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John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Actor

Born April 27, 1942 in Birmingham, England, UK

Died February 14, 2020

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King Charles III
SkyShowtime
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
Amazon Prime Video
The Awakening
Amazon Prime Video
The Palace
Amazon Prime Video
Merlin
Stan
The Duchess
Starz
Apparitions
BritBox
Mirrors
Amazon Prime Video
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
Netflix
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Netflix
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
BritBox
Alien Autopsy
Amazon Prime Video
Shadow of the Sword
Amazon Prime Video
Troy
Netflix
New Tricks
BritBox
The Last Detective
BritBox
Foyle's War
Hoopla
K-19: The Widowmaker
Netflix
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
BritBox
The Body
Amazon Prime Video
Waking the Dead
BritBox
The 10th Kingdom
The Roku Channel
Gladiator
Netflix
Notting Hill
Amazon Prime Video
Midsomer Murders
Amazon Prime Video
Jonathan Creek
BritBox
101 Dalmatians
Hotstar
Kavanagh QC
BritBox
Wycliffe
BritBox
G.B.H.
All 4
Blackeyes
Amazon Prime Video
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Mubi
Personal Services
BritBox
Inspector Morse
Amazon Prime Video
Natural World
Pluto TV
Wagner
Amazon Prime Video
King Lear
BritBox
The Woman in White
BritBox
Timewatch
BBC iPlayer
Timon of Athens
BritBox
Troilus & Cressida
BritBox
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Amazon Prime Video
Hennessy
Amazon Prime Video
Space: 1999
Peacock
Nicholas and Alexandra
Amazon Prime Video
Elizabeth R
BritBox
BBC Play of the Month
BBC iPlayer
Horizon
BBC iPlayer

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Shrapnel was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, the son of Mary Lillian Myfanwy (née Edwards) and journalist/author Norman Shrapnel.[1] As a stage actor, he was a member of Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre company and the Royal Shakespeare Company and most recently appeared as Sir Oliver Surface in The School for Scandal (directed by Deborah Warner) at the Barbican Centre in 2011. He has also appeared extensively in film and on television in roles in Elizabeth R, Z-Cars, Edward and Mrs. Simpson, 101 Dalmatians, Space: 1999, Inspector Morse, Coogan's Run, Notting Hill and Foyle's War. He presented an episode of the 1983 BBC television travel series Great Little Railways. He gave performances in three entries in the BBC Television Shakespeare plays and as Creon in the BBC's 1984 productions of the Three Theban plays of Sophocles. In America, he has starred in supporting roles as Senator Gaius in Gladiator, Nestor in Troy and Pompey in the second episode of Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. He also played the Jail Warden in the 10th Kingdom, an epic fantasy miniseries. He has the rare achievement of appearing in two episodes of Midsomer Murders as two different characters, in Death in Chorus and Written in Blood. Shrapnel appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek as Professor Lance Graumann in the episode The Omega Man. He appears in Chemical Wedding alongside Simon Callow, telling the tale of the resurrection of occultist Aleister Crowley. Shrapnel also has experience in the field of BBC radio drama through such characters as Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and William Gibson's Neuromancer. He is the son-in-law of Deborah Kerr through his 1975 marriage to her younger daughter Francesca Ann Bartley. They have three sons, the actors Lex Shrapnel (b.1979), Tom Shrapnel (b.1981) and the writer Joe Shrapnel (b.1976). They live in Highbury, north London.

