Peter McEnery
Peter McEnery | |
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 Peter McEnery depicted in a newspaper advertisement for The Moon-Spinners (1964) | |
| Born | Peter Robert McEnery 21 February 1940 Walsall, Staffordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor.
Early life
McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire.
His younger brothers are actor John and the photographer David.
Career
McEnery appeared in
As an actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company he played the title role in Ron Daniel's 1979 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at The Other Place and played several roles in the 1982 epic production of Nicholas Nickleby for the same company. In 1981 he played Oberon in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Another stage role was that of the surgeon Treves in the National Theatre's 1980 production of The Elephant Man.[4]
Personal life
McEnery married Julie Peasgood in 1978. They met in 1975 when she was a maid called Ada in 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.[5]
Filmography
- Beat Girl (1960) – Tony
- Tunes of Glory (1960) – 2nd Lieutenant David MacKinnon
- Victim (1961) – Jack 'Boy' Barrett
- The Moon-Spinners (1964) – Mark Camford
- The Game Is Over (1966) – Maxime Saccard
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) – "Red" Hugh O'Donnell
- I Killed Rasputin (1967) – Felix Yusupov
- The Other People (1968) – Peter
- Negatives(1968) – Theo
- Better a Widow (1968) – Tom Proby
- The Adventures of Gerard (1970) – Col. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans)
- Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970) – Mr Sloane
- Atlantic Wall (1970) – Jeff
- Tales That Witness Madness (1973) – Timothy (segment "Penny Farthing")
- Footprints on the Moon (1975) – Henry
- The Cat and the Canary(1978) – Charlie Wilder
- Lucky Punch (1996) – Flaherty
Television
- Clayhanger(1975) – Edwin Clayhanger
- The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979, TV Mini-Series, BBC) – David Collier
- The Hammer House of Horror (1980, Episode: "The Mark of Satan") – Edwyn
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981, TV Movie, Oberon, BBC) – Oberon
- The Mistress (1985, BBC) – Luke #2 (1987)
- The Collectors (1986, BBC) – Harry Caines
- Inspector Morse (1988, ITV) – Donald Phillipson
References
- ^ "The Day Hayley got in a Hearse", Photoplay, August 1964.
- ISBN 978-0-7868-8137-6.
- ISBN 978-1-85928-015-7.
- ^ Country Life. Country Life, Limited. August 1980.
- ^ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-very-chichester-tale-in-the-minerva-881340
External links
- Peter McEnery at IMDb
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