John McEnery

John McEnery ( born 1 November 1943 in Birmingham ) is an English actor in theater, film and television.

Life and career

Became famous stage star as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet adaptation and as Osric in Hamlet, also directed Zeffirelli. Anthony Friedmann makes him the star of his 1970 adaptation of Herman Melville, Bartleby. In the following years he has also worked in France: Anatole Litvak's Thriller In La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil he exploits as a hitchhiker Samantha Eggar, in Gérard Le bateau sur Brachs triangle drama l'herbe he is by Claude Jade for a intrigue against her lover Jean -Pierre Cassel exploited. Other film roles also in Italy (Days of Fury ). A cult film, the science fiction prehistoric adventures Caprona - The forgotten land (1975). In the 1990s, especially in the Outfit TV movie worked (including Abraham, Merlin). On the side of Sean Bean starred in When Saturday Comes ( When Saturday Comes ) Beans Father Joe Muir.

His older brother Peter McEnery is also an actor.

Filmography (selection)

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