Portrait of John Neville

John Neville

Acting

Biography

John Neville, OBE, CM was an English theatre and film actor who moved to Canada with his family in 1972. He enjoyed a resurgence of international attention as a result of his starring role in Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". He was appointed to the Order of Canada, that nation's highest civilian honor, in 2006. According to publicists at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Neville died "peacefully surrounded by family" on 19 November 2011, aged 86. Neville suffered with Alzheimer's disease in his latter years. He is survived by his wife, Caroline (née Hopper), and their six children. Above description from the Wikipedia article John Neville (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 2, 1925

Place of Birth: Willesden, London, England, UK

Filmography

2008
2007
2005
Separate Lies

as Lord Rawston

2004
Hollywood North

as Henry Neville

2003
The Statement

as Old Man

2003
Control Factor

as Director

2003
Moving Malcolm

as Malcolm Woodward

2002
Spider

as Terrence

2002
Between Strangers

as Orson Stewart

2002
Sea and Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2002
Crime and Punishment

as Marmeladov, Sonia's alcoholic father

2002
Time of the Wolf

as Preacher

2002
Trudeau

as British High Commissioner

2002
The Stork Derby

as Mr. Cummingham

2001
2001
Harvard Man

as Dr. Reese

2000
Custody of the Heart

as Judge H. Chadwick

1999
Sunshine

as Gustave Sors

1999
Water Damage

as Jock Beale

1999
Goodbye Lover

as Bradley

1999
The Duke

as The Duke

1998
Rolie Polie Olie

as Klanky Klaus (voice)

1998
Urban Legend

as Dean Adams

1998
Johnny 2.0

as Mr. Bosch

1998
The X-Files

as The Well-Manicured Man

1998
Silver Surfer

as Eternity (voice)

1998
Emily of New Moon

as Malcolm Murray

1997
Dinner at Fred's

as Uncle Henrick

1997
Time to Say Goodbye?

as Michigan Judge

1997
Regeneration

as Dr. Yealland

1997
The Fifth Element

as General Staedert

1997
Swann

as Cruzzi

1996
High School High

as Thaddeus Clark

1996
FX: The Series

as Oscar Hammond

1996
Sabotage

as Professor Follenfant

1995
The Song Spinner

as Frilo, The Magnificent

1995
1994
Little Women

as Mr. Laurence

1994
The Road to Wellville

as Endymion Hart-Jones

1994
Message for Posterity

as Sir David Browning

1994
Baby's Day Out

as Mr. Andrews

1994
Viper

as Leonard Price

1993
Dieppe

as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke

1993
Stark

as De Quincy

1993
The X-Files

as Well-Manicured Man

1993
1993
Class of '96

as Professor Hilton

1992
1991
Performance

as Sir David Browning

1990
Grand

as Desmond

1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Holodeck Isaac Newton

1979
Riel

as General Garnet Wolseley

1974
Paradise Restored

as John Milton

1972
The Protectors

as Charlie

1971
1970
The Adventures of Gerard

as Duke of Wellington

1970
Shadows of Fear

as Pickering

1969
The First Churchills

as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

1968
Shaggy Dog

as Wilkie

1967
George's Room

as The Man

1965
A Study in Terror

as Sherlock Holmes

1964
Theatre 625

as Maxime / Saint-Just

1963
Unearthly Stranger

as Dr. Mark Davidson

1962
Billy Budd

as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

1961
Mr. Topaze

as Roger

1960
Oscar Wilde

as Lord Alfred Douglas