He only saw his mother again on her deathbed. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. We are heartbroken.Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on Jin Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner.
He will be missed hugely by us, his 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. “Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,” his family said in a statement given to the BBC. Warner died Sunday from a cancer-related illness at Denville Hall, a care home for those who have worked in entertainment.
Titanic’ and then in the slightly better known 1997 James Cameron movie, in which he played Spicer Lovejoy, sneery right-hand-man and fixer for Billy Zane’s Caledon Hockley.
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He had two screen trips on the ill-fated RMS Titanic, first in 1970 TV movie ‘ S.O.S. John Talbot in ‘ Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in ‘ Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ and, most memorably on the small screen, as the strict Cardassian torturer Gul Madred in the two-part ‘Chain Of Command’ from ‘ Star Trek: The Next Generation’. ‘ Star Trek’ fans, on the other hand, know him for several different roles: that of drunken Federation official St. ‘ Time Bandits’ fans know him as the villain simply called Evil and chewing the scenery with fitting aplomb. Wells ( Malcolm McDowell) who turns out to be Jack the Ripper.ĭavid Warner as Spicer Lovejoy in 1997's 'Titanic.'įor 1982’s ‘ Tron’, he played several linked roles: villainous business executive Ed Dillinger, the voice of the Master Control Program and Sark, the leader of the MCP’s Army. In 1979’s ‘ Time after Time’, he was the threat, playing a friend of H.G. That launched a healthy career on the big screen, with credits in an incredible mix of movies including ‘ Nightwing’, ‘ Straw Dogs’, ‘ The Ballad of Cable Hogue’, ‘ Cross of Iron’, ‘ The Man with Two Brains’, ‘ Waxwork’, ‘ In the Mouth of Madness’, ‘ Scream 2’, and his final work on the big screen, ‘ Mary Poppins Returns’, in which he plays Admiral Boom.Ī chameleon throughout his career, Warner was equally at home bringing nuance to uptight officials, cackling villains and, in 1976's original ‘The Omen’, a photojournalist whose investigation leads to an iconic encounter with a deadly pane of glass. Following that, he began a long, fruitful theatre career at the Royal Court in 1962, rising up the ranks in Shakespearian productions before he was recruited the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1963.įilm and TV work also beckoned, and Warner made his movie debut in 1963’s ‘ Tom Jones’, which starred Albert Finney.
Yet thanks to a teacher who mentored him and sparked a passion for performance, he scored a place at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His parents’ separation didn’t help either, and Warner came close to a life of crime. Warner died this weekend aged 80.īorn in Manchester in 1941, his upbringing was turbulent, torn between different towns and schools as his father moved between jobs. David Warner as John Leslie Stevenson/Jack the Ripper in 1979's 'Time After Time.'ĭavid Warner might have been known for creating memorable movie villains, but the talented, humble British actor proved in a long and varied career that he could do so much more.
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