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John Shrapnel

Acting

Born April 27, 1942 · Birmingham, England, UK

Died February 14, 2020

Also known as John Morley Shrapnel

Biography

John Morley Shrapnel was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. One of his well-known roles was Mr Skinner in the 1996 live-action film 101 Dalmatians.

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Filmography40 titles

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

1999as Iwaszkiewicz

The Lions Rule

2017as Narrator (voice)

I Am Not an Animal

2004as Narrator (voice)

Hamlet

2015as Claudius/Ghost

Gladiator

2000as Gaius

Foyle's War

2002as Raymond Brooks

Merlin

2008as The Sarrum

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

2006as Pompey

The 10th Kingdom

2000as Governor of Prison

Jonathan Creek

1997as Prof. Lance Graumann

Midsomer Murders

1997as Max Jennings

Elizabeth R

1971as Earl of Sussex

Natural World

1983as Narrator

New Tricks

2004as DAC John Felsham

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2001as Sergent Mike McCaffrey

Notting Hill

1999as PR Chief

Kavanagh QC

1995as Mr. Justice Griffin

Apparitions

2008as Cardinal Bukovak

Troy

2004as Nestor

Waking the Dead

2001as John Christie

Space: 1999

1975as Jack Tanner

The Duchess

2008as General Grey

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971as Petya

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007as Lord Howard

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002as Admiral Bratyeev

The Awakening

2011as Reverend Hugh Purslow

Mirrors

2008as Lorenzo Sapelli

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989as Psychiatrist

Personal Services

1987as Lionel

Wycliffe

1993as Dr. Sam Malvern

101 Dalmatians

1996as Skinner

Shadow of the Sword

2005as Archbishop

Alien Autopsy

2006as Michael Kuhn

The Body

2001as Moshe Cohen

Hennessy

1975as Tipaldi

Mary, Mother of Jesus

1999as Simon

Hamlet Within

2022

Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

2014as Narrator

The Gentleman Thief

2001as Monty Sinclair

Hamlet

1992as Claudius