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Martin Jarvis OBE (born 4 August 1941) is an English actor and a producer of radio drama. Described by the

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as "one of Britain's most distinguished and versatile actors", he has had a varied career in theatre, film and television, and is particularly noted for radio acting and voicing audiobooks.

Early life

Jarvis was born in

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, to Denys Harry Jarvis and Margot Lillian Scottney, and grew up in

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and

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. He was educated at

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, an

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, and at the

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(RADA), where he won the Vanbrugh Award and the silver medal.

Theatre work

Jarvis has acted in many stage productions in London and abroad, including alongside

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and

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's ''

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'' at London's

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in 2006. His other stage work includes ''

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'' and '' Henceforward...'' by

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, ''Other Places'' by

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, ''Exchange'' by

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, and ''

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'' by

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(opposite

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). Jarvis appeared on Broadway in 2001 as

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's character

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in the musical ''

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'', a performance for which he was awarded a

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Radio work

Jarvis has had a long association with the

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, particularly

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. In the 1980s

's columns for ''

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'' and ''

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'', described by some as models of the comic essay, were adapted and performed in many voices for BBC Radio 4 by Jarvis. He read a four part adaptation of

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's The Giant Under the Snow in 1981. He performs regularly in radio dramas and readings, both comic and serious. In

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's ''Mind Your Pantheon'' he played the actor Strabo. He is known for his long series of readings of

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's ''

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'' stories, which show his characteristic and flexible reading voices. He has also narrated the

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series by Frank Richards. As a result of this extensive work, Jarvis has been satirised in the radio show '' Dead Ringers'' by Mark Perry, highlighting his seeming

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in Radio 4 programmes. Jarvis has performed the role of Jeeves in multiple radio dramas based on P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, including the 1997

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adaptation of ''

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'', the 2014 BBC radio adaptation of '' Ring for Jeeves'', and the 2018 BBC radio adaptation of ''

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''. He performs live dramatic readings of some of the stories in the intermittent radio series ''Jeeves Live!'' (2007–2020). In America, Jarvis and his wife

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perform frequently in

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with the L.A. Theater Works and Hollywood Theater of the Ear. In 2011, he appeared in a Radio 4 production of

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's '' In Praise of Love''.

Television work

Jarvis's first television appearance was in the BBC

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series ''

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'' as Hilio, captain of the butterfly-like Menoptra, in ''

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'' (1965). He returned to ''Doctor Who'' as the scientist Dr. Butler in ''

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'' (1974) and as the beleaguered governor of the planet Varos in ''

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'' (1985). He became a familiar face on television when he played Jon in the BBC's landmark 1967 adaptation of ''

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'', the title role in a BBC serial of ''

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'' (1968), '' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' (1970) and Uriah Heep in the 1974 BBC version of ''

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'', and when he was the male lead in the

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'' (1978–80) with

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. In 1993, he starred with

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and

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in a BBC adaptation of ''

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''. He also appeared in the 2002 BBC children's miniseries ''

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''. He has appeared as a guest on 161 episodes of Channel 4's Countdown between 1990 and 2008. His appearances on American television include such series as ''

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'', ''

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'', and more recently ''

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'' and ''

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''. Jarvis was the subject of BBC television's '' This Is Your Life'' in 1999. He appeared in ITV 1's ''

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'' in July 2008. In March 2010, it was announced that he would appear in the BBC soap opera ''

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'' playing journalist

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. Jarvis appeared in a 2014 episode of '' Law & Order: UK'' as Eric Chandler, a man arrested and charged with murder. In September 2022, Jarvis appeared alongside his wife in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''

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'' as

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Voice work

Among his work, Jarvis did the voiceovers for the 2010 BBC series ''

'' and voices the animal characters, as well as Voltaire the wise Weather-Cock, in the 1994

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'' Fourways Farm''. He has also voiced various characters in animated series such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In the former, he inherited the role of the character

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from his ''Titanic'' co-star

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. In 2000, Jarvis voiced John Dread in the TV series ''

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''. He has also voiced all the characters in the children's stop-motion animated series ''

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'' and narrated " The Tempest" in '' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales''. Jarvis has also undertaken audiobooks of

's works, and won the Audie Award for these. He is the narrator of the 2011

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of '' The Selfish Giant'' by

. Further work in 2011 includes an audiobook of the

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novel ''

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''. He has also appeared in ''

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'', a ''Doctor Who'' spin-off audio drama by

