John Boswall
View on IMDb ↗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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Filmography (40)
- 2009
Morris: A Life with Bells OnMr. Staveley - 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestWyvern - 2006
The Ten CommandmentsEgyptian Priest - 2004
Ladies in LavenderVery Old Man 2 - 2003
The StatementFather Léo - 2002
Rose and MaloneyArthur Towns - 2001Ca$hinoJohnny Niagra
- 2000
The Secret World of Michael FryCaldercott - 2000
Hotel SplendideBellboy - 1999
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcOld Priest - 1998
Stiff Upper LipsDon 2 - 1996
PoldarkCary Warleggan - 1996
The Wind in the WillowsThe Elderly Gentleman - 1996Giving TongueLord Belvoir
- 1992
Virtual MurderProfessor Humber - 1992
Anglo Saxon AttitudesSir Edgar Iffley - 1991
Selling HitlerAugust Priesack - 1991
Murder Most HorridJudge - 1990
3 Men and a Little LadyBarrow - 1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotDr Belvedere - 1989
Sitting TargetsCaretaker - 1988
Wish Me LuckLeon Jouvet - 1988ChristabelAlois
- 1987
A Hazard of HeartsMeadows - 1987
Casanova - 1987
The Trial of Klaus BarbieDr. Reifmann - 1986
LovejoyPeter Horsham - 1985
EastEndersHarry Osborne - 1984
Sakharov - 1984
Nineteen Eighty-FourGoldstein - 1984
MitchEric James - 1982
The Hound of the BaskervillesSir Charles Baskerville - 1979
Sapphire & SteelOld Man - 1979Wednesday's ChildDr. Jennings
- 1978
The Life Story of BaalWoodcutter - 1976Second VerdictDr Thomas Langton
- 1976
Brensham PeopleMr. Rendcombe - 1973
ThrillerOld Man - 1973
Wessex TalesThe Tutor - 1973
Lady KillerOld Man
The Life Story of Baal
Agatha Christie's Poirot
A Hazard of Hearts
Sakharov
Lovejoy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sapphire & Steel
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Virtual Murder
Selling Hitler