John Neville

John Neville was a United Kingdom Theatre and film actor, popular in the 1950s but enjoying a resurgence in the 1980s as a result of his starring role in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

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United Kingdom - Theatre - 1950 - 1980 - Terry Gilliam - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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Neville was born on May 2, 1925 in London, and started his career as a member of Trent Players. He was cast as Baron Munchausen by Gilliam when in his mid-sixties, as Gilliam thought he brought the necessary ambience to the role and could be aged or made younger with clever make-up. In the film, Neville plays the character at three different stages of his life; in his thirties, his fifties, and his seventies.

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May 2 - 1925 - London - Trent Players - Baron Munchausen

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