David Warner Dies: Veteran British Actor And ‘Titanic’ Star Was 80

Deadline ^ | 7/25/22

[ScottinVA]

Yep.. he played the ironically named henchman “Lovejoy” in “Titanic.”

RIP

[Fiji Hill]

I saw him very early in his career when he played the lead in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford on Avon, England, on June 20, 1966.

[Sans-Culotte]

Many great performances. I really liked one of his early ones - King Henry VI in the Royal Shakespeare production of The Wars of the Roses (based on Shakespeare's Henry VI parts 1-3 and Richard III). Another favorite was as the poet Wordsworth in Ken Russell's film about the lake poets - Clouds of Glory. I loved hearing Warner read some of Wordsworth's lines. He was also very eloquent in Sam Peckinpah's The Ballad of Cable Hogue. He was great in pretty much every role he played.

[lone star annie]

He played Heydrich in two miniseries. Great job in both. RIP

[john drake]

Yep. And a sarcastic German officer on the Eastern Front in “Cross of Iron”.

[Drew68]

That was my introduction to him. That was my favorite movie for such a long time. What a great actor!

Same here. That might be worth a re-watch. It’s seen decades since I’ve seen it.

[larrytown]

Almost five seconds, and still too much Celine Dion.

[Drew68]

He was the star of the YouTube classic “The Titanic in 5 Seconds”

Funny, but that was Jonathan Hyde.

[PLMerite]

[Yep. And a sarcastic German officer on the Eastern Front in “Cross of Iron”.]

Okay, now I’ve got a handle on him. Great actor. Effortless bad guy.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad to hear. One of the acting giants who always raised the material he worked with. RIP.

[dfwgator]

He really captured Heydrich’s essence in Holocaust. He was more of an opportunist, who really didn’t believe the racial theories (of course some suggested he had Jewish blood), but saw it as politically expediant. While I thought the mini-series was a mixed-bag, Warner’s performance stood out.

[abb]

This is where I remember him from. Played the part to the hilt.

https://hornblower.fandom.com/wiki/David_Warner

[RandallFlagg]

No one mentioned his classic role as Jennings From The Omen?
Got his head lopped off by a sheet of glass in front of Gregory Peck.

[dfwgator]

Almost five seconds, and still too much Celine Dion.

True.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

He was in TWO Titanic movies. S.O.S. Titanic and TITANIC.

[Spok]

I liked The Ballad of Cable Hogue.

[DFG]

Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI.

[Karoo]

Oh yeah...that’s where I remember him. Thx

[RandallFlagg]

Warner’s characters always seemed to die in the most horrible ways.
Turned to stone in Time Bandits.
Decapitated in The Omen.
Phasered in the chest in Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country.
Stack dropped on his face in Titanic.
Sliced through his head by an identity disk, then de-powered in Tron.

But I think the most terrifying death was in Time After Time.

About to escape in the time machine, and Herbert pulls the regulator. Causing the occupant to travel through time, uncontrolled, without the machine.

Oblivion forever.

[dfwgator]

Warner’s characters always seemed to die in the most horrible ways.

Sean Bean says, "Hold my beer!"