Martin Jarvis
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Martin Jarvis (born August 4, 1941) is an English actor. He has made many recordings of audio books. As a result of this and other work he is often heard on BBC Radio 4, a fact satirised by the radio show Dead Ringers.
Jarvis first became a familiar face on television when he played Jon in the BBC's landmark 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. Shortly afterwards, he played the lead in a BBC serialisation of Nicholas Nickleby. He was the male lead in the short-lived British sitcom, Rings on their Fingers during the 1970s, but has more often appeared in dramas, including:
- The Moonstone (1972)
- David Copperfield (1974) (as Uriah Heep)
- The Pallisers (1974)
- The Black Tower (1985)
- Lorna Doone (2000)
In has made several guest appearances in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who including the serial Vengeance on Varos (1985), as the beleaguered governor of the planet Varos. He has also appeared in Jubilee, a Doctor Who spin off audio drama by Big Finish Productions.
Jarvis is widely held to have one of the sexiest voices in British broadcasting, and during the mid-1990s he was voted 'Sexiest man on the BBC' on four consecutive occasions by listeners of Radio Burford.