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RIP David Warner

#1 Post by Vandal » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:08 pm

The veteran British actor David Warner has died aged 80. The BBC reported that Warner died from “a cancer-related illness” and that his family confirmed the news “with an overwhelmingly heavy heart”.

Warner’s varied career spanned cinema, stage, television and radio. He was regarded as the finest Hamlet of his generation on stage, then gravitated into cinema as a character actor, travelling from British 1960s cinema to the sci-fi universes of Tron, Doctor Who and Star Trek to James Cameron’s Titanic, in which he played the malicious enforcer Spicer Lovejoy.

In a statement to the BBC, Warner’s family said: “Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity … 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.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/j ... es-aged-80


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Re: RIP David Warner

#2 Post by silverscreenselect » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:50 pm

Two of the most memorable Warner roles for me were as Jack the Ripper in Time after Time and the simple-minded villager wrongfully accused of rape in Straw Dogs. Sam Peckinpah cleverly contrasted Warner with the considerably shorter Dustin Hoffman who protects him in the film's finale.
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#3 Post by kroxquo » Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:28 pm

My favorite of his roles was as the Evil Genius in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits. He was way over the top and looked like he was having a ball in the role.

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Re: RIP David Warner

#4 Post by earendel » Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:31 am

I think his role as Gul Madred in ST:TNG was one of his finest.
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