John Shrapnel

Acting

Born April 27, 1942 — Died February 14, 2020

From Birmingham, England, UK

Also known as John Morley Shrapnel

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 Sur...

Filmography

Hamlet Within

2022

King Charles III

Archbishop of Canterbury

20176.4

Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story

Narrator (Voice)

20177.0

—

The Return of the Flying Scotsman

Narrator - (Voice)

2016

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

Camilo

20157.7

Hamlet

Claudius/Ghost

20158.2

—

OXI, an Act of Resistance

Creon

2014

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

Narrator

2014

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Duncan/Seyton/Old Man

20137.0

Run.

St. Peter

2013

The Awakening

Reverend Hugh Purslow

20116.4

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

Théramène

20097.8

An Organization of Dreams

Father

2009

The Duchess

General Grey

20087.0

Mirrors

Lorenzo Sapelli

20086.3

Chemical Wedding

Crowley

20084.2

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

Himself (Narrator)

20076.8

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Lord Howard

20076.7

Once Upon a Time on the Westway

Billy Palmer

2007

Alien Autopsy

Michael Kuhn

20065.7

Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic

Narrator (English Version)

2005

Shadow of the Sword

Archbishop

20055.8

Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

Narrator

2004

Troy

Nestor

20047.2

Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt

Narrator

200410.0

Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome

Narrator

2004

The Race for Everest

Narrator

200310.0

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Wild Women of Viramba

Narrator

2003

Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty

Narrator (English Version)

2002

Whistle

Paul

20026.3

K-19: The Widowmaker

Admiral Bratyeev

20026.6

Claim

Lex Vandenberg

20025.1

Alone

Hannah

20025.1

The Gentleman Thief

Monty Sinclair

2001

Animals of the Ocean Desert

Narrator

2001

Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2

Narrator

20017.5

The Body

Moshe Cohen

20015.5

Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes

Narrator

20008.0

Gladiator

Gaius

20008.2

Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine

Self - Narrator

2000

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Simon

19994.1

Notting Hill

PR Chief

19997.3

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

General Charette

19997.2

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Iwaszkiewicz

199910.0

Lion Queen

Narrator (voice)

19989.0

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

Narrator (English voice)

1997

101 Dalmatians

Skinner

19965.9

Two Deaths

Cinca

19965.6

King Arthur: His Life and Legends

19958.5

England, My England

Samuel Pepys

19956.5

Fatherland

General Globus

19946.2

Selling Hitler

Gerd Schulte-Hillen

19938.0

Hamlet

Claudius

1992

—

SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

Narrator

19924.0

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

BKA Police Chief

19907.0

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Psychiatrist

19896.3

Testimony

Andre Zhdanov

19885.6

Partition

General Flood

19875.5

Personal Services

Lionel

19876.1

Theban Plays: Antigone

Creon

19869.0

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Creon

19868.0

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Creon

19864.5

The Burston Rebellion

Rev. Charles Tucker Eland

19858.0

—

Poppyland

George Sims

19857.0

King Lear

Earl of Kent

19826.5

Troilus & Cressida

Hector

19818.0

Timon of Athens

Alcibiades

The Tom Machine

The Victim

Vincent Craig

19807.0

Gossip from the Forest

Matthias Erzberger

19797.0

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Maj. Alexander Hardinge

197810.0

Flayed

Robert

1978

—

The Three Hostages

Gaudian

1977

Professional Foul

McKendrick

19777.5

—

Hitting Town

Leonard Brazil (voice)

1976

Hennessy

Tipaldi

19755.1

King Lear

Duke of Cornwall

197510.0

Pope Joan

Father James

19726.1

Nicholas and Alexandra

Petya

19717.0

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It's Called the Sugar Plum

Wally Zuckerman

1969

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The Ha-Ha

Jamie

1969