Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 21, 1940
Place of Birth:
Walsall, England
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Peter McEnery
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Peter McEnery (b. 21 February 1940, Walsall, England, UK) is an English stage and film actor. His daughter Kate, by his first marriage to British actress Julie Peasgood, is an actress.
He reportedly gave Hayley Mills her first kiss while filming The Moon-Spinners. As an actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he acted 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.
Peter McEnery played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by Arnold Bennett. He played the part to perfection with outstanding support from Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews and Clive Swift. His first wife, Julie Peasgood, played Ada in this production, a maid in the Clayhanger household.
His brother is actor John McEnery.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Safari | Dr. Wolff |
| 1985 | Florence Nightingale | Sidney Herbert |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon |
| 1980 | The Mark of Satan | Edwyn |
| 1978 | The Cat and the Canary | Charlie Wilder |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon | Henry |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Timothy Patrick (segment "Penny Farthing") |
| 1970 | Atlantic Wall | Jeff, l'aviateur britannique abattu |
| 1970 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Mr. Sloane |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard | Col. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans) |
| 1968 | Negatives | Theo |
| 1968 | Better a Widow | Tom Proby |
| 1968 | Sleep is Lovely | Peter |
| 1967 | I Killed Rasputin | Prince Felix Yusupov |
| 1966 | The Fighting Prince of Donegal | Hugh O'Donnell |
| 1966 | The Game Is Over | Maxime Saccard |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Mark Camford |
| 1963 | The Chocolate Tree | Stephen Strang |
| 1961 | Victim | Jack Barrett |
| 1961 | Candida | Eugene Marchbanks |
| 1960 | Beat Girl | Tony |
| 1960 | Lena, O My Lena | Tom |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | 2nd Lt. David Mackinnon |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | (All Quiet on the) Preston Front | Frazer Minshull |
| 1992 | Witchcraft | Jamie Matheson |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Donald Phillipson |
| 1985 | The Mistress | Luke Carpenter |
| 1983 | Pictures | Bill Trench |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | |
| 1979 | The Aphrodite Inheritance | David Collier |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Oberon |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | |
| 1959 | International Detective | Alan Vernon |