John Shrapnel
Known for: Acting
Born: April 27, 1942
Died: February 14, 2020
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.…
Known for
Wild Women of Viramba
2003
Animals of the Ocean Desert
2001
Britain's Nuclear Bomb - The Inside Story
2017
The Return of the Flying Scotsman
2016
Seven Wonders of Ancient Egypt
2004
Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes
2000
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies
2007
Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
2004
Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
2004
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
2001
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
2014
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
1992
Run.
2013
The Victim
1980
Lion Queen
1998
Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine
2000
Hamlet Within
2022
Alone
2002
Chemical Wedding
2008
Claim
2002
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic
2005
Professional Foul
1977
Hamlet
2015
The Race for Everest
2003
It's Called the Sugar Plum
1969
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
King Arthur: His Life and Legends
1995
The Burston Rebellion
1985
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999
The Gentleman Thief
2001
Hamlet
1992
The Body
2001
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
Gossip from the Forest
1979
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
Whistle
2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
Hitting Town
1976
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
Partition
1987
King Lear
1982
Poppyland
1985
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
2009
Flayed
1978
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
The Ha-Ha
1969
The Tom Machine
1980
Fatherland
1994
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
The Awakening
2011
England, My England
1995
Testimony
1988
101 Dalmatians
1996
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
The Duchess
2008
Gladiator
2000
An Organization of Dreams
2009
The Three Hostages
1977
Two Deaths
1996
Mirrors
2008
Once Upon a Time on the Westway
2007
Alien Autopsy
2006
Selling Hitler
1993
King Lear
1975
Timon of Athens
1981
Hennessy
1975
King Charles III
2017
Shadow of the Sword
2005
Personal Services
1987
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986
Notting Hill
1999
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
1986
Troy
2004
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
Troilus & Cressida
1981
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
1990
Pope Joan
1972
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
I Am Not an Animal
2004
Elizabeth R
1971
Apparitions
2008
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
Bodyguards
1997
Natural World
1983
Predators Killing for a Living
1997
Between the Lines
1992
New Tricks
2004
Waking the Dead
2001
About Face
1989
G.B.H.
1991
Jonathan Creek
1997
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Midsomer Murders
1997
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Justice
1971
The 10th Kingdom
2000
Invasion: Earth
1998
Centrepoint
1990
The Woman in White
1982
Wycliffe
1994
Space: 1999
1975
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Armchair Thriller
1978
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Merlin
2008
The Lions Rule
2017
Omnibus
1967
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
Foyle's War
2002
True Tilda
1997
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Chief
1990
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
Vanity Fair
1987
Private Schulz
1981
Screen Two
1985
Good Girl
1974
For the Greater Good
1991
Blackeyes
1989
ITV Playhouse
1967
Plays for Britain
1976
Selling Hitler
1991
Coogan's Run
1995
Screenplay
1979