John McEnery
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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Full filmography
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Colonel Curtiss
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Peak Practice (1993) as Ken Willett
- Great Performances (1971)
- New Tricks (2004) as Tony (No Ticket) Hale
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Danny Server
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Golitsyn
- Screen Two (1985) as Algernon Swinburne
- The Bill (1984)
- Wycliffe (1994) as Ephraim Gardner
- Wallander (2008) as Lars Magnusson
- Merlin (1998) as Lord Ardente
- Dramarama (1983) as Mr. Burke
- A.D. (1985) as Caligula
- Romeo and Juliet (1968) as Mercutio
- The Word (1978) as Florian Knight
- Elizabeth I (2005) as Jesuit Priest
- Origins of the Mafia (1976) as Pietro
- The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991) as Polydektes
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) as Sir William Wetherby
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) as Apothecary
- Will Shakespeare (1978) as Hamnet Sadler
- Black Beauty (1994) as Mr. York
- The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) as Uncle Ted