John McEnery

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John McEnery 19432019 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 JeanPierre Cassel in Gérard Brachs bittersweet The Boat on the Grass about a girl between two friends and appeared as Mercutio in Franco Zeffirellis 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article John McEnery licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia