John McEnery

Acting

Born November 1, 1943, Birmingham, England, UK

​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

• Wallander — Lars Magnusson
• Elizabeth I — Jesuit Priest
• New Tricks — Tony (No Ticket) Hale
• 2003Girl with a Pearl Earring — Apothecary
• 2003Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe — John of Gaunt
• Waking the Dead — Danny Server
• The Scarlet Pimpernel — Sir William Wetherby
• Merlin — Lord Ardente
• 1998Tess of the D'Urbervilles — Jack Durbeyfield
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles — Jack Durbeyfield
• 1997Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe — The Governor of Harfleur / Archbishop of Canterbury / Pistol
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Bill Pascoe
• 1996Der Blinde
• Silent Witness
• 1996When Saturday Comes — Joe Muir
• Chiller — Mr Keegan
• 1994Black Beauty — Mr. York
• Wycliffe — Ephraim Gardner
• 1993Abraham — Königsberater
• Abraham — Königsberater
• Peak Practice — Ken Willett
• The Buddha of Suburbia — Uncle Ted
• 1992Dear Roy, Love Gillian — DCS Wilf Brooks
• 1992Thacker — Reg Faulkner
• 1991Prince of Shadows — Walter
• The Storyteller: Greek Myths — Polydektes
• 1991The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon — Polydektes
• 1990Hamlet — Osric
• 1990The Fool — Mr. Maclean
• 1990The Krays — Eddie Pellam
• 1990The Plot to Kill Hitler — Dr. Morell
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Colonel Curtiss
• 1989Precious Bane — Wizard Beguildy
• 1987Little Dorrit — Captain Hopkins
• A.D. — Caligula
• 1985Gulag — Diczek
• 1985Poppyland — Algernon Swinburne
• Screen Two — Algernon Swinburne
• 1984Pope John Paul II — Monsignor Kuczkowski
• The Bill
• Dramarama — Mr. Burke
• 1983Jamaica Inn — Reverend Francis Davey
• Jamaica Inn — Reverend Francis Davey
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
• 1979Measure for Measure — Lucio
• The Word — Florian Knight
• Will Shakespeare — Hamnet Sadler
• 1977The Duellists — Amiable Second
• Origins of the Mafia — Pietro
• Our Mutual Friend — John Harmon / 'John Rokesmith'
• 1976Schizo — Stephens
• 1975Galileo — Federzoni
• 1974Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs — Wick Blagdon
• 1974The Land That Time Forgot — Captain Von Schoenvorts
• 1973One Russian Summer — Vadim
• The Song of Songs — Konrad
• 1972The Ragman's Daughter — Old Man on Wagon
• Great Performances
• 1971Nicholas and Alexandra — Kerensky
• 1971The Boat on the Grass — Olivier
• 1970Bartleby — Bartleby
• 1970The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun — Philippe, l'auto-stoppeur
• 1968Romeo and Juliet — Mercutio
• 1968Sleep is Lovely — John
• 1967Much Ado About Nothing — A Gentleman
• BBC Play of the Month — Golitsyn
• 1965Othello — Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots