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John Boswall
Oxfordshire, England, UK
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 bor…
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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).
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2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Movie Mr. Staveley
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2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie Wyvern
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2006
The Ten Commandments
TV show Egyptian Priest
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2004
Ladies in Lavender
Movie Very Old Man 2
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2003
The Statement
Movie Father Léo
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2002
Rose and Maloney
TV show Arthur Towns
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2001
Ca$hino
Movie Johnny Niagra
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2000
Hotel Splendide
Movie Bellboy
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2000
The Secret World of Michael Fry
TV show Caldercott
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1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie Old Priest
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1998
Stiff Upper Lips
Movie Don 2
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1996
The Wind in the Willows
Movie The Elderly Gentleman
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1996
Poldark
Movie Cary Warleggan
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1996
Giving Tongue
Movie Lord Belvoir
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1992
Virtual Murder
TV show Professor Humber
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1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV show Sir Edgar Iffley
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1991
Murder Most Horrid
TV show Judge
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1991
Selling Hitler
TV show August Priesack
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1990
3 Men and a Little Lady
Movie Barrow
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1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV show Jaan Sepp
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1989
Sitting Targets
Movie Caretaker
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1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV show Dr Belvedere
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1988
Christabel
TV show Alois
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1988
Wish Me Luck
TV show Leon Jouvet
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1987
A Hazard of Hearts
Movie Meadows
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1987
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie Dr. Reifmann
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1987
Casanova
Movie
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show Peter Horsham
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1985
EastEnders
TV show Harry Osborne
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1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie Goldstein
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1984
Mitch
TV show Eric James
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1984
Sakharov
Movie
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1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV show Sir Charles Baskerville
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1979
Wednesday's Child
Movie Dr. Jennings
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1979
Sapphire & Steel
TV show Old Man
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1978
The Life Story of Baal
Movie Woodcutter
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1976
Brensham People
TV show Mr. Rendcombe
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1976
Second Verdict
TV show Dr Thomas Langton
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1973
Wessex Tales
TV show The Tutor
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1973
Thriller
TV show Old Man
