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John McEnery

John McEnery

Acting1943Birmingham, England

Biography

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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.

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Acting History

2011
New Tricks
TVas Tony (No Ticket) Hale1 eps
2008
Wallander
TVas Lars Magnusson1 eps
2005
Elizabeth I
TVas Jesuit Priest
2003
Waking the Dead
TVas Danny Server2 eps
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TVas Sir William Wetherby6 eps
1998
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Jack Durbeyfield
Merlin
TVas Lord Ardente2 eps
1997
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
as The Governor of Harfleur / Archbishop of Canterbury / Pistol
1994
Black Beauty
as Mr. York
Wycliffe
TVas Ephraim Gardner1 eps
1993
Abraham
as Königsberater
Peak Practice
TVas Ken Willett1 eps
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Colonel Curtiss1 eps
1990
The Krays
as Eddie Pellam
Hamlet
as Osric
The Fool
as Mr. Maclean
1988
Codename: Kyril
as Loshkevoi
1987
Little Dorrit
as Captain Hopkins
1985
Gulag
as Diczek
Poppyland
as Algernon Swinburne
A.D.
TVas Caligula5 eps
1983
Jamaica Inn
as Reverend Francis Davey
1979
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Golitsyn1 eps
1977
The Duellists
as Amiable Second
1976
Schizo
as Stephens
1975
Galileo
as Federzoni
1972
The Ragman's Daughter
as Old Man on Wagon
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
1967
1965
Othello
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/1/1943
Day of Death
4/12/2019
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England