John Boswall

John Boswall

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).

  • Title: John Boswall
  • Popularity: 1.831
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-05-02
  • Place of Birth: Oxfordshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: John Stuart
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John Boswall Movies

  • 1999
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    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

    The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

    6.382 1999 HD

    In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and...

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  • 1984
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    Sakharov

    Sakharov

    7 1984 HD

    Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

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  • 1990
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    3 Men and a Little Lady

    3 Men and a Little Lady

    5.9 1990 HD

    Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary...

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  • 2009
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    Morris: A Life with Bells On

    Morris: A Life with Bells On

    6.5 2009 HD

    The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

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  • 2000
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    Hotel Splendide

    Hotel Splendide

    5.6 2000 HD

    The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa...

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  • 1987
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    A Hazard of Hearts

    A Hazard of Hearts

    8.1 1987 HD

    When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value:...

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  • 1996
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    Poldark

    Poldark

    6.1 1996 HD

    The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama,...

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  • 1989
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    Sitting Targets

    Sitting Targets

    1 1989 HD

    Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to...

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  • 2001
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    Ca$hino

    Ca$hino

    1 2001 HD

    They're bringing Las Vegas closer than you ever imagined.

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  • 1987
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    The Trial of Klaus Barbie

    The Trial of Klaus Barbie

    1 1987 HD

    Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.

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  • 2006
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    7.364 2006 HD

    Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.

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  • 1998
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    Stiff Upper Lips

    Stiff Upper Lips

    6.1 1998 HD

    Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties....

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  • 1996
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    5.5 1996 HD

    Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels,...

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  • 2004
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    Ladies in Lavender

    Ladies in Lavender

    6.406 2004 HD

    Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover...

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  • 1984
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    6.814 1984 HD

    George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

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  • 2003
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    The Statement

    The Statement

    5.639 2003 HD

    The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which...

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  • 1973
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    Lady Killer

    Lady Killer

    6.7 1973 HD

    A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.

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  • 1973
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.6 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

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  • 1991
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    Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

    6.6 1991 HD

    A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every...

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  • 1992
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    Virtual Murder

    Virtual Murder

    6.5 1992 HD

    John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.3 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.1 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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  • 1982
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    6 1982 HD

    When a young heir inherits a noble title that apparently has a deadly curse to it, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. A British television...

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  • 1985
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    EastEnders

    EastEnders

    4.1 1985 HD

    The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End...

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  • 1985
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    EastEnders

    EastEnders

    4.1 1985 HD

    The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End...

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  • 1985
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    EastEnders

    EastEnders

    4.1 1985 HD

    The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End...

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  • 2006
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    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

    5.444 2006 HD

    One biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses, the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them,...

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  • 1984
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    Mitch

    Mitch

    5 1984 HD

    Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.

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