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Peter McEnery

Peter McEnery

Biography

Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor. 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. McEnery appeared in Victim, a 1961 British neo-noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett, a young working-class gay man who falls prey to blackmailers after he and the titular character are photographed in an intimate embrace. McEnery also starred alongside Hayley Mills in the 1964 film The Moon-Spinners. In 1966 he took the lead in the Disney adventure film, The Fighting Prince of Donegal. He played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by Arnold Bennett with support from Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews and Clive Swift. He played Mr Sloane in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970). 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. McEnery married Julie Peasgood in 1978. They met in 1975 when she played 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter McEnery,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-02-21

Place of Birth

Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK

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    Tales That Witness Madness

    Tales That Witness Madness

    19735.5 / 10

    The Moon-Spinners

    The Moon-Spinners

    19645.8 / 10

    Victim

    Victim

    19617.5 / 10

    Beat Girl

    Beat Girl

    19606.0 / 10

    Atlantic Wall

    Atlantic Wall

    19706.2 / 10

    The Fighting Prince of Donegal

    The Fighting Prince of Donegal

    19665.6 / 10

    Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale

    19855.7 / 10

    Lena, O My Lena

    Lena, O My Lena

    19600.0 / 10

    Footprints on the Moon

    Footprints on the Moon

    19756.2 / 10

    The Game Is Over

    The Game Is Over

    19665.1 / 10

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    19705.6 / 10

    The Chocolate Tree

    The Chocolate Tree

    19630.0 / 10

    The Adventures of Gerard

    The Adventures of Gerard

    19706.1 / 10

    Negatives

    Negatives

    19685.7 / 10

    I Killed Rasputin

    I Killed Rasputin

    19674.4 / 10

    Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

    19607.1 / 10

    Better a Widow

    Better a Widow

    19680.0 / 10

    The Cat and the Canary

    The Cat and the Canary

    19785.8 / 10

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    19815.0 / 10

    Safari

    Safari

    19910.0 / 10

    Sleep is Lovely

    Sleep is Lovely

    19680.0 / 10

    The Mark of Satan

    The Mark of Satan

    19800.0 / 10

    Candida

    Candida

    19610.0 / 10