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1917-08-06 · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Male

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Reginald Edward Oliphant Jewesbury (6 August 1917 – 31 March 2001) was a British actor, most notable for his film, stage and television work, and as a member of the Renaissance Theatre Company. In 1982, he appeared with The Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and in Cyrano de Bergerac, the latter two of which he brought to Broadway in 1984, together with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sinéad Cusack. In his later years he appeared in television comedies such as Yes Minister and Blackadder II.

In 1995, Edward Jewesbury appeared in Richard III as King Henry VI of England.

Partial filmography

John Wesley (1954) – James Hutton

Out of the Clouds (1955) – Captain Brent's Flight Engineer (uncredited)

The Winter's Tale (1967) – Shepherd / Gaoler

Sacco e Vanzetti (1971) – Alvan T. Fuller

Little Dorrit (1987) – Magnate from the Lords

We Think the World of You (1988) – Judge

Henry V (1989) – Sir Thomas Erpingham

Peter's Friends (1992) – Mr. Gooch, Peter's Solicitor

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) – Sexton

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) – City Official

Richard III (1995) – King Henry

The Grotesque (1995) – Sir Edward Tome

In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) – Nina's Father

Preaching to the Perverted (1997) – Judge Yell

Mrs Dalloway (1997) – Professor Brierly

Beautiful People (1999) – Joseph Thornton

The 10th Kingdom (2000) – Old Retainer

Undertaker's Paradise (2000)

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) – Vildan Vildir

Edward Jewesbury at the Internet Broadway Database