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John Shrapnel
Actor
Died February 14, 2020 (77 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 2022 | Hamlet Within · as Claudius |
| 2022 | |
| 2017 | King Charles III · as Archbishop Of Canterbury |
| 2015 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale · as Camilo |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Macbeth · as Duncan, King Of Scotland/seyton, Attendant To Macbeth/old Man |
| 2013 | The Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls · as Narrator |
| 2011 | The Awakening · as Reverend Hugh Purslow |
| 2009 | Phèdre · as Théramène |
| 2009 | Treasure Quest (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Duchess · as General Grey |
| 2008 | Krakatoa · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Mirrors · as Lorenzo Sapelli |
| 2008 | Chemical Wedding · as Crowley |
| 2008 | Apparitions (TV Series) · as Cardinal Bukovak |
| 2008 | The Palace (TV Series) · as Pm Edward Shaw |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Lord Howard |
| 2007 | Sparkle · as Bernie |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV Series) · as Pompey |
| 2006 | Alien Autopsy · as Michael Kuhn |
| 2005 | Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 2005 | Shadow of the Sword · as Archbishop |
| 2004 | Troy · as Nestor |
| 2004 | I am Not an Animal (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2004 | First Olympian · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers (TV Series) · as Nick |
| 2003 | The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Billy Palmer |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Dac John Felsham |
| 2003 | Stonehenge Rediscovered · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) · as Raymond Brooks |
| 2002 | Whistle · as Paul |
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker · as Admiral Bratyeev |
| 2002 | Claim · as Lex Vandenberg |
| 2002 | Alone · as Hannah |
| 2001 | Empires: Egypt's Golden Empire (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2001 | The Gentleman Thief · as Monty Sinclair |
| 2001 | Animals of the Ocean Desert · as Narrator |
| 2001 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Sergeant Mike Mccaffrey |
| 2001 | The Body · as Moshe Cohen |
| 2000 | Supermassive Black Holes · as Narrator |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as John Christie |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Gaius |
| 2000 | The 10th Kingdom (TV Series) · as Governor Of Prison |
| 1999 | Mary, Mother of Jesus · as Simon |
| 1999 | Notting Hill · as Pr Chief |
| 1999 | Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War · as General Charette |
| 1999 | The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin · as Iwaszkiewicz |
| 1998 | Invasion: Earth (TV Series) · as Air Marshal Bentley |
| 1997 | St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral · as Narrator (english Voice) |
| 1997 | Predators: Killing for a Living (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek (TV Series) · as Prof. Lance Graumann |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Max Jennings |
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians · as Skinner |
| 1996 | Bodyguards (TV Series) · as Commander Alan Macintyre |
| 1995 | Alien Empire (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1995 | Coogan's Run (TV Series) · as Douglas Crown |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Two Deaths · as Cinca |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Mr. Justice Griffin |
| 1995 | England, My England · as Samuel Pepys |
| 1994 | Fatherland · as General Globus |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Claudius / The Ghost (voice) |
| 1992 | Crime Story (TV Series) · as Roy Hall |
| 1992 | Between The Lines (TV Series) · as Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning |
| 1991 | Selling Hitler (TV Series) · as Gerd Schulte-Hillen |
| 1991 | GBH (TV Series) · as Dr Jacobs |
| 1991 | Young Catherine · as Archimandrite Todorsky |
| 1990 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story · as Bka Police Chief |
| 1990 | The Chief (TV Series) · as Dan Cheyney |
| 1989 | Blackeyes (TV Series) · as Detective Blake |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising · as Psychiatrist |
| 1987 | Testimony · as Andre Zhdanov |
| 1987 | Universe (1987) (TV Series) · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 1987 | Vanity Fair (1987) (TV Series) · as Lord Steyne |
| 1987 | Partition · as General Flood |
| 1987 | Personal Services · as Lionel |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Dr. Julian Storrs |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as George Sims |
| 1984 | Sorrell and Son (TV Series) · as Thomas Roland |
| 1984 | Mr Palfrey of Westminster (TV Series) · as Adrian Vyner |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1983 | Wagner (TV Series) · as Semper |
| 1983 | My Cousin Rachel (TV Series) · as Ambrose Ashley |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) · as Narrator (2003) |
| 1982 | King Lear · as Earl Of Kent |
| 1982 | The Woman in White (TV Series) · as Sir Percival Glyde |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida · as Hector |
| 1981 | Private Schulz (TV Series) · as German Newsreel Commentator |
| 1981 | Timon of Athens · as Alcibiades |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson (TV Series) · as Major Alexander Hardinge |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller (TV Series) · as Vincent Craig |
| 1975 | Hennessy · as Tipaldi |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 (TV Series) · as Jack Tanner |
| 1972 | Pope Joan · as Father James |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as John Claudius |
| 1972 | The Organization (TV Series) · as John Wimbourne |
| 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra · as Petya |
| 1971 | Justice (1971) (TV Series) · as Roger Anderson |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R (TV Series) · as Earl Of Sussex |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Wally Zuckerman |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Zborowski |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jamie |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Duke Of Cornwall |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as George Stonehouse |