensive item with a signature of Michael Jayston (Doctor Who: Mindwarp DVD Cover Signed by COLIN BAKER, MICHAEL JAYSTON plus 4) was sold in May 2025 for £150.00 while the cheapest item (Michael Jayston In Person Signed 8x10 Photo - Doctor Who with Colin Baker - 74) found a new owner for £0.01 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (19) was September 2025 with an average selling price of £39.00 for an autographed item of Michael Jayston. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with £54.92 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Michael Jayston is worth £5.00.
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