John Shrapnel
Born in Birmingham, England, UK — Apr 27 1942• Died Feb 14 2020
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Biography
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, Coog…
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John Shrapnel's Credits
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Midsomer Murders
Max Jennings
BBC Play of the Month
Duke of Cornwall
New Tricks
DAC John Felsham
Foyle's War
Raymond Brooks
Merlin
The Sarrum
Waking the Dead
John Christie
Wycliffe
Dr. Sam Malvern
Space: 1999
Jack Tanner
Screen Two
Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Natural World
Narrator
Omnibus
Zborowski
Gladiator
Gaius
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Sergent Mike McCaffrey
BBC2 Play of the Week
McKendrick
Troy
Nestor
The Chief
Dan Cheyney
Jonathan Creek
Prof. Lance Graumann
Kavanagh Q.C.
Mr. Justice Griffin
Between the Lines
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dunning
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Thomas Mann
Justice
Roger Anderson
101 Dalmatians
Skinner
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Pompey
G.B.H.
Dr Jacobs
Notting Hill
PR Chief
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Adrian Vyner
The 10th Kingdom
Governor of Prison
The Duchess
General Grey
Invasion: Earth
Air Marshal Bentley
Elizabeth R
Earl of Sussex
Apparitions
Cardinal Bukovak
Armchair Thriller
Vincent Craig
Mirrors
Lorenzo Sapelli
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Lord Howard
About Face
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Major Alexander Hardinge
The Awakening
Reverend Hugh Purslow
I Am Not an Animal
Narrator (voice)
ITV Playhouse
Schoner
Private Schulz
German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
K-19: The Widowmaker
Admiral Bratyeev
Fatherland
General Globus
Blackeyes
Detective Blake
Bodyguards
Commander Alan MacIntyre
Vanity Fair
Lord Steyne
Alien Autopsy
Michael Kuhn
True Tilda
Reverand Glasson
The Body
Moshe Cohen
For the Greater Good
Norman May-Boys MP
Nicholas and Alexandra
Petya
The Woman in White
Sir Percival Glyde
Centrepoint
Claud Wareing
Predators Killing for a Living
Hennessy
Tipaldi
Selling Hitler
Gerd Schulte-Hillen
Personal Services
Lionel
Pope Joan
Father James
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Théramène
King Charles III
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Three Hostages
Gaudian
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
General Charette
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Creon
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Psychiatrist
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
BKA Police Chief
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Maj. Alexander Hardinge
The Burston Rebellion
Rev. Charles Tucker Eland
Testimony
Andre Zhdanov
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Simon
Shadow of the Sword
Archbishop
Two Deaths
Cinca
Flayed
Robert
Good Girl
Christopher Wimple
Hamlet Within
Troilus & Cressida
Hector
Hamlet
Claudius/Ghost
Timon of Athens
Alcibiades
Whistle
Paul
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Camilo
The Lions Rule
Narrator (voice)
Poppyland
George Sims
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Creon
Partition
General Flood
King Lear
Duke of Cornwall
Professional Foul
McKendrick
Chemical Wedding
Crowley
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Iwaszkiewicz
King Lear
Earl of Kent
Alone
Hannah
The Tom Machine
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
Narrator (English voice)
Run.
St. Peter
Hitting Town
Leonard Brazil (voice)
The Race for Everest
Narrator
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
Himself (Narrator)
Claim
Lex Vandenberg
Theban Plays: Antigone
Creon
Hamlet
Claudius
An Organization of Dreams
Father
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
Narrator (English Version)
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Duncan/Seyton/Old Man
England, My England
Samuel Pepys
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
Narrator
It's Called the Sugar Plum
Wally Zuckerman
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Narrator
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
Gossip from the Forest
Matthias Erzberger
The Gentleman Thief
Monty Sinclair
The Ha-Ha
Jamie
The Victim
Vincent Craig
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
Narrator
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
Narrator (English Version)
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
Narrator
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
Narrator (Voice)
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
Narrator
OXI, an Act of Resistance
Creon
Supermassive Black Holes
Narrator
Lion Queen
Narrator (voice)
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
Billy Palmer
Wild Women of Viramba
Narrator
Animals of the Ocean Desert
Narrator
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
Narrator - (Voice)
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
Narrator