Edward Jewesbury

Reginald Edward Oliphant Jewesbury (6 August 1917 – 31 March 2001) was an English actor, 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 Derek Jacobi and Sinéad Cusack. In his later years he appeared in such television comedies as Yes Minister and Blackadder II.

In 1995 he 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