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, alongside his wife. In film, Jarvis appeared in

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's 2012 film ''

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'' as Saitine, one of the video game villains who attends the Bad Anon self-help groups with Ralph (

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). Jarvis has also performed voiceovers for video games, beginning in 2007 as the role of The Chronicler in the ''

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'' video game series. He also provided the voice of Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib in ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2012). Also in 2011, Jarvis also performed a voice-over part for the MMORPG '' Star Wars: The Old Republic''. Jarvis also voiced

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in the '' Batman: Arkham'' series of video games. He first voiced the character in the 2011 video game '' Batman: Arkham City'' and would reprise for the 2013 video game '' Batman: Arkham Origins'' and the 2014 DC Universe animated movie '' Batman: Assault on Arkham'', and the 2015 video game '' Batman: Arkham Knight''. He read

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' ''

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'' for the Chivers Audio Books production on cassette, later released on CD by

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Audio Classics.

Personal life

Jarvis married

on 23 November 1974 in

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; he has two sons by a previous marriage. He met Ayres when they played in ''

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'' together; she played

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. Together with his wife, Jarvis runs the radio production company "Jarvis & Ayres Productions", frequently used by BBC Radio 4. He was awarded the OBE in 2000. He has also published a book of memoirs titled ''Acting Strangely: A Funny Kind of Life'' ( hardback, paperback). Jarvis has homes in

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and

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Filmography

Film

Television

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'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1972) *''

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'' (Miniseries: Part II) (1979) –

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*''Breakaway'' (1980) *''

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'' (1984) *''

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'' (1985) *''

'' ''

'' (1985) *'' The Reluctant Dragon'' (1987) *''

'' (1989–1990) (voice) *''

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'' (Episode: "Rumpole and the Age of Miracles") (1988) *''

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship ''The Flying Ship'' (Russian title ''Летучий корабль''), or ''The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship'', is a Russian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Yellow Fairy Book'' and Arthur Ransome in ''Old Peter's Russian Ta ...

'' (1990) (voice) *''

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'' (Episode: "Greeks Bearing Gifts") (1991) *'' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'' (1992) (voice) *''

Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...

'' (1994) *'' Fourways Farm'' (1994) (

narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the a ...

, voice) *''

The Queen's Nose ''The Queen's Nose'' is a children's novel by Dick King-Smith, first published by Gollancz in 1983 with illustrations by Jill Bennett. Set in England, where King-Smith lived, it features a girl who can use a fifty pence coin to make wishes. ...

'' (1995) *'' Testament: The Bible in Animation'' (1996) *'' Space: Above and Beyond'' (1996) *''

A Touch of Frost A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

'' (1996) *''

Extreme Ghostbusters ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' is an American animated television series based on the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. It is a spin-off to the animated series ''The Real Ghostbusters''. The series originally aired on the syndicated Bohbot Kids Network's "E ...

'' (1997) (voice) *''

Space Island One ''Space Island One'' (or ''Raumstation Unity'' in German) is a British/German science fiction television series that ran for 26 episodes beginning in 1998. A co-production between the UK's Sky One channel and the German Vox channel, it starred ...

'' (Episode: "Mayfly") (1998) – Prof. Jarvis *''

Jackie Chan Adventures ''Jackie Chan Adventures'' is an American animated television series, created by John Rogers, Duane Capizzi and Jeff Kline, and produced by Sony Pictures Television (originally as Columbia TriStar Television for the first three seasons). The car ...

'' (2000) (voice) *''

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' is a British crime drama television series that aired on BBC One from 12 March 2001 to 1 June 2008, consisting of six series and 24 episodes. The protagonist, Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl o ...

'' (Episode: "Well Schooled in Murder") (2002) *''

Muffin The Mule Muffin the Mule is a puppet character in a British 1946-1955 television programme for children. The puppet had been made in 1933 for Hogarth Puppets. The original TV programmes featuring the animal character himself were presented by Annette M ...

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*''

NUMB3RS ''Numbers'' (stylized as ''NUMB3RS'') is an American crime drama television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, for six seasons and 118 episodes. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton ...

'' (2007) – Taylor Ashby *''

'' (2010) *'' Endeavour'' (2013) – Henry Broom *'' By Any Means'' (2013) *''

Dead Man's Folly ''Dead Man's Folly'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October 1956 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 November of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.9 ...

'' (2013)

Video games

References

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''Guardian'' Q & A September 2007

''The Times'' May 2004

''The Actor's Compendium''
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