John McEnery

John McEnery

  • Birthday: 1943-11-01
  • Deathday: 2019-04-12
  • Place of birth: Birmingham, England

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

The Land That Time Forgot

1974

As Captain Von Schoenvorts

Bartleby

1970

As Bartleby

The Boat on the Grass

1971

As Olivier

Romeo and Juliet

1968

As Mercutio

One Russian Summer

1973

As Vadim

Poppyland

1985

As Algernon Swinburne

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

1970

As Philippe, l'auto-stoppeur

Jamaica Inn

1983

As Reverend Francis Davey

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

1998

As Jack Durbeyfield

Gulag

1985

As Diczek

Sleep is Lovely

1968

As John

When Saturday Comes

1996

As Joe Muir

Precious Bane

1989

As Wizard Beguildy

Codename: Kyril

1988

As Loshkevoi

Measure for Measure

1979

As Lucio

Prince of Shadows

1991

As Walter

Black Beauty

1994

As Mr. York

The Duellists

1977

As Chevalier

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe

1997

As The Governor of Harfleur / Archbishop of Canterbury / Pistol

Hamlet

1990

As Osric

Thacker

1992

As Reg Faulkner

The Krays

1990

As Eddie Pellam

Galileo

1975

As Federzoni

Schizo

1976

As Stephens

The Ragman's Daughter

1972

As Old Man on Wagon

Girl with a Pearl Earring

2003

As Apothecary

Pope John Paul II

1984

As Monsignor Kuczkowski

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

As Kerensky

Der Blinde

1996

As

Othello

1965

As Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

Abraham

1993

As Königsberater

Little Dorrit

1987

As Captain Hopkins

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