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((Short description|British actor (1946–2021)))
((for|the English judge|Anthony May (judge)))
((more citations needed|date=February 2022))
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((Infobox person
| name               = Anthony May
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|df=yes|1946|05|23))
| birth_place        = [[Reigate, Surrey]], England
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|df=yes|2021|12|24|1946|05|23))
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Actor
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*((marriage|Charlotte Panton|1983||reason=divorced))
*((marriage|Vanessa Pett|1992))
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| website            = [http://www.anthonymay.net www.anthonymay.net]
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'''Anthony May''' (23 May 1946 – 24 December 2021) was an English stage, television and film actor. He trained at [[R.A.D.A.]] from 1965 to 1967.

==Early life==
May was born in [[Reigate]], [[Surrey]]. He played Wick in [[David Halliwell]]'s ''Little Malcolm'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] for the National Youth Theatre. Then Zigger in ''[[Zigger Zagger]]'', which transferred to the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]], for which he was nominated for a Variety Award for most promising newcomer.

==Career==
In his first full-length film, he played the Young Poet in [[Karel Reisz]]'s ''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]'' (1968). Roles in TV, including ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 TV series)|The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' for the BBC and the Wednesday play ''[[No Trams to Lime Street]]'' (musical version), followed. Then a film in [[Czechoslovakia]], ''[[Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell]]'' (1969), with [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] and [[Anna Karina]], directed by the Oscar-winning director [[Volker Schlöndorff]].

He starred opposite [[Judy Huxtable]] in the 1968 cult short film ''[[Les Bicyclettes de Belsize]]'', directed by [[Douglas Hickox]]. The Soldier in [[Brendan Behan]]'s ''The Hostage'', directed by Richard Eyre, was followed by a tour of the [[Far East]] playing [[Henry V of England|Prince Hal]] in ''Henry IV'', parts 1 and 2.
He appeared as [[Richard Cromwell]] in ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'' (1970) with [[Richard Harris]] and [[Alec Guinness]], as Pirie in [[Cornel Wilde]]'s ''[[No Blade of Grass (film)|No Blade of Grass]]'' (1970), and had a guest star role in the children's hit series, ''[[Here Come the Double Deckers]]''. He was a director of Senta Productions who produced the 1972 film ''[[The Triple Echo]]'', which starred [[Glenda Jackson]] and [[Oliver Reed]], directed by [[Michael Apted]]. He also appeared in British comedy films such as ''[[The Sex Thief]]'' (1973) and ''[[Three for All]]'' (1975).

Playing Sloane in [[Joe Orton]]'s ''Entertaining Mr Sloane''  at the [[Kings Head Theatre]] preceded tours with the London Shakespeare Group's ''Macbeth'' of Iraq, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan and Africa, where they played to [[Maasai people|Maasai]] warriors in the foothills of Mt [[Kilimanjaro]]. He played [[Macduff (Macbeth)|Macduff]] at Frank Dunlop's Young Vic Theatre, where a long association over the years developed. This production was toured around Mexico, finishing at the Guanahato Festival. Other plays at the Young Vic included ''King Lear'', ''The Real Inspector Hound'', ''A Man for all Seasons'', ''Richard II'', ''Gloo Joo'' and [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] in ''Anthony and Cleopatra''.
At the [[Bristol Old Vic]] he played Leonidik in Arbuzov's ''The Promise'', and another production of ''Macbeth'', this time playing [[Banquo]], directed by [[Richard Cottrell]]. A film of Chekov's ''Zinotchka''. An Australian film ''They Ran Before the Wind'', filmed in the [[South Sea Islands|South Seas]], in which Anthony played [[Fletcher Christian]] in a story of what happened after the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|mutiny on the ''Bounty'']].
He then played Bobby in ''American Buffalo'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], directed by Bill Bryden, and starred in an American drama documentary about [[Jack the Ripper]]. Anthony was also in the Jack the Ripper film ''[[Murder by Decree]]'' (1979) with [[James Mason]] and [[Christopher Plummer]].
He played Hamlet at the [[Northcott Theatre]]. Other roles there included Captain Plume in ''The Recruiting Officer'' and Sir [[Thomas Overbury]] in a new play ''Favours''. Anthony also worked with [[Mike Hodges]] on the [[Tom Stoppard]] written film ''Squaring the Circle'' in 1984.

