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John McEnery

John McEnery

Birthday: 1943-11-01 | Place of Birth: Birmingham, England

​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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1996
When Saturday Comes

as    Joe Muir

1994
Black Beauty

as    Mr. York

1994
The Buddha of Suburbia

as    Uncle Ted

1985
Gulag

as    Diczek

1983
Jamaica Inn

as    Reverend Francis Davey

1979
Measure for Measure

as    Lucio

1977
The Duellists

as    Chevalier

1976
Our Mutual Friend

as    John Rokesmith

1974
The Land That Time Forgot

as    Captain Von Schoenvorts

1971
The Boat on the Grass

as    Olivier

1968
Romeo and Juliet

as    Mercutio