John Reginald Neville OBE CM (May 2, 1925 - November 19, 2011) was an English actor best known for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998), and The Fifth Element (1997).
He was married to Caroline Hopper and they had six children. His grandson is Joe Dinicol.
Neville died in 2011 at the age of 86 after suffering Alzheimer's disease.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1948: Scenes From Tweltfh Night And Macbeth as Valentine
- 1950: Mrs Dot as Freddie Perkins
- 1960: Oscar Wilde as Lord Alfred Douglas
- 1961: I Like Money as Roger de Bersac
- 1962: Billy Budd as Julian Radcliffe
- 1963: Unearthly Stranger as Dr. Mark Davidson
- 1965: A Study in Terror as Sherlock Holmes
- 1970: The Adventures of Gerard as Duke of Wellington
- 1971: Boswells Life Of Johnson as David Garrick
- 1979: Riel as Gen. Wolseley
- 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen
- 1993: Journey to the Center of the Earth as Dr. Cecil Chambers
- 1993: Dieppe as Gen. Sir Alan Brooke
- 1994: Baby's Day Out as Mr. Andrews
- 1994: The Road to Wellville as Endymion Hart-Jones
- 1994: Little Women (1994) as Mr. Laurence
- 1995: Dangerous Minds as Waiter
- 1995: The Song Spinner as Frilo
- 1996: Sabotage as Prof. Follenfant
- 1996: Swann as Cruzzi
- 1996: High School High as Thaddeus Clark
- 1997: The Fifth Element as Gen. Staedert
- 1997: Behind The Lines as Dr. Yealland
- 1997: Time To Say Goodbye as Michigan Judge
- 1997: Dinner At Freds as Uncle Henrick
- 1997: Shadow Zone My Teacher Ate My Homework as Shopkeeper
- 1997: Johnny Two 0 as Bosch
- 1998: Goodbye Lover as Bradley
- 1998: The X-Files: Fight the Future as The Well-Manicured Man
- 1998: Urban Legend as Dean Adams
- 1999: Water Damage as Jock Beale
- 1999: Sunshine (1999) as Gustave Sors
- 1999: The Duke as The Duke
- 2000: Bonhoeffer Agent Of Grace as Bishop George Bell
- 2000: Custody Of The Heart as Judge H. Chaddwick
- 2001: Harvard Man as Dr. Reese
- 2001: The Kid as Banquo
- 2002: The Stork Derby as Mr. Cunningham
- 2002: Trudeau as British High Commissioner
- 2002: Time of the Wolf as Preacher
- 2002: Spider (2002) as Terrence
- 2002: Crime And Punishment as Marmeladov
- 2002: Between Strangers as Orson Stewart
- 2002: Escape From The Newsroom as George's Father
- 2003: Control Factor as Director
- 2003: Moving Malcolm as Malcolm Woodward
- 2003: Hollywood North as Henry Neville
- 2003: The Statement as Old Man
- 2004: White Knuckles as Narrator
- 2005: Separate Lies as Lord Rawston
Television Roles
- 1951-1957: BBC Sunday Night Theatre as Simon Chart/Peter (2 episodes)
- 1955: ITV Television Playhouse as Paul Gardiner
- 1957: Producers Showcase as Romeo
- 1957: Television World Theatre as Henry V
- 1957-1961: ITV Play Of The Week as Raymond Banks/Ejlert Lovborg
- 1958: The World Our Stage as Hamlet
- 1959: The Du Pont Show Of The Month as Hamlet
- 1961: BBC Sunday Night Play as Robert Browning
- 1965: Theatre 625 as Maxime/Saint-Just
- 1967: The Wednesday Play as Insp. Franz Mittermayer
- 1967: Half Hour Story as The Man
- 1968: The Company Of Five as Gareth Owen/Christopher Gritter/James Conroy/Peter Sinclair/Wilkie/Quinn (6 episodes)
- 1969: The First Churchills as John Churchill
- 1971: Shadows Of Fear as Pickering
- 1971: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Thorndyke
- 1971: Shirleys World as Sir Everard
- 1972: Omnibus as John Milton
- 1972: Love Story as Andrew
- 1972: Thirty Minute Theatre as Jonathan
- 1972: The Protectors as Charlie
- 1973: ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Harry
- 1973: Second City Firsts as Jonathan
- 1974-1975: The Lives Of Benjamin Franklin as Hillsborough (2 episodes)
- 1980: The Great Detective as Minister
- 1981: Titans as Confuscius
- 1986: Screen Two as Trainspotter
- 1990: Grand as Desmond
- 1992: Avonlea as Percy Methley
- 1992: ENG as Calvin Holbrook
- 1992-1993: By Way Of The Stars as Prof. Billby
- 1993: Class Of 96 as Prof. Hilton
- 1993: Star Trek: The Next Generation as Isaac Newton
- 1993: Stark as De Quincy
- 1994: Viper as Leonard Price
- 1994: Performance as Sir David Browning
- 1995-1998: The X-Files as Well-Manicured Man (8 episodes)
- 1996: Chercherus Dor as Dwight Sanderson
- 1996: F/X: The Series as Oscar Hammond
- 1997: The Adventures Of Dudley The Dragon as Pumpkin King
- 1998: Silver Surfer: The Animated Series as Eternity
- 1998: Witness To Yesterday as Sir William Stephenson
- 1998: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes as Dr. O. Henry
- 1998-1999: Emily Of New Moon as Malcolm Murray
- 1999-2000: Amazon as First Elder Cole (10 episodes)
- 2002: The Education of Max Bickford as Arthur Jameson
- 2002: Queer as Folk (US) as Mr. Wiley
- 2002: Odyssey 5 as The Seeker
- 2002: Bury The Lead as Deaton Hill
- 2003: Rolie Polie Olie as Klanky Klaus
- 2005: Train 48 as Zach's Grandfather
- 2007: Friends And Heroes as Claxus
Shorts
- 1952: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona as Valentine
- 1952: HC Andersens Sagor as The Prince/Swineherd
- 1991: Johanns Gift To Christmas as Viktor
- 2002: Sea And Stars as Narrator
- 2006: The Tragic Story Of Nling as Donkey
- 2010: Dance Of Death as Narrator
- 2010: Bradfordian Rain as Old Man
