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John Boswall
Known for ActingBorn 1920-05-02Died 2011-06-06Oxfordshire, 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 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).Read more
Movies & web series
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The Life Story of Baal
1978 · Movie
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
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A Hazard of Hearts
1987 · Movie
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Movie
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Sakharov
1984 · Movie
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Lovejoy
1986 · Series
Ca$hino
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Ca$hino
2001 · Movie
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The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000 · Series
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Sapphire & Steel
1979 · Series
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Virtual Murder
1992 · Series
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Selling Hitler
1991 · Series
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Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
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Poldark
1996 · Movie
Second Verdict
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Second Verdict
1976 · Series
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Wessex Tales
1973 · Series
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Thriller
1973 · Series
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Movie
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Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009 · Movie
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Ladies in Lavender
2004 · Movie
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Lady Killer
1973 · Movie
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Rose and Maloney
2002 · Series
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Movie
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Wish Me Luck
1988 · Series
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1982 · Series
Christabel
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Christabel
1988 · Series
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3 Men and a Little Lady
1990 · Movie
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The Wind in the Willows
1996 · Movie
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The Ten Commandments
2006 · Series
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The Statement
2003 · Movie
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Hotel Splendide
2000 · Movie
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Stiff Upper Lips
1998 · Movie
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Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · Series
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Mitch
1984 · Series
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EastEnders
1985 · Series
Giving Tongue
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Giving Tongue
1996 · Movie

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Sitting Targets
1989 · Movie

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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987 · Movie
Wednesday's Child
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Wednesday's Child
1979 · Movie

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Brensham People
1976 · Series