Known For
Acting
Born
May 02, 1920
Died
Jun 06, 2011
Place of Birth
Oxfordshire, England, UK
Credits
40 titles
John Boswall
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Mr. Staveley
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Wyvern
The Ten Commandments
Egyptian Priest
Ladies in Lavender
Very Old Man 2
The Statement
Father Léo
Rose and Maloney
Arthur Towns
Ca$hino
Johnny Niagra
Hotel Splendide
Bellboy
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Caldercott
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Old Priest
Stiff Upper Lips
Don 2
The Wind in the Willows
The Elderly Gentleman
Poldark
Cary Warleggan
Giving Tongue
Lord Belvoir
Virtual Murder
Professor Humber
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Sir Edgar Iffley
Murder Most Horrid
Judge
Selling Hitler
August Priesack
3 Men and a Little Lady
Barrow
Sitting Targets
Caretaker
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr Belvedere
Christabel
Alois
Wish Me Luck
Leon Jouvet
A Hazard of Hearts
Meadows
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Dr. Reifmann
Casanova
Lovejoy
Peter Horsham
EastEnders
Harry Osborne
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Goldstein
Mitch
Eric James
Sakharov
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville
Wednesday's Child
Dr. Jennings
Sapphire & Steel
Old Man
The Life Story of Baal
Woodcutter
Brensham People
Mr. Rendcombe
Second Verdict
Dr Thomas Langton
Wessex Tales
The Tutor
Thriller
Old Man
Lady Killer
Old Man