John Boswall

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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).

Most Popular John Boswall Trailers

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Trailer (2006)

06 July 2006

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths.

Sitting Targets Trailer (1989)

19 March 1989

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 look hopeless.

Nineteen Eighty-Four Trailer (1984)

09 November 1984

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Trailer (1999)

27 October 1999

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 liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil.

Sakharov Trailer (1984)

20 June 1984

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

Poldark Trailer (1996)

03 October 1996

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

Giving Tongue Trailer (1996)

01 September 1996

Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale.

3 Men and a Little Lady Trailer (1990)

21 November 1990

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 with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important women in their lives.

Ladies in Lavender Trailer (2004)

12 November 2004

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

Stiff Upper Lips Trailer (1998)

12 June 1998

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

The Statement Trailer (2003)

12 December 2003

An ambitious Judge and an exacting Colonel re-open the sixty-year-old case of Pierre Brossard, an escaped Nazi collaborator accused of murdering seven Jews.

A Hazard of Hearts Trailer (1987)

27 December 1987

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: his daughter Serena.

Hotel Splendide Trailer (2000)

21 September 2000

A chef seeks reconciliation with her brother by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.

Lady Killer Trailer (1973)

18 January 1973

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

The Wind in the Willows Trailer (1996)

16 October 1996

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, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

Ca$hino Trailer (2001)

01 November 2001

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

The Life Story of Baal Trailer (1978)

21 November 1978

An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a young poet who rejects the norms of society and destroys the lives of the people with whom he comes into contact.

Morris: A Life with Bells On Trailer (2009)

09 January 2009

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

The Trial of Klaus Barbie Trailer (1987)

15 July 1987

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