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

The Life Story of Baal

Agatha Christie's Poirot

A Hazard of Hearts

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sakharov

Lovejoy

Ca$hino

The Secret World of Michael Fry

Sapphire & Steel

Virtual Murder

Selling Hitler

Murder Most Horrid

Poldark

Second Verdict

Wessex Tales

Thriller

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Ladies in Lavender

Lady Killer

Rose and Maloney

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Wish Me Luck

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Christabel

3 Men and a Little Lady

The Wind in the Willows

The Ten Commandments

The Statement

Hotel Splendide

Stiff Upper Lips

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Mitch

EastEnders

Giving Tongue

Sitting Targets

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Wednesday's Child

Brensham People