David Warner

Stage and screen actor hailed for his 1965 Hamlet at the RSC who went on to have a distinguished film and TV career.

Accepting a part in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1992), he said: “Now, at last, I can look my daughter’s friends in the face. He donned prosthetics for Tim Burton’s mediocre reboot of Planet of the Apes (2001), joined in with the silliness of The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) and had recurring roles as a retired police officer with Alzheimer’s in the powerful BBC series Conviction (2004) and as the father of the popular Swedish detective played by Kenneth Branagh in Wallander (2008-15). He also made his stage comeback in New York in Major Barbara, in 2001, and in London in The Feast of Snails the following year, as well as playing King Lear in Chichester in 2005. He worked with Peckinpah once more, on the second world war drama Cross of Iron (1977). By that time, Warner had retreated from the theatre after suffering stage fright in 1972 during productions of I, Claudius and David Hare’s The Great Exhibition; he would not return for another 30 years. He played Jack the Ripper in Time After Time (1979), Evil in Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981) and a computerised tyrant in Disney’s Tron (1982), for which he had only one stipulation for the studio: “There’s to be no doll of my character on the market. After playing Konstantin in Sidney Lumet’s film of The Seagull (1968), he starred in The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), the first of three movies for Sam Peckinpah. That year, Warner broke both his feet after falling from a balcony in Rome. The mysterious circumstances of the accident gave rise to rumours of drug use. Warner was then surprised by Hall’s invitation to play Hamlet. “I’m really a character actor, an old man actor,” he said, though he was only 24 at the time. I don’t want my child having a plastic baddie as a daddy.” A younger generation got the chance to boo him as a dastardly valet in the smash-hit Titanic (1997). He next landed the title role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment as a daydreamer descending into apparent insanity. “There was no theatrical tradition but plenty of histrionics,” he remarked of them. Fame and acclaim interested him not; it was said that he read all his reviews for Hamlet but kept only the bad ones. “David’s gentleness and passivity chimed absolutely with flower power and all that,” noted Hall. “He was wonderful.” It would be misleading to suggest that the actor David Warner, who has died aged 80, struggled to recapture the success he found early on in his career.

David Warner, a versatile British actor whose roles ranged from Shakespearean tragedies to sci-fi cult classics, has died. He was 80.

He later won an Emmy for his role as Roman politician Pomponius Falco in the 1981 TV miniseries “Masada.” Gregor Doran, the RSC’s artistic director emeritus, said Warner’s Hamlet, played as a tortured student, “seemed the epitome of 1960’s youth, and caught the radical spirit of a turbulent age.” Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Warner became a young star of the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing roles including King Henry VI and King Richard II. His 1965 performance in the title role of “Hamlet” for the company, directed by Peter Hall, was considered one of the finest of his generation.

British actor David Warner, whose work ranged from Shakespearean tragedies to sci-fi cult classics, has died aged 80. Often cast as a villain, ...

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Warner became a young star of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), playing roles including King Henry VI and King Richard II. He was often cast as a villain, playing roles in the psychological thriller Straw Dogs, horror classic The Omen and 1979 time-travel adventure Time After Time. - Warner was often cast as a villain, playing roles in thriller Straw Dogs and horror classic The Omen

Actor David Warner, who starred in films including Titanic, The Omen and the Star Trek franchise, has died...

Warner also had an extensive list of theatre credits, having been a part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he starred in productions of The Tempest, Julius Caesar and Henry VI. In later years he starred in films You, Me And Him and also featured in 2018's Mary Poppins Returns as retired naval officer Admiral Boom, who was portrayed by Reginald Owen in the original film. Born in Manchester in 1941 and educated in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Warner took his first steps into acting by enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Family of the beloved actor revealed “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart” that he died of a cancer-related illness on Monday. Jemma Carr - The Sun.

Family of the beloved actor revealed “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart” that he died of a cancer-related illness on Monday, The Sun reported. His family said in a statement: “It is with an overwhelmingly heavy heart that we share the news of the death of the actor David Warner (at the age of nearly 81), from a cancer-related illness, in the early hours of July 24 at Denville Hall. Family of the beloved actor revealed “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart” that he died of a cancer-related illness on Monday.

The actor was best remembered for his role in James Cameron's blockbuster 1997 film as Billy Zane's bodyguard.

Warner’s family remembered the 80-year-old in a separate statement saying, “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years,” they told The Sun. “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years,” his family told CNN. “I’ve done war pictures, I’ve done westerns, I’ve done sci-fi ... I mean, I wasn’t in Harry Potter, and I wasn’t in Lord Of The Rings, and I haven’t been in Game Of Thrones,” he said.

He seemed destined for a major stage career but by the early 1970s was focused on film and TV. His credits included “TRON,” “Titanic” and hundreds more.

He had recurring roles in the series “Twin Peaks” in 1991 and “Wallander” and “Ripper Street” in this century, among others. It is said to have included one of Mr. Dylan’s earliest performances of “Blowin’ in the Wind.” “You see, I’m not a man of the theater,” he told The Times in 2001. His résumé included moderately prestigious roles — he won an Emmy Award for his performance in the 1981 mini-series “Masada,” about the Roman Empire’s siege of the Masada citadel in Israel — but also a stint as a Klingon chancellor in the “Star Trek” franchise. Instead, while Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi and Mr. Holm had become towering figures of the theater, Mr. Warner by that time had become known for seemingly never encountering a film or TV role he wouldn’t take. Some 35 years later, Emily Young, who directed him in the 2003 drama “Kiss of Life,” said basically the opposite. He had stopped doing stage work, he said, in part because of anxiety about performing live. “It was the young people’s Hamlet. David’s gentleness and passivity jibed absolutely with flower power and all that. In his first full decade in film and TV, the 1970s, he gathered more than two dozen credits; in the 1990s, more than 80. The production ran in repertory for two years. One fan was Mark Gardner of The Sunday Mercury of Birmingham, England. “So getting the girl is something that has never happened to me.

