Peter McEnery (b.
21 February 1940,
Walsall,
England,
UK) is an English stage and film actor. His daughter
Kate, by his first marriage to British actress
Julie Peasgood, is an
actress.
He reportedly gave
Hayley Mills her first kiss while filming
The Moon-Spinners. As an actor for the
Royal Shakespeare Company, he acted the title role in Ron Daniel's 1979 production of
Pericles, Prince of Tyre at
The Other Place. In 1981 he played
Oberon in the
BBC Television Shakespeare production of
A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Peter McEnery played Edwin Clayhanger in the television dramatisation of the novels by
Arnold Bennett. He played the part to perfection with outstanding support from
Janet Suzman,
Harry Andrews and
Clive Swift. His first wife, Julie Peasgood, played Ada in this production, a maid in the Clayhanger household.