Biography
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 neo-noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden in which McEnery plays Barrett, a young working-class 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 Moon-Spinners. 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 Daniel's 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 Obe…
Movies & TV Shows
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Victim (1961) — Jack Barrett
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Inspector Morse (1987) — Donald Phillipson
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Atlantic Wall (1970) — Jeff, the downed British airman
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Hammer House of Horror (1980) — Edwyn
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Footprints on the Moon (1975) — Henry
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Tunes of Glory (1960) — 2nd Lt. David Mackinnon
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The Moon-Spinners (1964) — Mark Camford
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Tales That Witness Madness (1973) — Timothy Patrick (segment "Penny Farthing")
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The Cat and the Canary (1978) — Charlie Wilder
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Beat Girl (1960) — Tony
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Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) — Mr. Sloane
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The Game Is Over (1966) — Maxime Saccard
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) — Hugh O'Donnell
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Florence Nightingale (1985) — Sidney Herbert
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The Adventures of Gerard (1970) — Col. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans)
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Negatives (1968) — Theo
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I Killed Rasputin (1967) — Prince Felix Yusupov
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Armchair Theatre (1956) — Tom
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The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979) — David Collier
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Theatre 625 (1964) — Teifion
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) — Oberon
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(All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) — Frazer Minshull
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Witchcraft (1992) — Jamie Matheson
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The Mark of Satan (1980) — Edwyn
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The Mistress (1985) — Luke Carpenter
- International Detective (1959) — Alan Vernon
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Clayhanger (1976) — Edwin Clayhanger
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Lena, O My Lena (1960) — Tom
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Better a Widow (1968) — Tom Proby
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Safari (1991) — Dr. Wolff
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Sleep is Lovely (1968) — Peter
- Pictures (1983) — Bill Trench
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The Chocolate Tree (1963) — Stephen Strang
- Candida (1961) — Eugene Marchbanks
- Weekend Playhouse (1984) — Dominic Hanson