Peter McEnery

Peter Robert McEnery born 21 February 1940 is a retired English stage and film actor McEnery was born in Walsall Staffordshire to Charles and Ada Mary née Brinson McEnery He was educated at Ellesmere College Shropshire His younger brothers are actor John and the photographer David McEnery appeared in Victim a 1961 British neonoir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett a young workingclass gay man who falls prey to blackmailers after he and the titular character are photographed in an intimate embrace McEnery also starred alongside Hayley Mills in the 1964 film The MoonSpinners In 1966 he took the lead in the Disney adventure film The Fighting Prince of Donegal He played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by Arnold Bennett with support from Janet Suzman Harry Andrews and Clive Swift He played Mr Sloane in Entertaining Mr Sloane 1970 As an actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company he played the title role in Ron Daniels 1979 production of Pericles Prince of Tyre at The Other Place and played several roles in the 1982 epic production of Nicholas Nickleby for the same company In 1981 he played Oberon in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Nights Dream Another stage role was that of the surgeon Treves in the National Theatres 1980 production of The Elephant Man McEnery married Julie Peasgood in 1978 They met in 1975 when she played a maid called Ada in the Clayhanger television series in which McEnery starred Their daughter Kate was born in 1981 They later divorced In 2007 he married actress Julia St John Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter McEnery  licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia