John Neville
Date of birth: 1925-05-02
Place of birth: Willesden, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Reginald Neville
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 with Alzheimer's disease in his latter years. He is survived by his wife, Caroline (née Hopper), and their six children. Above description from the Wikipedia article John Neville (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Fifth Element
1997-05-02
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the k
The X-Files
1998-06-19
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy eleme
The Road to Wellville
1994-10-28
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustl
Billy Budd
1962-11-12
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-a
Baby's Day Out
1994-07-01
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge
High School High
1996-10-25
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School.
Harvard Man
2001-08-01
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" pl
Little Women
1994-12-21
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their moth
Spider
2002-11-06
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the
Urban Legend
1998-09-25
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to
Dangerous Minds
1995-08-11
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving
The Statement
2003-12-12
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War I
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988-12-07
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfi
A Study in Terror
1965-10-01
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few d
Separate Lies
2005-09-16
Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.
Between Strangers
2002-08-30
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
Sunshine
1999-09-13
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Goodbye Lover
1999-04-16
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
Sabotage
1996-03-07
Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Q
Mr. Topaze
1961-04-04
Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fa
White Knuckles
2004-01-01
"White Knuckles" is acclaimed auteur Leo Scherman's first feature film. It's a darkly comic thriller
Time of the Wolf
2002-05-01
A boy is orphaned and his only surviving relatives, an ageing aunt and uncle, somewhat reluctantly,
Hollywood North
2004-01-12
The making of a serious, Canadian arthouse film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is f
Moving Malcolm
2003-01-01
Depressed after being dumped by his actress fiance', a man tries to win her back by agreeing to help
Johnny 2.0
1998-09-12
Awakening from a 15-year coma, scientist Johnny Dalton discovers that his life has been illusory and
Sea and Stars
2002-08-27
Life of an ordinary fisherman changes when a young mai-mai fish sees him and falls in love!... Set t
Oscar Wilde
1960-05-29
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman.
Unearthly Stranger
1963-09-12
A series of scientists working on a new techology to facilitate man's conquest of space are killed i
The Duke
1999-01-01
When his nephew tries to wrest control of his estate from him, the Duke of Dingwall removes the boy
Custody of the Heart
2000-08-28
Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the c
Swann
1997-03-01
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as s
Message for Posterity
1994-10-28
A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 19
Dinner at Fred's
1997-10-02
A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee's parents' hou
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1993-07-01
This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its
Trudeau
2002-03-31
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott T
The Song Spinner
1995-11-19
In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the qui
Paradise Restored
1974-11-08
A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and ou
Shaggy Dog
1968-11-10
A no-nonsense businessman, Mr. Wilkie, is interviewed for a position with a top-of-the-line hotel ch
H.C. Andersens sagor
1952-12-13
It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.
George's Room
1967-09-30
A man is interviewed by a young widow as a potential lodger, and learns some disturbing facts about
Stand by Your Screen
1968-12-08
A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.
The Adventures of Gerard
1970-07-03
Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard,
Water Damage
1999-07-30
One year after the drowning death of his young son, Paul Preedy (Daniel Baldwin) receives an invitat
Crime and Punishment
2002-06-01
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted
Control Factor
2003-01-18
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centeri
Regeneration
1997-08-27
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, alon
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992-09-25
A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by c
The Stork Derby
2002-01-08
The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would in
Dieppe
1993-12-30
A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian for
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008-04-08
This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with th
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001-10-30
The stellar drawing style of illustrator Grahan Wilson – world renowned cartoonist for the New Yorke
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988-09-20
Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
Gareth
1968-12-15
A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997-01-01
Thirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a vin
Time to Say Goodbye?
1997-09-01
A doctor suffering from Alzheimer's wishes to end his life, causing a severe rift in the family, wit
Hamlet {Solo}
2007-09-13
"Hamlet {Solo}" chronicles the six-year journey of actor Raoul Bhaneja as he mounts a one-man versio
Heart of a Dragon
1987-05-14
In an instant their lives were changed forever. Now on an adventure half way across the world, four
Riel
1979-04-11
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two sepera
The Tragic Story of Nling
2006-09-01
Forced to subsist on garbage and alcohol, outcasts August and Donkey nourish themselves with philoso