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John Neville

1925 - 2011

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John Reginald Neville (2 May 1925 – 19 November 2011) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than sixty years. He was renowned for his roles on both stage and screen in genres ranging from classical theatre to fantasy and science fiction. Neville was one of the young leading lights of the British theatre in the early 1950s, with he and contemporary and friend Richard Burton honing their crafts at The Old Vic, where over the course of five years they worked their way through the Shakespearean canon. Based on their performance styles and physicality, it was commented at the time that Burton was seen as the successor to Laurence Olivier, whereas Neville was seen as the natural successor to John Gielgud. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Neville is the 3,075th most popular actor (up from 3,174th in 2019), the 2,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,663rd in 2019) and the 386th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, John Neville ranks 3,075 out of 13,578. Before her are John Kricfalusi, Jackie Earle Haley, George Burns, Sam Wanamaker, Edward Furlong, and Chester Conklin. After her are Connie Britton, Angelo Beolco, Madeline Kahn, Estelle Harris, Tab Hunter, and Christian Marin.

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Among people born in 1925, John Neville ranks 243. Before her are Arne Åhman, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Wojciech Has, Jonathan Winters, Doris Roberts, and Charles Mackerras. After her are Ernst Jandl, Roy Haynes, Rubem Fonseca, Mohammed Mzali, Yuli Daniel, and Jeanne Crain. Among people deceased in 2011, John Neville ranks 203. Before her are Inge Sørensen, Yevhen Rudakov, Sam Rivers, Jeff Conaway, Alfonso Cano, and Peter Alexander. After her are Ricky Hui, Erhard Loretan, Loriot, Vang Pao, Arnošt Lustig, and Neil Young.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Neville ranks 2,881 out of 8,785. Before her are Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Mick Ronson (1946), Pat Jennings (1945), Alma Reville (1899), Mark Jones (1933), and Ernest Mason Satow (1843). After her are Sydney Chapman (1888), Arthur Brown (1942), Tony Brise (1952), Edward Coke (1552), Denny Laine (1944), and Amy Robsart (1532).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Neville ranks 386. Before her are Maurice Evans (1901), Kevin McNally (1956), Lily Collins (1989), Patrick Troughton (1920), Hayley Atwell (1982), and Joely Richardson (1965). After her are Charlie Hunnam (1980), Harriet Walter (1950), Jon Finch (1942), Naomie Harris (1976), John Shrapnel (1942), and Mark Addy (1964).

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