John McEnery
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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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9706 |
| Birthday | 1943-11-01 |
| Place of Birth | Birmingham, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1971
The Boat on the Grass
5.125/8
Despite their social differences, poor David and the rich Olivier are the best friends. David took the young Eleanor in Olivier's Paris apartment. Whe...
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The Boat on the Grass
1993
Abraham
7.04/50
Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mank...
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Abraham
1990
The Krays
6.076/118
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's viole...
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The Krays
1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
5.114/22
Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on a...
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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1968
Romeo and Juliet
7.402/727
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their dest...
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Romeo and Juliet
1983
Jamaica Inn
4/4
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and...
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Jamaica Inn
1974
The Land That Time Forgot
5.679/196
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The Land That Time Forgot
1987
Little Dorrit
6.357/14
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in...
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Little Dorrit
1994
Black Beauty
6.73/348
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
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Black Beauty
1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
6.981/77
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
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Nicholas and Alexandra
1997
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
0/0
A documentary about Shakespeare's Globe opening performance of "Henry V" in 1997. The documentary combines the performance of Act IV with rehearsal s...
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Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
1977
The Duellists
7.239/630
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perce...
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The Duellists
1974
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
6.417/12
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Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1998
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
8/15
Thomas Hardy's classic epic remains one of the most popular novels, this TV adaptation vividly depicts the powerful tale of a peasant girl whose life...
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1975
Galileo
6/14
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Galileo
2003
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
10/2
A performance of Shakespeare's Richard II broadcast live from the Globe Theatre, London.
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Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
1985
Gulag
5.6/15
Mickey Almon is a sports star turned reporter covering the athletics in Moscow. Framed by the KGB and forced to confess that he was spying for America...
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Gulag
1984
Pope John Paul II
7.5/5
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 197...
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Pope John Paul II
1991
Prince of Shadows
5.219/16
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.
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Prince of Shadows
1996
Der Blinde
7/2
An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man stuns and kidnaps her. The case is handed over by the Ho...
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Der Blinde
1996
When Saturday Comes
5.707/29
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other idea...
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When Saturday Comes
1973
One Russian Summer
7.929/14
Based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s, chronicles the battle between a vengeful, anarchic peasa...
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One Russian Summer
1990
Hamlet
6.605/435
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
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Hamlet
1970
Bartleby
6.577/13
An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.
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Bartleby
1990
The Fool
8/3
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...
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The Fool
1976
Schizo
5.6/38
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of m...
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Schizo
1992
Dear Roy, Love Gillian
0/0
A naive 16 year-old girl from Skelmersdale becomes a pen pal to an prisoner. Could her subsequent murder may be linked to their on-paper romance?
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Dear Roy, Love Gillian
1992
Thacker
0/0
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has h...
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Thacker
2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
6.639/1468
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl Wit...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
1989
Precious Bane
7.5/2
In the early 19th century, a young woman with a harelip falls foul of her family's ambition and the superstitions of the local community, but meets a...
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Precious Bane
1988
Codename: Kyril
0/0
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark...
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Codename: Kyril
1985
Poppyland
7/1
He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confine...
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Poppyland
1979
Measure for Measure
5.857/7
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sente...
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Measure for Measure
1968
Sleep is Lovely
9/1
Peter can't get over his ex-girlfriend Elsa even though they broke up over a year ago. He spends all his time on a barge owned by his friend John and...
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Sleep is Lovely
1965
Othello
6.367/30
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
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Othello
1972
The Ragman's Daughter
4.2/5
Based on the Alan Sillitoe short story. Tony, a worker at a cheese factory, is also a petty thief. He moves from robbery after robbery until he meets...
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The Ragman's Daughter
1967
Much Ado About Nothing
6.333/3
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in w...
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Much Ado About Nothing
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
6.154/26
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and take control of the German governm...
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