Background
Boswall was born John Stuart on 2 May 1920 in Oxfordshire, England.
Boswall was born John Stuart on 2 May 1920 in Oxfordshire, England.
Prior to his career as an actor, he attended Oxford University and served in Burma during World World War World War II
Boswall"s television appearances included Paul Temple (1971), Wessex Tales (1973), Edward the Seventh (1975), The Onedin Lincolnshire (1976), Love in a Cold Climate (1980), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982), Sapphire & Steel (1982), Number Place Like Home (1986), EastEnders (1990), Selling Hitler (1991), Agatha Christie"s Poirot (1991), Drop the Dead Donkey (1993), Lovejoy (1993), Poldark (1996), Doctors (2000), Rome (television series) (2005) and Terry Pratchett"s Hogfather (2006). Stage appearances included Edward Bond"s The Fool at the Royal Court Theatre (1975), Sweeney Todd at the Little Theatre, Bristol (1978-1979). Oh, What A Lovely War!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1979-1980), and Kiss Maine, Kate (1980-1981) at the Bristol Old Victoria
Henry IV, Participant I (1984-1985) at the Theatre Royal, Bath.
Doctor Faustus (1974), Cymbeline (1974) and Camille (1985-1986) with the Royal Shakespeare Company. And Moliere"s Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1992) at the Royal National Theatre.
His films included Nineteen Eighty-Four as Emmanuel Goldstein (1984), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), The Wind in the Willows (1996), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1996), Hotel Splendide (2000), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manitoba"s Chest (2006) and Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009). He died on 6 June 2011 at the age of 91, in South Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England.