John Neville

John Neville

1925-05-02 Willesden, London, England, UK 57 Credits

Biography

John Neville, OBE, CM was an English theatre and film actor who moved to Canada with his family in 1972. He enjoyed a resurgence of international attention as a result of his starring role in Terry Gilliam's "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". He was appointed to the Order of Canada, that nation's highest civilian honor, in 2006. According to publicists at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Neville died "peacefully surrounded by family" on 19 November 2011, aged 86. Neville suffered wi...

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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

2008

as Self - 'Baron Munchausen'

7.8
Acting

This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away...

Hamlet {Solo}

Hamlet {Solo}

2007

as Self

Acting

"Hamlet {Solo}" chronicles the six-year journey of actor Raoul Bhaneja as he mounts a one-man version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film includes a num...

Separate Lies

Separate Lies

2005

as Lord Rawston

5.8
Acting

Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.

Hollywood North

Hollywood North

2004

as Henry Neville

5.1
Acting

The making of a serious, Canadian arthouse film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his ...

White Knuckles

2004

as Narrator

Acting

"White Knuckles" is acclaimed auteur Leo Scherman's first feature film. It's a darkly comic thriller about a young man who poisons his dimwitted broth...

The Statement

The Statement

2003

as Old Man

5.6
Acting

The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effective...

Control Factor

Control Factor

2003

as Director

4.7
Acting

An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.

Moving Malcolm

Moving Malcolm

2003

as Malcolm Woodward

2.3
Acting

Depressed after being dumped by his actress fiance', a man tries to win her back by agreeing to help her elderly British father move while she films a...

Spider

Spider

2002

as Terrence

6.6
Acting

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a k...

Between Strangers

Between Strangers

2002

as Orson Stewart

5.9
Acting

Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.

Sea and Stars

Sea and Stars

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Life of an ordinary fisherman changes when a young mai-mai fish sees him and falls in love!... Set to original music by composer Gavin Bryars, the fil...

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

2002

as Marmeladov, Sonia's alcoholic father

5.0
Acting

A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.

Time of the Wolf

Time of the Wolf

2002

as Preacher

7.3
Acting

A boy is orphaned and his only surviving relatives, an ageing aunt and uncle, somewhat reluctantly, take him in. The aunt, still traumatised by the de...

Trudeau

Trudeau

2002

as British High Commissioner

8.0
Acting

This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing P...

The Stork Derby

The Stork Derby

2002

as Mr. Cummingham

6.0
Acting

The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great Depressi...

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

as Banquo

Acting

The stellar drawing style of illustrator Grahan Wilson – world renowned cartoonist for the New Yorker – comes to life in this off-beat story about gro...

Harvard Man

Harvard Man

2001

as Dr. Reese

4.7
Acting

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketb...

Custody of the Heart

Custody of the Heart

2000

as Judge H. Chadwick

4.2
Acting

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis...

Sunshine

Sunshine

1999

as Gustave Sors

6.5
Acting

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

Water Damage

Water Damage

1999

as Jock Beale

3.6
Acting

One year after the drowning death of his young son, Paul Preedy (Daniel Baldwin) receives an invitation to a reunion at his prep school. Paul decides ...

Goodbye Lover

Goodbye Lover

1999

as Bradley

5.7
Acting

Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.

The Duke

The Duke

1999

as The Duke

4.1
Acting

When his nephew tries to wrest control of his estate from him, the Duke of Dingwall removes the boy from his will and leaves everything to his dog.

Urban Legend

Urban Legend

1998

as Dean Adams

5.7
Acting

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Johnny 2.0

Johnny 2.0

1998

as Mr. Bosch

5.1
Acting

Awakening from a 15-year coma, scientist Johnny Dalton discovers that his life has been illusory and that he is merely a clone of the real Dr. Dalton....

The X-Files

The X-Files

1998

as The Well-Manicured Man

6.9
Acting

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about ...

Dinner at Fred's

Dinner at Fred's

1997

as Uncle Henrick

5.3
Acting

A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee's parents' house on Christmas and ends up spending the holiday w...

Time to Say Goodbye?

Time to Say Goodbye?

1997

as Michigan Judge

4.0
Acting

A doctor suffering from Alzheimer's wishes to end his life, causing a severe rift in the family, with each side convinced they have the father's best ...

Regeneration

Regeneration

1997

as Dr. Yealland

5.7
Acting

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest hom...

The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

1997

as General Staedert

7.6
Acting

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

Swann

Swann

1997

as Cruzzi

2.5
Acting

Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure...

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

1997

as Shopkeeper

4.8
Acting

Thirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a vintage clothing shop, Jesse sees a doll that looks e...

High School High

High School High

1996

as Thaddeus Clark

5.5
Acting

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students...

Sabotage

Sabotage

1996

as Professor Follenfant

5.6
Acting

Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.

The Song Spinner

The Song Spinner

1995

as Frilo, The Magnificent

Acting

In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law" pr...

Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds

1995

as Waiter

7.0
Acting

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After...

Little Women

Little Women

1994

as Mr. Laurence

7.3
Acting

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a c...

The Road to Wellville

The Road to Wellville

1994

as Endymion Hart-Jones

5.6
Acting

An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business an...

Message for Posterity

Message for Posterity

1994

as Sir David Browning

Acting

A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped.

Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

1994

as Mr. Andrews

6.4
Acting

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the soci...

Dieppe

Dieppe

1993

as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke

Acting

A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1993

as Dr. Cecil Chambers

3.8
Acting

This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrat...

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

1993

as Isaac Newton

7.0
Acting

The Enterprise is diverted to Ohniaka Three, when the colony signals that it is under attack. Arriving at the outpost, the Starfleet Officers discover...

Johann's Gift to Christmas

Johann's Gift to Christmas

1992

as Viktor (voice)

5.0
Acting

A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by composing a Christmas carol.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

as Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen

7.0
Acting

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988

as Self

6.0
Acting

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

Paradise Restored

Paradise Restored

1974

as John Milton

Acting

A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravage...

The Adventures of Gerard

The Adventures of Gerard

1970

as Duke of Wellington

6.4
Acting

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic ...

Gareth

1968

as Gareth Owen MP

Acting

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

Stand by Your Screen

1968

as Christopher Gritter

7.0
Acting

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

Shaggy Dog

Shaggy Dog

1968

as Wilkie

6.0
Acting

A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel chain corporation. During the interview, Wilkie atte...

George's Room

George's Room

1967

as The Man

7.0
Acting

A man is interviewed by a young widow as a potential lodger, and learns some disturbing facts about the woman's relationship with her dead husband.

A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror

1965

as Sherlock Holmes

6.3
Acting

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediate...

Unearthly Stranger

Unearthly Stranger

1963

as Dr. Mark Davidson

5.7
Acting

A series of scientists working on a new techology to facilitate man's conquest of space are killed in mysterious circumstances. Suspicion falls on the...

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

1962

as Julian Ratcliffe, 2nd Lieutenant

7.3
Acting

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Mr. Topaze

Mr. Topaze

1961

as Roger

5.5
Acting

Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing...

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

1960

as Lord Alfred Douglas

5.3
Acting

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate re...

H.C. Andersens sagor

H.C. Andersens sagor

1952

Acting

It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.