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Filmography

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Year

Hamlet Within Poster

Hamlet Within Feature Film2023

The Ghost Within Poster

The Ghost Within Short Film2021

King Charles III Poster

King Charles III TV Movie2017

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Poster

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Feature Film2015

Hamlet Feature Film2015

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain Poster

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain Documentary2014

OXI, an Act of Resistance Poster

OXI, an Act of Resistance Documentary2014

Macbeth Feature Film2013

Run. Short Film2013

The Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls Poster

The Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls Documentary2013

Method Actor Poster

Method Actor Short Film2011

The Awakening Poster

The Awakening Feature Film2011

What Makes Us Clever? A Horizon Guide to Intelligence Documentary2011

An Organization of Dreams Poster

An Organization of Dreams Feature Film2009

Phèdre Feature Film2009

Treasure Quest Poster

Treasure Quest TV Series2009

Apparitions Poster

Apparitions Mini-Series2008

Chemical Wedding Poster

Chemical Wedding Feature Film2008

Krakatoa Poster

Krakatoa TV Movie2008

Merlin TV Series2008

Mirrors Feature Film2008

The Duchess Poster

The Duchess Feature Film2008

The Palace Poster

The Palace TV Series2008

Elizabeth: The Golden Age Poster

Elizabeth: The Golden Age Feature Film2007

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies Poster

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies Documentary2007

Sparkle Feature Film2007

Alien Autopsy Poster

Alien Autopsy Feature Film2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Poster

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Mini-Series2006

Challenger: The Untold Story Poster

Challenger: The Untold Story Documentary2006

I Am Not an Animal - I Am an Animation Documentary2005

My Tumour & I Poster

My Tumour & I Short Film2005

Shadow of the Sword Poster

Shadow of the Sword Feature Film2005

I Am Not an Animal Poster

I Am Not an Animal TV Series2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt Poster

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt Documentary2004

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome TV Movie2004

Troy Feature Film2004

Britain's Finest TV Series2003

New Tricks Poster

New Tricks TV Series2003

Shrink Short Film2003

Spine Chillers Poster

Spine Chillers TV Series2003

Stonehenge Rediscovered Poster

Stonehenge Rediscovered Documentary2003

The Last Detective Poster

The Last Detective TV Series2003

The Race for Everest Documentary2003

Accidents in Space Documentary2002

Alone Feature Film2002

Auschwitz: The Great Escape Poster

Auschwitz: The Great Escape TV Series2002

Claim Feature Film2002

Foyle's War Poster

Foyle's War TV Series2002

K-19: The Widowmaker Poster

K-19: The Widowmaker Feature Film2002

Whistle Short Film2002

Animals of the Ocean Desert Poster

Animals of the Ocean Desert Documentary2001

Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire Poster

Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire Mini-Series2001

Mountain Men Poster

Mountain Men Documentary2001

Sideshow Poster

Sideshow Short Film2001

The Body Poster

The Body Feature Film2001

The Gentleman Thief Poster

The Gentleman Thief TV Movie2001

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries TV Series2001

29 Glimpses at the Ghazi Documentary2000

Calling the Wild TV Movie2000

Gladiator Poster

Gladiator Feature Film2000

The 10th Kingdom Poster

The 10th Kingdom Mini-Series2000

The 10th Kingdom: The Making of 'The 10th Kingdom' Poster

The 10th Kingdom: The Making of 'The 10th Kingdom' Documentary2000

Top Cat Documentary2000

Waking the Dead Poster

Waking the Dead TV Series2000

Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War Poster

Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War TV Movie1999

Mary, Mother of Jesus Poster

Mary, Mother of Jesus TV Movie1999

Notting Hill Poster

Notting Hill Feature Film1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin Poster

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin Feature Film1999

Invasion Earth Poster

Invasion Earth Mini-Series1998

Creatures Fantastic Poster

Creatures Fantastic TV Series1997

Jonathan Creek Poster

Jonathan Creek TV Series1997

Midsomer Murders Poster

Midsomer Murders TV Series1997

True Tilda TV Series1997

101 Dalmatians Poster

101 Dalmatians Feature Film1996

Bodyguards Poster

Bodyguards TV Series1996

Alien Empire. A Journey to the World of Insects TV Series1995

Coogan's Run Poster

Coogan's Run TV Series1995

England, My England Poster

England, My England Feature Film1995

Kavanagh QC Poster

Kavanagh QC TV Series1995

Two Deaths Poster

Two Deaths Feature Film1995

Fatherland Poster

Fatherland TV Movie1994

Wycliffe Poster

Wycliffe TV Series1994

Between the Lines Poster

Between the Lines TV Series1992

Crime Story TV Series1992

Downtown Lagos Mini-Series1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Poster

