John Boswall
John Boswall was a British actor known for playing Emmanuel Goldstein in 1984 and Wyvern in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.''
Early life and education
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.Career
Boswall's television appearances included Paul Temple, Wessex Tales, Lady Killer, Edward the Seventh, The Onedin Line, Love in a Cold Climate, The [Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles], Sapphire & Steel, No Place [Like Home (TV series)|No Place Like Home], EastEnders, Selling Hitler, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Drop [the Dead Donkey], Lovejoy, Poldark, Doctors, Rome and Terry Pratchett's Hogfather.Stage appearances included Edward Bond's The Fool at the Royal Court Theatre, Sweeney Todd: [The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd] at the Little Theatre, Bristol ; Oh, What A Lovely War!, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Kiss Me, Kate at the Bristol Old Vic; Henry IV, Part I at the Theatre Royal, Bath; Doctor Faustus, Cymbeline and Camille with the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Moliere's Bourgeois gentilhomme at the Royal National Theatre.
His films included Nineteen Eighty-Four as Emmanuel Goldstein, Three Men and a Little Lady, The [Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows], The Messenger: [The Story of Joan of Arc], Hotel Splendide, Ladies in Lavender, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Morris: [A Life with Bells On].