John Neville Biography (1925-)

Born May 2, 1925, in Willesden, London, England; son of Reginald Daniel (a truck driver) and Mabel Lillian (maiden name, Fry) Neville; married Caroline Hooper (an actress), December 9, 1949; children: three sons, three daughters. Addresses: Agent: Envoy Entertainment, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 530, Los Angeles, CA 90025.; Contact: CBS/MTM Studios Grand, 4024 Radford Ave., Studio City, CA 91604.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: May 2, 1925; Willesden, London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Walk-on, Richard III, New Theatre, London, 1947
Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, London, 1948
Chatillon, King John, Open Air Theatre, 1948
Gregers Werle, The Wild Duck, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, OldVic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1950-1953
Marlow, She Stoops to Conquer, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Richard, The Lady's Not for Burning, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Dunois, Saint Joan, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Edgar, Venus Observed, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, then London, 1950-1953
The Duke, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Title role, Henry V, Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1953
Fortinbras, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre Company, London, 1953-1954
Bertram, All's Well That Ends Well, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1953-1954
Ferdinand, The Tempest, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1953-1954
Macduff, Macbeth, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1954-1955
Title role, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1954-1955 revived, 1955-1956
Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1954-1955
Orlando, As You Like It, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1954-1955
Henry Percy, Henry IV, Part I, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1954-1955
Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1955-1956
Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1955-1956
Alternated as Othello and Iago, Othello, Old Vic Theatre Company,1955-1956
Troilus, Troilus and Cressida, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1955-1956
Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1955-1956
Title role, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1955-1956
Macduff, Macbeth, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1956
(Broadway debut) Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1956
Thersites, Troilus and Cressida, Old Vic Theatre Company, London,then Winter Garden Theatre, 1956
Title role, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1957-1958
Angelo, Measure for Measure, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1957-1958
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre Company, 1957-1958
Victor Fabian, Once More with Feeling, New Theatre, London, 1959
Nestor, Irma La Douce, Lyric Theatre, London, 1959
Jacko, The Naked Island, Arts Theatre, London, 1960
Title role, Macbeth, Nottingham Playhouse Company, England, 1961
Sir Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1961
The Stranger, The Lady from the Sea, Queen's Theatre, London, 1961
The Evangelist, The Substitute, Palace Theatre, London, 1961
Don Frederick, The Chances, Chichester Festival, England, 1962
Orgilus, The Broken Heart, Chichester Festival, 1962
Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Nottingham Playhouse Company,1962
D'Artagnan, The Three Musketeers, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1962
Joseph Surface, The School for Scandal, Nottingham Playhouse Company, then Haymarket Theatre, London, 1962
Title role, Coriolanus, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1963
John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1963
Title role, Alfie, Mermaid Theatre, then Duchess Theatre, both London, 1963
Bernard Shaw, The Bashful Genius, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1964
Moricet, The Birdwatcher, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1964
Title role, Oedipus the King, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1964
Title role, Richard II, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1965
Corvino, Volpone, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1965
Barry Field, The Spies Are Singing, Nottingham Playhouse Company,1966
Title role, Doctor Faustus, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1966
Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1967
Iago, Othello, Nottingham Playhouse Company, 1967
Kolpakov and others, Beware of the Dog, Nottingham Playhouse Company, then St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1967
Henry Gow, "Mr.", and Alec Harvey, "Mrs.", in Mr. and Mrs. (doublebill), Palace Theatre, 1968
King Magnus, The Apple Cart, Mermaid Theatre, 1970
Garrick, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland,1970
Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Edinburgh Festival, 1970
Macheath, The Beggars' Opera, Chichester Festival, 1972
Sir Colenso Ridgeon, The Doctor's Dilemma, Chichester Festival, 1972
Prospero, The Tempest, National Arts Centre Theatre, Ottawa, Canada, 1972
Judge Brack, Hedda Gabler, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg, Canada, 1972
Oh, Coward, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1972
Bethune, Citadel Theatre, 1972
Pygmalion, Citadel Theatre, 1972
Sherlock Holmes, Broadway production, 1975
Willy, Happy Days, Citadel Theatre, then National Theatre, London,1977
Othello, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1978
Staircase, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, 1978
Pastor Manders, Ghosts, New York and Washington, DC, 1982
Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Ontario, Canada, 1983
Dear Antoine, Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada, 1983
Arsenic and Old Lace, Grand Theatre, 1983
Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Stratford Shakespearean Festival,1984
Anton Chekhov, Intimate Admiration, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Canada, 1987

Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Canada, 1988
Sir Peter Teazle, The School for Scandal, Royal National Theatre,London, 1990
The Winter's Tale, Barbican Theatre, London, 1993
Major Tours
Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, U.S. cities, 1956
Title role, Richard II, U.S. cities, 1956
Macduff, Macbeth, U.S. cities, 1956
Thersites, Troilus and Cressida, U.S. cities, 1956
Title role, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre Company, U.S. cities, 1958-1959
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre Company, U.S.cities, 1958-1959
Title role, Macbeth, Maltese cities, 1961
Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons, Maltese cities, 1961
Title role, Macbeth, Nottingham Playhouse Company, West African cities, 1963
Humbert Humbert, Lolita, U.S. cities, 1970
Stage Work
Director
Henry V, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1960
Twelfth Night, Nottingham Playhouse, England, 1962
A Subject of Scandal, Nottingham Playhouse, 1962
Concern, Nottingham Playhouse, 1962
The Importance of Being Earnest, Nottingham Playhouse, 1963
Memento Mori, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
The Mayor of Zalamea, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
Listen to the Knocking Bird, Nottingham Playhouse, 1964
Richard II, Nottingham Playhouse, 1965
Collapse of Stout Party, Nottingham Playhouse, 1965
Measure for Measure, Nottingham Playhouse, 1965
Saint Joan, Nottingham Playhouse, 1966
Moll Flanders, Nottingham Playhouse, 1966
Antony and Cleopatra, Nottingham Playhouse, 1966
Jack and the Beanstalk, Nottingham Playhouse, 1966
Death of a Salesman, Nottingham Playhouse, 1967
Honour and Offer, Fortune Theatre, London, 1969
The Rivals, National Arts Centre Theatre, Ottawa, Canada, 1972
Romeo and Juliet, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1972
Les Canadiens, Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1978
The Seagull, Neptune Theatre, 1978
Hamlet, Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, Canada, 1983
Mother Courage, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Ontario, Canada,1987
Othello, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1987
The Three Sisters, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1989
Also directed other productions for the Stratford Shakespearean Festival,1987-90; directed the opera Don Giovanni, Festival Theatre of Canada.
Film Appearances
Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde (also known as Forbidden Passion and Oscar Wilde: The Movie), FAW, 1960
Roger, Mr. Topaz (also known as I Like Money), 1961
Julian Ratcliffe, second lieutenant, Billy Budd, Allied Artists, 1962
Dr Mark Davidson, Unearthly Stranger, American International, 1964
Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Terror (also known as Fog), Columbia, 1966
Wellington, The Adventures of Gerard (also known as Adventuresof Brigadier Gerard), 1970
General Wolseley, Riel, 1979
Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymous Munchausen, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also known as Die Abenteuer des Baron von Muenchhausen), Columbia, 1989
Mr. Andrews, the butler, Baby's Day Out, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
Mr. Laurence, Little Women, Columbia, 1994
Mr. Endymion Hart-Jones, The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994
Waiter, Dangerous Minds, Buena Vista, 1995
Cruzzi, Swann, Norstar, 1996
Thaddeus, High School High, Columbia, 1996
Follenfant, Sabotage, New City Releasing, 1996
General Staedert, The Fifth Element (also known as Le cinquiemeelement), Columbia, 1997
Dr. Yealland, Regeneration (also known as Behind the Lines), Alliance, 1997
Shopkeeper, Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework, Catalyst, 1997
The well-manicured man, The X-Files (also known as Aux frontieres du reel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Dean Adams, Urban Legend (also known as Mixed Culture), TriStar, 1998
Bradley, Goodbye Lover, Warner Bros., 1999
Gustave Sors, Sunshine (also known as A napfeny ize and Sunshine 0 Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein), Paramount, 1999
Title role, The Duke, Buena Vista Home Video, 1999
Jock Beale, Water Damage, Critical Mass Releasing, 1999
Eternity, Silver Surfer, Fox, 1999
Uncle Henrick, Dinner at Fred's, Imperial, 1999
Bishop George Bell, Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (also known as Bonhoeffer--Die letzte Stufe), Norflicks, 2000
Judge H. Chadwick, Custody of the Heart, 2000
Marmeladov, Crime and Punishment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000
Dr. Reese, Harvard Man, Lions Gate Films, 2001
Spider, Odeon, 2002
Between Strangers, Equinox, 2002
Television Appearances
Specials
Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, NBC, 1955
Title role, The Life of Henry V, BBC, 1957
"Hamlet," DuPont Show of the Month, CBS, 1959
Hillsborough, The Rebel, 1975
"Richard Burton: In from the Cold," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
Miniseries
John Churchill, "The First Churchills," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS,1971
Professor Billby, By Way of the Stars (also known as Der LangeWeg des Lukas B.), 1992
British High Commissioner, Trudeau, 2002
Series
The Company of Five, 1968
Desmond, Grand, NBC, 1990
Uncle Malcolm, Emily of New Moon, CBC, 1998
Voice of Eternity, The Silver Surfer, Fox, 1998
First Elder Cole, Amazon (also known as Amazonas - Gefangene deDschungels and Peter Benchley's Amazon), syndicated, 1999
Movies
Robert Browning, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, 1961
The Order (also known as Wednesday Play: The Order), 1967
Wilkie, Shaggy Dog (also known as The Company of Five: Shaggy Dog), 1968
Voice of Viktor, Johann's Gift to Christmas, 1991
Dr. Cecil Chambers, Journey to the Center of the Earth, NBC, 1993
Lord de Quincy, Stark, 1993
Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Dieppe, 1993
Sir David Browning, Message for Posterity (also known as Performance: Message for Posterity), 1994
Frilo, the magnificent, The Song Spinner, Showtime, 1995
Bosch, Johnny 2.0, Sci-Fi Channel, 1997
Mr. Cunningham, The Stork Derby, 2001
Episodic
"Triple Cross," The Protectors, 1972
Isaac Newton, "Descent: Part 1," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1993
Leonard Price, "Thief of Hearts," Viper, 1994
The well-manicured man, "The Blessing Way," The X-Files, Fox, 1995
The well-manicured man, "Paper Clip," The X-Files, Fox, 1995
The well-manicured man, "Apocrypha," The X-Files, Fox, 1996
The well-manicured man, "Tunguska," The X-Files, Fox, 1996
The well-manicured man, "Terma," The X-Files, Fox, 1996
The well-manicured man, "Patient X," The X-Files, Fox, 1998
The well-manicured man, "The Red and the Black," The X-Files, Fox,1998
The well-manicured man, "The End," The X-Files, Fox, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Gaines, Robert A., John Neville Takes Command: The Story of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Production, William Street Press (Stratford, Ontario, Canada), 1987
International Dictionary of Theatre, Volume 3: Actors, Directors, and Designers, St. James Press, 1996
Trewin, J. C., John Neville, 1961

Periodicals

Theatre Week, July 31, 1989, p. 26

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