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales TV Series1992

SS 3: The assasination of Reinhard Heydrich Poster

SS 3: The assasination of Reinhard Heydrich Feature Film1992

The Good Guys TV Series1992

The Strange Encounters and Timeless Wanderings of a Man Called 'R' TV Short1992

For the Greater Good Poster

For the Greater Good TV Series1991

G.B.H. Mini-Series1991

Selling Hitler Poster

Selling Hitler Mini-Series1991

Young Catherine Poster

Young Catherine TV Movie1991

Centrepoint Poster

Centrepoint Mini-Series1990

TECX TV Series1990

The Chief Poster

The Chief TV Series1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story Poster

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story Documentary1990

About Face TV Series1989

Blackeyes Poster

Blackeyes Mini-Series1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising Poster

How to Get Ahead in Advertising Feature Film1989

Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Poster

Ten Great Writers of the Modern World Mini-Series1988

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987

Inspector Morse Poster

Inspector Morse TV Series1987

Partition Poster

Partition Feature Film1987

Personal Services Poster

Personal Services Feature Film1987

Testimony Poster

Testimony Feature Film1987

Universum Poster

Universum TV Series1987

Vanity Fair Poster

Vanity Fair TV Series1987

Patterns of Life TV Series1986

The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest Poster

The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest TV Movie1986

The Theban Plays by Sophocles Poster

The Theban Plays by Sophocles TV Series1986

Screen Two Poster

Screen Two TV Series1985

The Children's Rebellion TV Movie1985

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster Poster

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster TV Series1984

Sorrell and Son Poster

Sorrell and Son Mini-Series1984

My Cousin Rachel Poster

My Cousin Rachel Mini-Series1983

Natural World Poster

Natural World TV Series1983

Wagner Mini-Series1983

King Lear Poster

King Lear TV Movie1982

The Woman in White Poster

The Woman in White Mini-Series1982

Timewatch Poster

Timewatch TV Series1982

People from the Forest TV Movie1981

Private Schulz Poster

Private Schulz TV Series1981

Timon of Athens Poster

Timon of Athens TV Movie1981

Troilus & Cressida Poster

Troilus & Cressida TV Movie1981

The Tom Machine Feature Film1980

Screenplay Poster

Screenplay TV Series1979

Armchair Thriller Poster

Armchair Thriller TV Series1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson Poster

Edward & Mrs. Simpson Mini-Series1978

Fashion Sense Documentary1978

BBC2 Play of the Week Poster

BBC2 Play of the Week TV Series1977

The Three Hostages Poster

The Three Hostages TV Movie1977

Plays for Britain Poster

Plays for Britain TV Series1976

Hennessy Poster

Hennessy Feature Film1975

Space: 1999 Poster

Space: 1999 TV Series1975

You're on Your Own TV Series1975

Good Girl TV Series1974

Crown Court Poster

Crown Court TV Series1972

Pope Joan Poster

Pope Joan Feature Film1972

The Organization Poster

The Organization TV Series1972

Elizabeth R Poster

Elizabeth R Mini-Series1971

Justice TV Series1971

Nicholas and Alexandra Poster

Nicholas and Alexandra Feature Film1971

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre TV Series1969

ITV Playhouse Poster

ITV Playhouse TV Series1967

Omnibus TV Series1967

The World About Us Poster

The World About Us TV Series1967

BBC Play of the Month Poster

BBC Play of the Month TV Series1965

Horizon TV Series1964

Duet Short Film1963

Z Cars TV Series1962

Survival Poster

Survival TV Series1961

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