John Boswall

John Boswall (2 May 1920 – 6 June 2011) was an English actor probably best known for playing Wyvern in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

John Boswall
Born
John Stuart

(1920-05-02)May 2, 1920
Oxfordshire, England
DiedJune 6, 2011(2011-06-06) (aged 91)
Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1970–2009

Biography

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.

Career

Boswall's television appearances included Paul Temple (1971), Wessex Tales (1973),Thriller TV Series,Lady Killer episode (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), 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).[1]

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),[4] Ladies in Lavender (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009).[1]

Death

Boswall died of pancreatic cancer on 6 June 2011 at the age of 91, in South Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.[5] He was never married.[6]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1976The Life Story of BaalWoodcutter
1984Nineteen Eighty-FourEmmanuel Goldstein
1990Three Men and a Little LadyBarrow
1996The Wind in the WillowsThe Elderly Gentleman
1998Stiff Upper LipsDon 2
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcOld Priest
2003The StatementFather Léo
2004Ladies in LavenderVery Old Man 2
2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestWyvern
2006Terry Pratchett's HogfatherChair of Indefinite StudiesTV movie
2009Morris: A Life with Bells OnMr. Staveley(final film role)

References
  1. Boswall on the Internet Movie Database
  2. Bond, Edward (18 November 1975). "The Fool". Peter Gill, playwright and theatre director. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  3. "John Boswall". Theatricalia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. O'Sullivan, Charlotte. "Hotel Spendide". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2005.
  5. Wakefield, Nick (22 June 2011). "Acting elite bid farewell to John at Woodchester funeral". Stroud News & Journal. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. "Obituary: John Boswall, actor". Scotsman.com. JPIMedia Ltd. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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