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John Boswall

1920-05-02 – 2011-06-06 (age 91) Oxfordshire, England, UK
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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

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

as Goldstein

Ladies in Lavender
Ladies in Lavender

2004

as Very Old Man 2

3 Men and a Little Lady
The Statement
The Statement

2003

as Father Léo

The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

1996

as The Elderly Gentleman

A Hazard of Hearts
A Hazard of Hearts

1987

as Meadows

Lady Killer
Lady Killer

1973

as Old Man

Poldark
Poldark

1996

as Cary Warleggan

Casanova
Hotel Splendide
Hotel Splendide

2000

as Bellboy

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Giving Tongue

1996

as Lord Belvoir

Morris: A Life with Bells On
Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009

as Mr. Staveley

Sakharov
Stiff Upper Lips
Stiff Upper Lips

1998

as Don 2

The Life Story of Baal
The Life Story of Baal

1978

as Woodcutter

The Trial of Klaus Barbie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie

1987

as Dr. Reifmann

Sitting Targets
Sitting Targets

1989

as Caretaker

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Ca$hino

2001

as Johnny Niagra