There have been many TV appearances, including ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''Casualty'', ''Juliet Bravo'', ''[[Dickens of London]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[London's Burning (TV series)|London's Burning]]'', ''Anna Lee'', ''The Paradise Club'', ''El Cid'', ''Bulman'', ''Between the Lines'', ''Softly, Softly'', ''Rockliffe's Babies'', ''Minder'', ''All Quiet on the Preston Front'', ''Chandler and Co'', ''Boon'', ''Coronation Street'', ''The Dream Team'', ''The Hutton Enquiry'', ''The Ice House'' and ''Messiah'', working with directors Adrian Shergold, [[Anthony Minghella]], Martin Campbell, [[Stephen Poliakoff]] and Tim Fywell. Other stage plays include ''Richard II'', ''Gloo Joo'', ''Withdrawal Symptoms'', ''A Chorus of Disapproval'', ''Marino Faliero'', ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'', ''The Launderette'', ''A Last Belch for the Great Auk'' and ''The Nuns'', which he also directed at the Roundhouse.<ref>((Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Anthony May |url=http://www.anthonymay.net/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613213020/http://www.anthonymay.net/ |archive-date=13 June 2021 ))</ref>

May was the voice of the King of the Dead in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''. In 2011 he voiced Bootstrap Bill in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' video game((Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=While May himself listed Pirates of the Caribbean in his game voiceover credits, he never stated which game or role.)), Gustav Bird in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (video game)|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' tie-in game, and Dickson in the original ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles (video game)|Xenoblade Chronicles]]''. One of his last appearances was at the Queen Elizabeth Hall reading the poetry of Rumi.  He also appeared as a nobleman in the 2014 fantasy film ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' starring [[Angelina Jolie]].

A sought-after voice artist, May produced and appeared in one-off poetry and music events.  In 2013, under the name Traceless, May and musician Ceri Evans released two spoken-word albums—''Rumi in Love''<ref>((Cite web |title=Rumi In Love, by Traceless |url=https://thetraceless.bandcamp.com/album/rumi-in-love |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Traceless |language=en))</ref> and ''Divani Nurbakhsh''<ref>((Cite web |title=Divani Nurbakhsh, by Traceless |url=https://thetraceless.bandcamp.com/album/divani-nurbakhsh |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Traceless |language=en))</ref>—featuring the poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic [[Rumi]].

==Personal life and death==
May married actress Vanessa Pett in 1992 and they had two children together, Harry and Lily. He also had two other children, Jack and Jessica, from a previous marriage to Charlotte Panton. He died on 24 December 2021, at the age of 75.<ref name="Obit">((cite news |last1=Smurthwaite |first1=Nick |title=Obituary: Anthony May |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/anthony-may |access-date=17 February 2022 |publisher=The Stage |date=16 February 2022))</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]'' (1968) – Young Poet
*''[[Les Bicyclettes de Belsize]]'' (1968) – The Boy (lead role)
*''[[Man on Horseback|Michael Kohlhaas – Der Rebell]]'' (1969) – Peter
*''[[The Wednesday Play]]:'' "[[No Trams to Lime Street]]" (1970) - Billy Mack<ref>((Citation |last=Haggard |first=Piers |title=No Trams to Lime Street |date=1970-03-18 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213949/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |series=The Wednesday Play |others=Rosemary Nicols, Glyn Owen, Anthony May))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2013-08-07 |title=Anthony May |url=http://www.anthonymay.net/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807090439/http://www.anthonymay.net/ |archive-date=7 August 2013 ))</ref>
*''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'' (1970) – Richard Cromwell
*''[[The Breaking of Bumbo]]'' (1970) – Art Student
*''[[No Blade of Grass (film)|No Blade of Grass]]'' (1970) – Andrew Pirrie
*''[[The Triple Echo]]'' (1972) – Subaltern
*''[[The Sex Thief]]'' (1973) – Barman
*''[[Three for All]]'' (1975) – Martin
*''[[Les Misérables (1978 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1978) – Gendarme 
*''[[Murder by Decree]]'' (1979) – Lanier
*''[[McVicar (film)|McVicar]]'' (1980) – Billy<ref>((cite book |last=Willis |first=John |date=1983 |title=Screen World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EUZAQAAIAAJ |publisher=[[Crown Publishers]] |page=99|isbn=9780517550670 ))</ref>
*''[[Sky Bandits (1986 film)|Sky Bandits]]'' (1986) – Guard No.2
*''[[Hidden City (film)|Hidden City]]'' (1987) – Burned Man 
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003) - The King of the Dead (voice only, uncredited);<ref name=":0">((Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Anthony May |url=http://www.anthonymay.net/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613213020/http://www.anthonymay.net/ |archive-date=13 June 2021 ))</ref> additional voices 
*''[[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II]]'' (2004) ''-'' Serroco Leader (voice) 
*''[[Xenoblade Chronicles (video game)|Xenoblade Chronicles]]'' (2010) – Dickson (voice)
*''[[The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (video game)|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'' (2011) - Gustav Bird (voice)
*''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' (2014) – Nobleman
*''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]'' (2015) - Imlerith, General of the Wild Hunt (voice)<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*((IMDb name|0561871))
*[http://www.osobs.com/ Ottershaw School]

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