McEnery, John 1943–

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McENERY, John 1943–

PERSONAL

Born November 1, 1943, in Birmingham, England; brother of Peter McEnery (an actor) and David McEnery (a photographer); married Stephanie Beacham (an actress; divorced); children: Phoebe, Chloe.

Addresses: Agent —PFD, Drury House, 34–43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Career: Actor and writer. Everyman Theater, Liverpool, England, appeared on stage, c. 1963–66; National Theatre Company of Great Britain, member, 1966.

Awards, Honors: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1969, for Romeo and Juliet.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Company, Othello, Warner Bros., 1965.

Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet (also known as Romeo e Giulietta ), Paramount, 1968.

John, The Other People (also known as I Love You, I Hate You and Sleep Is Lovely ), 1968.

Philippe, Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (also known as La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil ), Columbia, 1970.

Title role, Bartleby, British Lion, 1970.

Oliver, Le bateau sur l'herbe (also known as The Boat on the Grass ), Cinetel, 1971.

Kerensky, Nicholas and Alexandra, Columbia, 1971.

Vadim, Days of Fury (also known as One Russian Summer and Il giorno del furore ), 1973.

Wick Blagdon, Little Malcolm (also known as Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs ), Multicetera, 1974.

Federzoni, Galileo (also known as Galileo Galilei ), American Film Theatre, 1974.

Captain Von Schoenvorts, The Land That Time Forgot, American International Pictures, 1975.

(Uncredited) Stephens, Schizo (also known as Amok and Blood of the Undead ), Warner Bros., 1977.

Commander and amiable second major, The Duellists, Paramount, 1977.

Captain Hopkins (The Marshalsea–The Yard), Little Dorrit (also known as Little Dorrit 1: Nobody's Fault, Little Dorrit 2: Little Dorrit's Story, Little Dorrit's Story, and Nobody's Fault ), Sands/Cannon, 1988.

Osric, Hamlet, Warner Bros., 1990.

Mr. Malcolm, The Fool, Barcino Barcino Films, 1990.

Eddie Pelham, The Krays (also known as The Kray Brothers and The Kray Twins ), Miramax, 1990.

Walter, Prince of Shadows (also known as Beltenebros ), Iberoamericana Films, 1991.

Mr. York, Black Beauty, Warner Bros., 1994.

Joe Muir, When Saturday Comes (also known as Pint o' Bitter ), Guild/Pint o' Bitter Productions, 1995.

Apothecary, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Hamnet Sadler, Life of Shakespeare (also known as William Shakespeare, His Life and Times ), Associated Television, 1978.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Pietro, "La Legge," Alle origini della mafia (also known as Roots of the Mafia ), 1974.

Florian Knight, The Word, CBS, 1978.

Julius Handford and John Rokesmith, Our Mutual Friend, BBC, then broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, both 1978.

William, Mr. Mantalini, Cobbey, and Mr. Snevellicci, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby ), Channel 4, Disney, and syndicated, 1982.

Reverend Francis Davey, Jamaica Inn, syndicated, 1985.

Caligula, A.D. (also known as A.D.—Anno Domini ), NBC, 1985.

Defense lawyer, Sins, CBS, 1986.

Loshkevoi, Codename: Kyril, Showtime, 1988.

Uncle Ted, The Buddha of Suburbia, BBC–2, 1993.

Douglas, Doctor Finlay, [Scotland], then broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, both 1993.

First councilor, Abraham (also known as Die Bibel– Abraham, La Bible: Abraham, and The Bible: Abraham ), TNT, 1994.

Jack Durbeyfield, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

Lord Ardente, Merlin, NBC, 1998.

Sir William Wetherby, The Scarlet Pimpernel, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Monsignor Kuczkowski, Pope John Paul II (also known as The Pope ), CBS, 1984.

Diczek, Gulag, HBO, 1985.

Dr. Morrel, The Plot to Kill Hitler, CBS, 1990.

Lord Willoughby, Richard II, 1997.

Bill Pascoe, Dalziel and Pascoe: The Unwanted, BBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Lucio, Measure for Measure (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Measure for Measure and The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for Measure ), BBC–2, 1979.

Beguildy, Precious Bane, BBC, then broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, both 1989.

Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe, [United Kingdom], then broadcast on PBS, both 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hutchins, "Passage Hawk," C.A.T.S. Eyes, Television South, 1986.

Polydektes, "Perseus and the Gorgon," The Storyteller (also known as The Storyteller: Greek Myths and Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths ), Channel 4 Television and Television South, 1988, then broadcast on HBO, 1990.

D. S. Bryant, "Burning Ambition," Boon, Central Television, 1990.

Davidson, "Trojan Horse," The Bill, BBC, 1990.

Colonel Curtiss, "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," Poirot, 1991.

Ephraim Gardner, "The Scapegoat," Wycliffe, ITV, 1994.

Mr. Keegan, "Number Six," Chiller, ITV, 1995.

Ken Willett, "Ghosts," Peak Practice, ITV, 2000.

Chief Superintendent Henry, The Bill, ITV1, 2002.

Danny Server, "Walking on Water," Waking the Dead, BBC, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

William, Mr. Mantalini, Cobbey, and Mr. Snevellicci, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby ), Royal Shakespeare Company, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1981–1982.

Rockingham, The Flag, Bridge Lane Theatre, United Kingdom, 1994.

Fool, King Lear, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London, 2001.

Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward II, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 2003.

John of Gaunt and The Gardener, Richard II, Shake-speare's Globe Theatre, 2003.

Also appeared in Luminosity, Royal Shakespeare Company; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, National Theatre; Ghosts, Hampstead Theater; Too Good to Be True; Waiting for Godot, Oxford Playhouse; Winter Dances, Royal Court Theatre; Night of the Iguana, Canada; My Brother's Keeper, Greenwich Theatre; Largo Desolato, Bristol Old Vic and Hong Kong; Naked Pirandello, Old Red Lion; A Touch of the Poet, Young Vic/Comedy Theatre; As You Like It, Old Vic; Curse of the Starving Classes, Royal Shakespeare Company; The Flag, Moving Theatre Company; The Changeling, Royal Shakespeare Company; The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company; Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company; as Constart, Love's Labours Lost, National Theatre; Silvius, As You Like It, National Theatre; Harry Havelock, H, National Theatre; Lord Willoughby, Richard II, National Theatre; and Lord Chancellor and Ure, The Machine Wreckers, National Theatre.