John McEnery
Actor
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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Filmography
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio 1968
The Duellists
as Amiable Second 1977
Hamlet
as Osric 1990
Black Beauty
as Mr. York 1994
The Land That Time Forgot
as Captain Von Schoenvorts 1974
The Krays
as Eddie Pellam 1990
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Kerensky 1971
Abraham
as Königsberater 1993
Schizo
as Stephens 1976
Othello
as Senators-Soldiers-Cypriots 1965
When Saturday Comes
as Joe Muir 1996
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Philippe, l'auto-stoppeur 1970
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Jack Durbeyfield 1998
Gulag
as Diczek 1985
Prince of Shadows
as Walter 1991
Galileo
as Federzoni 1975