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.”
Thanks. I was just going look that up. I believe he played Wallenders father (Kenneth Branagh) he was good in that also.
He enjoyed playing surreal roles. He stole the show playing “The Evil Genius” in Time Bandits. And he did lot of voice acting for fantasy/science fiction children’s TV shows.
He was excellent as Captain James Sawyer, a mentally ill, despotic and unstable ship’s captain in the A&E Horatio Hornblower series.
A wonderful actor. R.I.P.
He played some really nasty Nazis in his career.
Can’t remember if he was in any of the Sharpe episodes, but he should have been.
Think it means the treatments killed him.
“Checkmate, H.G. ...”
“Also played Jack the Ripper in Time After Time”
I absolutely loved that movie! And I really hate time travel movies most of the time.
One of those versatile great British character actors.
First time I saw David Warner, it was his brutal decapitation scene in “The Omen”.
Sorry to learn of this. Good actor who appeared in many films and TV shows I’ve enjoyed. Rest in Peace.
At least her heart will go on.
I remember that movie. It’s rarely rerun, even on streaming.
Great flick.
RIP. Enjoyed Time after Time, The Omen and A Christmas Carol, among others.
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