Peter McEnery, born in 1940 in Walsall, Staffordshire, is an English actor whose work spans several decades. He is notable for his role in Victim (1961), where he portrays Barrett, a young man ensnared in a web of blackmail, reflecting the era's social tensions. McEnery also captivates audiences in Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970), showcasing his ability to navigate complex characters. His performances in Beat Girl (1960), Tales That Witness Madness (1973), and Footprints (1975) further solidify his contribution to the landscape of cult and exploitation cinema.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Kath Kemp, a fat and "fortyish" spinster, discovers Mr. Sloane, a svelte blonde youth, sunbathing on a tombstone. She invites Sloane to lodge at her home, where he meets doddering Dadda Kemp and Kath's homosexual brother, Ed. Attracted by the youth's trim physique, middle-aged sports enthusiast Ed engages Sloane as his chauffeur and buys him an appropriate uniform, all of leather. Equally enamored, Kath seduces Sloane and is impregnated. Breaking 20 years' silence Dadda informs Ed of Sloane's perfidy and announces that the young man is the fugitive murderer of Kemp's former employer. When Sloane and Kemp are left alone, the drifter kicks the old man to death. Dadda is laid in state on the kitchen table, and the siblings agree to represent the death as accidental, on the condition that Sloane marry both. Tearing the Bible from Dadda's hand, Ed performs the service uniting Sloane and sister, and Kath reciprocates by marrying Sloane and Ed.
