Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI.
Posted on 07/25/2022 7:52:42 AM PDT by Borges
David Warner, the veteran British actor, and star of Hollywood hits such as Titanic and The Omen, has died aged 80.
Warner died on Sunday at Denville Hall, a care home for members of the entertainment industry from “a cancer-related illness,” the BBC first reported. The actor’s family confirmed the news “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart” in a statement to the outlet.
Born in Manchester, England, in July 1941, Warner studied at the prestigious British drama school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and first won acclaim for his titular role opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the 1966 British film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
In 1981, Warner, whose varied career spanned cinema, theater, and television, won a Supporting Actor Emmy for his performance as a Roman senator in the ABC miniseries Masada.
Warner’s big screen credits include the popular 1970s horror flick The Omen – he played a reporter who runs afoul of the devil and, in a memorable scene, is beheaded by a sheet of glass – and James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic, in which he played Spicer Lovejoy, Billy Zane’s mischievous enforcer.
Other film credits include Tron (1982), Time Bandits (1981), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), and The Man with Two Brains (1983) as well as such TV series as Penny Dreadful, Ripper Street, Doctor Who and Twin Peaks. He portrayed Bob Cratchit in the George C Scott TV adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1984).
His most recent credits include Disney’s 2018 remake Mary Poppins Return. Warner also starred in several Star Trek productions.
Warner is survived by his partner Lisa Bowerman, son Luke, daughter-in-law Sarah, and his first wife Harriet.
“Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,” the statement read.
“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. We are heartbroken.”
Yep.. he played the ironically named henchman “Lovejoy” in “Titanic.”
RIP
He played Heydrich in two miniseries. Great job in both. RIP
Yep. And a sarcastic German officer on the Eastern Front in “Cross of Iron”.
Same here. That might be worth a re-watch. It’s seen decades since I’ve seen it.
Almost five seconds, and still too much Celine Dion.
Funny, but that was Jonathan Hyde.
[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.
Sad to hear. One of the acting giants who always raised the material he worked with. RIP.
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.
This is where I remember him from. Played the part to the hilt.
https://hornblower.fandom.com/wiki/David_Warner
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.
True.
He was in TWO Titanic movies. S.O.S. Titanic and TITANIC.
I liked The Ballad of Cable Hogue.
Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI.
Oh yeah...that’s where I remember him. Thx
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.
Sean Bean says, "Hold my beer!"
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