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John Boswall (2 May 1920 – 6 June 2011) was a British actor known for playing Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984 and Wyvern in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
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John Boswall (2 May 1920 – 6 June 2011) was a British actor known for playing Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984 and Wyvern in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Boswall was born John Stuart on 2 May 1920 in Oxfordshire, England. Prior to his career as an actor, he attended the University of Oxford and served in Burma during World War II.
Boswall's television appearances included Paul Temple (1971), Wessex Tales (1973), Lady Killer (1973), Edward the Seventh (1975), The Onedin Line (1976), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982), Sapphire & Steel (1982), No Place Like Home (1986), EastEnders (1990, 2002), Selling Hitler (1991), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1991), Drop the Dead Donkey (1993), Lovejoy (1993), Poldark (1996), Doctors (2000), Rome (2005) and Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006).
Stage appearances included Edward Bond's The Fool at the Royal Court Theatre (1975),[2] Sweeney Todd at the Little Theatre, Bristol (1978–79); Oh, What A Lovely War!, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1979–80), and Kiss Me, Kate (1980–81) at the Bristol Old Vic; Henry IV, Part I (1984–85) at the Theatre Royal, Bath; Doctor Faustus (1974), Cymbeline (1974) and Camille (1985–86) with the Royal Shakespeare Company;[3] and Moliere's Bourgeois gentilhomme (1992) at the Royal National Theatre.
His films included Nineteen Eighty-Four as Emmanuel Goldstein (1984), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), The Wind in the Willows (1996), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Hotel Splendide (2000), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009).
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 2, 1920
Died
June 6, 2011
Birthplace
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Poldark
1996
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
Ladies in Lavender
2004
Sakharov
1984
Hotel Splendide
2000
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Statement
2003
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
Lady Killer
1973
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
Sitting Targets
1989
Ca$hino
2001
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
Giving Tongue
1996
The Life Story of Baal
1978
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
EastEnders
1985
EastEnders
1985
EastEnders
1985
Thriller
1973
Lovejoy
1986
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Sapphire & Steel
1979
The Ten Commandments
2006
Mitch
1984
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1982
Virtual Murder
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
Wish Me Luck
1988
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Second Verdict
1976