John Boswall

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-05-02 (91 years old)

Deathday

2011-06-06

Place of Birth

Oxfordshire, England, UK

John Boswall

Biography

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), Sellin...

Acting

2009

2000

Hotel Splendide

as Bellboy

1987

1996

Poldark

as Cary Warleggan

1989

Sitting Targets

as Caretaker

2001

Ca$hino

as Johnny Niagra

1987

1998

1996

The Wind in the Willows

as The Elderly Gentleman

2004

Ladies in Lavender

as Very Old Man 2

1984

2003

The Statement

as Father Léo

1973

Lady Killer

as Old Man

1996

Giving Tongue

as Lord Belvoir

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