Peter McEnery
Peter McEnery | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Robert McEnery 21 February 1940 Walsall, Staffordshire, England |
| Alma mater | Ellesmere College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959–2008 |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Peasgood (divorced, 1 child) Julia St John (2007)[1] |
| Relatives | John McEnery (brother) |
Peter Robert McEnery (born 21 February 1940) is a retired English stage and film actor.
Early life
McEnery was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, to Charles and Ada Mary (née Brinson) McEnery. He was educated at Ellesmere College, Shropshire.
His younger brothers are actor John and the photographer David.
Career
McEnery appeared in Victim, a 1961 British neo-noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett, a young working-class gay man who falls prey to blackmailers after he and the titular character are photographed in an intimate embrace. McEnery also starred alongside Hayley Mills in the 1964 film The Moon-Spinners.[2] In 1966, he took the lead in the Disney adventure film The Fighting Prince of Donegal.[3] He had the lead role in the expensive 1970 adventure film The Adventures of Gerard, which flopped.[4]
He played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by Arnold Bennett with support from Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews and Clive Swift.[5] He played Mr Sloane in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970).
As an actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he played the title role in Ron Daniel's 1979 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at The Other Place, and played several roles in the 1982 epic production of Nicholas Nickleby for the same company. In 1981, he played Oberon in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Another stage role is that of the surgeon Treves in the National Theatre's 1980 production of The Elephant Man.[6]
Personal life
McEnery married Julie Peasgood in 1978. They met in 1975 when she played a maid called Ada in the Clayhanger television series in which McEnery starred. Their daughter Kate was born in 1981. They later divorced. In 2007, he married actress Julia St John.[7]
Stage credits
Director
| Year | Title | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Merchant of Venice | Gateway Theatre, Chester |
| 1971 | Richard III | Nottingham Playhouse |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Beat Girl | Tony | |
| Tunes of Glory | David MacKinnon, 2nd Lieutenant | ||
| 1961 | Victim | Jack "Boy" Barrett | |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Mark Camford | |
| 1966 | The Game Is Over | Maxime Saccard | |
| The Fighting Prince of Donegal | "Red" Hugh O'Donnell | ||
| 1967 | I Killed Rasputin | Felix Yusupov | |
| 1968 | Sleep Is Lovely | Peter | |
| Negatives | Theo | ||
| Better a Widow | Tom Proby | ||
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard | Col. Etienne Gerard | |
| Entertaining Mr Sloane | Mr. Sloane | ||
| Atlantic Wall | Jeff | ||
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Timothy | Segment: "Penny Farthing" |
| 1975 | Footprints on the Moon | Henry | |
| 1978 | The Cat and the Canary | Charlie Wilder | |
| 1996 | Lucky Punch | Flaherty |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Case of Private Hamp | Lieutenant Johnson, the Junior Member | Television film |
| 1959–60 | ITV Television Playhouse | Cy Whelan / George Poddy / Cyril | Episodes: "Promenade" (1959), "The Essay Prize" (1960), "Poor Sidney" (1960) |
| International Detective | Alan Vernon | Episode: "The Rainis Case" (1960) | |
| 1960–63 | Armchair Theatre | Tom / Stephen Strang | Episodes: "Lena, O My Lena" (1960), "The Chocolate Tree" (1963) |
| 1960–64 | ITV Play of the Week | Simon / Captain Richard Travers | Episodes: "The Patchwork Quilt" (1960), "Tarnish on a Golden Boy" (1964) |
| 1961 | Candida | Eugene Marchbanks | Television film |
| 1963 | Still Life | Barney | |
| 1965 | Theatre 625 | Teifion | Episode: "Progress to the Park" (1965) |
| 1966 | The Magical World of Disney | Hugh O'Donnell / Mark Camford | Documentary |
| 1967 | Cinéma | Herself | TV series documentary: episode dated 16 February 1967 |
| 1970 | Omnibus | Modigliani | TV series documentary: "A Requiem for Modigliani" (1970) |
| 1973 | So It Goes | Claude Duchesne | Episode: "Free Fall" |
| Life and Soul | Nicholas | Television film | |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | Edwin Clayhanger | 22 episodes |
| 1979 | The Aphrodite Inheritance | David Collier | 8 episodes |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Edwyn | Episode: "The Mark of Satan" (1980) |
| 1981 | The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs | Albie Sachs | Television film |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | |
| 1982 | Arena | Mr Sloane | Episode: "A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton" (1982) |
| 1983 | Live from Pebble Mill | Dan | Episode: "Japanese Style" (1983) |
| Pictures | Bill Trench | 7 episodes | |
| 1984 | Weekend Playhouse | Dominic Hanson | Episode: "Change Partners" (1984) |
| 1985 | The South Bank Show | 2nd Lt. David Mackinnon | Episode: "Sir Alec Guinness" (1985) |
| Florence Nightingale | Sidney Herbert | Television film | |
| 1986 | The Collectors | Harry Caines | 10 episodes |
| 1987 | The Mistress | Luke Mansel | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Inspector Morse | Donald Phillipson | Episode: "Last Seen Wearing" (1988) |
| 1989 | Awayday | Herself | TV series: Episode #1.4 (1989) |
| 1991 | Safari | Dr. Peter Wolff | Television film |
| 1992 | Boon | Robert MacGuffin | Episode: "MacGuffin's Transputer" (1992) |
| Witchcraft | Jamie Matheson | 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | All Quiet on the Preston Front | Fraser | Episodes: "Ally's Husband" (1994), "Kirsty's Biscuit" (1994) |
| 2000 | Reach for the Moon | William Martin | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Scalp | Coolet | Episodes: "Chute libre" (2008), "St-Martin" (2008), "Peracor" (2008), "Mr Smith?" (2008) |
References
- ^ "A very Chichester tale in the Minerva". 2 November 2015.
- ^ "The Day Hayley got in a Hearse", Photoplay, August 1964.
- ^ Leonard Maltin (7 September 1995). The Disney Films. Disney Editions. ISBN 978-0-7868-8137-6.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (26 September 2025). "Claudia Cardinale's Ten Top Hollywood Films". Filmink. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Ellen Baskin (1996). Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press. ISBN 978-1-85928-015-7.
- ^ Country Life. Country Life, Limited. August 1980.
- ^ "A very Chichester tale in the Minerva". 2 November 2015.