Peter McEnery
{{Short description|British actor (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
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| birthname = Peter Robert McEnery
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|02|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Walsall, Staffordshire, England
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1959–2008
| spouse = Julie Peasgood (divorced, 1 child)
Julia St John (2007){{cite web | url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-very-chichester-tale-in-the-minerva-881340 | title=A very Chichester tale in the Minerva | date=2 November 2015 }}
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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 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.[http://www.seedship.com/hayley/gallery/imgnews1/6408ph1h.html "The Day Hayley got in a Hearse", Photoplay, August 1964.] In 1966 he took the lead in the Disney adventure film, The Fighting Prince of Donegal.{{cite book|author=Leonard Maltin|title=The Disney Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWgcAQAAIAAJ|date=7 September 1995|publisher=Disney Editions|isbn=978-0-7868-8137-6}} He played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by Arnold Bennett with support from Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews and Clive Swift.{{cite book|author=Ellen Baskin|title=Serials on British Television, 1950-1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjMbAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Scolar Press|isbn=978-1-85928-015-7}} 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.{{cite book|title=Country Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQkQAQAAMAAJ|date=August 1980|publisher=Country Life, Limited}}
Personal life
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-very-chichester-tale-in-the-minerva-881340 | title=A very Chichester tale in the Minerva | date=2 November 2015 }}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1959
|The Case of Private Hamp |Lieutenant Johnson, the Junior Member |Television film |
| rowspan=2|1960
|Tony | |
| Tunes of Glory
|David MacKinnon, 2nd Lieutenant | |
| rowspan=2|1961
|Jack "Boy" Barrett | |
| Candida
|Eugene Marchbanks |Television film |
| 1963
|Still Life |Barney |Television film |
| 1964
|Mark Camford | |
| rowspan=2|1966
|Maxime Saccard | |
| The Fighting Prince of Donegal
| |
| 1967
| |
| rowspan=3|1968
|Peter | |
| Negatives
|Theo | |
| Better a Widow
|Tom Proby | |
| rowspan=3|1970
|Col. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans) | |
| Entertaining Mr Sloane
|Mr Sloane | |
| Atlantic Wall
|Jeff | |
| rowspan=2|1973
|Timothy |Segment "Penny Farthing" |
| Life and Soul
|Nicholas |Television film |
| 1974
|The Master of Adventure |Captain Von Schoenvorts |Documentary short (uncredited) |
| 1975
|Henry | |
| 1978
|Charlie Wilder | |
| rowspan=2|1981
|The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs |Albie Sachs |Television film |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream
|Oberon | |
| 1985
|Florence Nightingale |Sidney Herbert |Television film |
| 1991
|Dr. Peter Wolff |Television film |
| 1996
|Lucky Punch |Flaherty | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1959-1960
|Cy Whelan / George Poddy / Cyril |Episodes: Promenade (1959) / The Essay Prize (1960) / Poor Sidney (1960) |
| International Detective
|Alan Vernon |Episode: The Rainis Case (1960) |
| 1960-1963
|Tom / Stephen Strang |Episodes: Lena, O My Lena (1960) / The Chocolate Tree (1963) |
| 1960-1964
|Simon / Captain Richard Travers |Episodes: The Patchwork Quilt (1960) / Tarnish on a Golden Boy (1964) |
| 1965
|Teifion |Episode: Progress to the Park (1965) |
| 1966
|Hugh O'Donnell / Mark Camford |Documentary |
| 1967
|Cinéma |Herself |TV Series documentary: Episode dated 16 February 1967 |
| 1970
|Omnibus |Modigliani |TV Series documentary: A Requiem for Modigliani (1970) |
| 1973
|So It Goes |Claude Duchesne |TV Series: Free Fall (1973) |
| 1976
|Edwin Clayhanger |TV Series: 22 episodes |
| 1979
|David Collier |TV Series: 8 episodes |
| 1980
|Edwyn |Episode: The Mark of Satan (1980) |
| 1982
|Arena |Mr Sloane |Episode: A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982) |
| rowspan=2|1983
|Live from Pebble Mill |Dan |Episode: Japanese Style (1983) |
| Pictures
|Bill Trench |TV Series: 7 episodes |
| 1984
|Dominic Hanson |Episode: Change Partners (1984) |
| 1985
|2nd Lt. David Mackinnon |Episode: Sir Alec Guinness (1985) |
| 1986
|Harry Caines |TV Series: 10 episodes |
| 1987
|Luke Mansel |TV Series: 6 episodes |
| 1988
|Donald Phillipson |Episode: Last Seen Wearing (1988) |
| 1989
|Awayday |Herself |TV Series: Episode #1.4 (1989) |
| rowspan=2|1992
|Boon |Robert MacGuffin |Episode: MacGuffin's Transputer (1992) |
| Witchcraft
|Jamie Matheson |TV Series: 2 episodes |
| 1994
|All Quiet on the Preston Front |Fraser |Episodes: Ally's Husband (1994) / Kirsty's Biscuit (1994) |
| 2000
|Reach for the Moon |William Martin |TV Series: 6 episodes |
| 2008
|Scalp |Coolet |Episodes: Chute libre (2008) / St-Martin (2008) / Peracor (2008) / Mr Smith? (2008) |
| 2020
|Can I Play with Madness? |Timothy |Video documentary short: David Wood & Leon Lissek re-visit Tales That Witness Madness |
=Stage=
=Director=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year
! Title ! Theatre | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Merchant of Venice | Gateway Theatre, Chester |
| 1971 | Richard III | Nottingham Playhouse |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0568493}}
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Category:Male actors from Staffordshire
Category:English male film actors