The actor's family said he had been ill for 18 months and 'approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity'.

Warner’s family remembered the 80-year-old in a separate statement saying, “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years,” they told The Sun. “He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years,” his family told CNN. “I’ve done war pictures, I’ve done westerns, I’ve done sci-fi ... I mean, I wasn’t in Harry Potter, and I wasn’t in Lord Of The Rings, and I haven’t been in Game Of Thrones,” he said.

The veteran British actor had a star-making turn playing Hamlet on stage at 24 and racked up more than 200 credits, including an array of villainous roles.

To his family, he was a loving husband and father. His childhood was like “wading through glue and treacle,” Warner explained during one interview. The range of his roles was as broad as his list of credits.

Robert Jennings is the most relatable character in the film — and he suffers the most horrific demise.

"The Omen" is not that kind of movie, and its death sequences still pack a punch almost 50 years later. If there is one criticism of the Jennings character, it's more down to David Seltzer's screenplay, which makes him a bit Basil Exposition at times. He has found sinister lines on photos of the nanny that look eerily like a rope around her neck, and reveals that he also has skin in the game. Richard Donner obviously knew this was the money shot, and he sure makes the most of it, stretching the moment out over six shots from six different angles as Jennings' noggin is separated from his shoulders and sent spinning through the air. Next stop is Israel, where an archaeologist tells him how to do it: He must kill the child by placing seven ceremonial daggers in the shape of a crucifix. It hits a wall, sending a sheet of plate glass hurtling off the back, decapitating Jennings. We knew it was coming, but that doesn't prepare us for how horrible it is. Evidence stacks up that Damien really is the Antichrist and Thorn's natural son was murdered just after childbirth to make way for the evil sprog. Remarkably, for a couple with a husband in such a high-profile position, they don't see anything concerning about this and hire her on the spot. Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is in Rome, rushing to the hospital where wife Kathy (Lee Remick) is giving birth to their first child. Best of all, though, is David Warner as a photographer whose pictures predict the ghastly deaths of anyone who tries to interfere with Satan's plan. It follows Robert Thorn, an American diplomat who gradually comes to believe his adopted son is the Antichrist, playing fast and loose with the Book of Revelation to create an atmosphere of ancient evil and impending doom, complemented by some breathtakingly brutal freak death sequences that suggest everything is foretold. I couldn't stand the idea a new version, so I turned the idea down flat, socking it to 20th Century Fox by depriving them of my talents.

Actor David Warner passed away at 80, leaving a legacy of great roles. One of his most notable roles in gaming was as a villain in Baldur's Gate.

He was incredibly powerful and ambivalent to the suffering of those in his path. Irenicus was so popular that developer Beamdog added a younger version of the character in an expansion called "Siege of Dragonspear" which was added to the Enhanced Edition of the original "Baldur's Gate." There was a sternness about Warner that lent a sense of gravitas to any scene he was in.

According to Variety, Warner died of a cancer-related illness in London. “Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and ...

Also, Warner quite literally played the role of “Evil” in Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits.” My goodness, what a life and legacy.” … I wasn’t in ‘Harry Potter’ and I wasn’t in ‘Lord of the Rings,’” Warner told the AV Club in 2017.

David Warner, who sadly passed away earlier this week, is beloved for his villainous turns. From Time After Time to Time Bandits, from Tron to Batman:

Durbin’s the proud, furious performance Lemec makes Warner’s choices as Madred feel all the more cold, calculated, and chilling, and in turn that subdued sinister performance makes Lemec’s rage and arrogance all the more potent. It’s a fantastic performance in isolation, but what makes Gul Madred truly shine as a character is that he’s not the only Cardassian villain of the piece. “Chain of Command” sits as a two-parter in the middle of The Next Generation’s sixth season.

Warner starred in films including The Omen, Tron, and Titanic and television shows such as Doctor Who, Twin Peaks and Star Trek. He died from “a cancer-related ...

His portrayal of Jack the Ripper in Time After Time was magnificent. “His portrayal of Jack the Ripper in Time After Time was magnificent. Actor Malcolm McDowell, who starred alongside Warner in Time After Time, paid his respects on Twitter. “David was a unique actor, one of the very best of his generation,” McDowell wrote.

Peter Lalor, the chief cricket writer at The Australian, understands Warner has sought permission to play in the inaugural season of the United Arab Emirates ...

“If he rides off into the sunset and says, ‘Sorry Australian cricket, I’m going to become a gun for hire for my Indian franchise team in various tournaments’ you can’t question him on that, that’s his prerogative and he’s done everything he needs to get the profile and get that market value. “It’s getting a little bit dangerous the grip that it’s having to monopolise that ownership and the ownership of the players and their talents and where they can and can’t play. “They can’t force David Warner to play in the BBL, I understand that, but to let him then go off – or another player, let’s not single out Warner because there will be other players on the radar – it’s all part of this global dominance that these IPL franchises are starting to create given they own a number of teams in the Caribbean Premier League. They own all six teams I believe in the new South African tournament that’s coming up, which will be locking horns for commercial space and airtime with the Big Bash.