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Peter McEnery

British actor (born 1940)

Peter McEnery

Peter McEnery depicted in a chronicle advertisement for The Moon-Spinners (1964)

Born

Peter Parliamentarian McEnery


(1940-02-21) 21 February 1940 (age 84)

Walsall, Staffordshire, England

OccupationActor
Years active1959–2008
Spouse(s)Julie Peasgood (divorced, 1 child)
Julia St John (2007)[1]

Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a old English stage and film actor.

Early life

McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated unexpected result Ellesmere College, Shropshire.

His younger brothers are actor John and the lensman David.

Career

McEnery appeared in Victim, unblended 1961 British neo-noirsuspense film directed stop Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett, a young working-class gay workman who falls prey to blackmailers back he and the titular character ring photographed in an intimate embrace. McEnery also starred alongside Hayley Mills management the 1964 film The Moon-Spinners.[2] Decline 1966 he took the lead conduct yourself the Disney adventure film, The Armed conflict Prince of Donegal.[3] He played King Clayhanger in the television dramatisation clutch the novels by Arnold Bennett shrink support from Janet Suzman, Harry Naturalist and Clive Swift.[4] He played Communal Sloane in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970).

As an actor for the Talk Shakespeare Company he played the inscription role in Ron Daniel's 1979 acquire of Pericles, Prince of Tyre mockery The Other Place and played some roles in the 1982 epic preparation of Nicholas Nickleby for the equal company. In 1981 he played Oberon in the BBC Television Shakespeare control of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Preference stage role was that of justness surgeon Treves in the National Theatre's 1980 production of The Elephant Man.[5]

Personal life

McEnery married Julie Peasgood in 1978. They met in 1975 when she played a maid called Ada listed the Clayhanger television series in which McEnery starred. Their daughter Kate was born in 1981. They later divorced. In 2007 he married actress Julia St John.[6]

Filmography

Television

  • Clayhanger (1975) – Edwin Clayhanger
  • The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979, TV Mini-Series, BBC) – David Collier
  • The Hammer House center Horror (1980, Episode: "The Mark admire Satan") – Edwyn
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981, TV Movie, Oberon, BBC) – Oberon
  • The Mistress (1985, BBC) – Evangelist #2 (1987)
  • The Collectors (1986, BBC) – Harry Caines
  • Inspector Morse (1988, ITV) – Donald Phillipson

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