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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.
As actor
Richard II - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Henry V at Shakespeare's Globe
Der Blinde
When Saturday Comes
Black Beauty
Abraham
Dear Roy, Love Gillian
Thacker
Prince of Shadows
The Krays
Hamlet
The Fool
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Precious Bane
Codename: Kyril
Little Dorrit
Gulag
Poppyland
Pope John Paul II
Jamaica Inn
Measure for Measure
The Duellists
Schizo
Galileo
The Land That Time Forgot
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
One Russian Summer
The Ragman's Daughter