John McEnery
Born: 1943-11-01 in Birmingham, England
Died: 2019-04-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McEnery (1943-2019) was a British actor and writer. At age 20 he found his first stage work, spending three seasons with the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. He joined the British National Theatre Company in 1966. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He starred alongside Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Cassel in Gérard Brach's bittersweet The Boat on the Grass about a girl between two friends and appeared as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. He was nominated for a BAFTA for the latter performance. He also appeared in the film Nicholas and Alexandra. In 2008, he appeared in a guest role in Sidetracked, the first episode of Wallander. In 1998 he wrote the play Merry Christmas, Mr. Burbage in honour of the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Globe Theatre. McEnery is survived by two daughters, Phoebe and Chloe, by his former wife, actress Stephanie Beacham. One of his brothers is actor Peter McEnery, and another is photographer David McEnery. Description above from the Wikipedia article John McEnery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2008
- Wallander as Lars Magnusson
2005
- Elizabeth I as Jesuit Priest
2004
- New Tricks as Tony (No Ticket) Hale
2003
- Girl with a Pearl Earring as Apothecary
- Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as John of Gaunt
2001
- Waking the Dead as Danny Server
1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Sir William Wetherby
1998
- Merlin as Lord Ardente
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Jack Durbeyfield
1997
- Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe as The Governor of Harfleur / Archbishop of Canterbury / Pistol
1996
- Silent Witness
- Dalziel & Pascoe
- When Saturday Comes as Joe Muir
- Der Blinde
1995
- Chiller as Mr. Keegan
1994
- Wycliffe as Ephraim Gardner
- Black Beauty as Mr. York
- Abraham as Königsberater
1993
- Peak Practice as Ken Willett
- Abraham as Königsberater
- The Buddha of Suburbia as Uncle Ted
1992
- Thacker as Reg Faulkner
- Dear Roy, Love Gillian as DCS Wilf Brooks
1991
- Prince of Shadows as Walter
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Polydektes
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Colonel Curtiss
- Precious Bane as Wizard Beguildy
1988
- Codename: Kyril as Loshkevoi
1987
- Little Dorrit as Captain Hopkins
1984
- The Bill
- Pope John Paul II as Monsignor Kuczkowski
1983
- Jamaica Inn as Reverend Francis Davey
- Jamaica Inn as Reverend Francis Davey
1979
- Measure for Measure as Lucio
1978
- The Word as Florian Knight
- Life of Shakespeare as Hamnet Sadler
- Will Shakespeare
1977
- The Duellists as Amiable Second
1976
- Schizo as Stephens
- Our Mutual Friend as John Harmon / 'John Rokesmith'
- Origins of the Mafia as Pietro
1975
- Galileo as Federzoni
1974
- The Land That Time Forgot as Captain Von Schoenvorts
- Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs as Wick Blagdon
1973
- One Russian Summer as Vadim
1972
- The Ragman's Daughter as Old Man on Wagon
1971
- Great Performances
- Nicholas and Alexandra as Kerensky
- The Boat on the Grass as Olivier
1970
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Philippe, l'auto-stoppeur
- Bartleby as Bartleby
1968
- Romeo and Juliet as Mercutio
- Sleep is Lovely as John
1967
- Much Ado About Nothing as A Gentleman
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Golitsyn
- Othello as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots