RIP David Warner

[redsquirrel]

The wonderful David Warner has passed on

Bit of mad career some great film (Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron) and theatre performances, then his mid period which involved (bad) fantasy films, cult TV series etc. Then his most recent work, a lot of which has been very decent or even better. Even when he was doing drek he brought something to the product.

Some nice pics here.

 

[DotCommunist]

Time Bandits is not a bad fantasy film

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Aw
Love him
RIP

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Always improved whatever he was in. Great actor.

 

[ginger_syn]

R.I.P , will always think of him whenever I hear Vienna by Ultravox.

 

[marty21]

Sad news , met him once when I showed him a flat in Dolphin Square , he was charming . RIP.

 

[redsquirrel]

Time Bandits is not a bad fantasy film

No I was thinking more of Beastmaster III or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

 

[editor]

He was a great actor. RIP.

 

[May Kasahara]

Noooooooooo I loved him so much

 

[Chilli.s]

RIP...
always good, Wallanders dad performance was great

 

[krtek a houby]

Loved for The Ballad of Cable Hogue and Time Bandits

 

[Ax^]

RIP fella great actor in anything he appear in


how many lights do you see...?

 

[Epona]

Oh god, he was someone who was in pretty much everything

RIP

 

[strung out]

He never did find out how many lights there were

 

[kittyP]

Oh no he was a brilliant actor.
RIP

 

[May Kasahara]

Time Bandits on Film 4+1 now

 

[Lurdan]

I think his was my favourite death scene in The Omen.

Spoiler

 

[Epona]

Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate II (for any aging gamers out there).

 

[Spymaster]

I saw the title and thought the dickhead cricketer had died.

 

[Ax^]

Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate II (for any aging gamers out there).

just found that out

character actors don't received the merit of their achievements...

 

[May Kasahara]

 

[Ming]

Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate II (for any aging gamers out there).

Didn’t know that (I’m a huge D&D head).

 

[donkyboy]

He never did find out how many lights there were

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didn't realise that was him.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

one of my favourite actors, always a pleasure when he turned up in a film

 

[Ax^]

didn't realise that was him.

2 movies and in one episode of TNG

 

[killer b]

this clip is wonderful. reminds one of discussions here.

 

[redsquirrel]

BFI have done a typically good orbit

One of the drawbacks of having 228 screen credits is that a short obituary can’t hope to do justice to the scale and scope of the achievement. And that’s before mention has been made of any theatrical triumphs. David Warner, who has died at the age of 80, produced memorable performances on stage, television and film. Self-effacingly, he called himself “a letterbox actor”, because he did whatever script landed on his doormat. But he improved everything he was in, from Shakespeare to schlockers.

The fact that latter-day credits include Planet of the Apes (2001), Ladies in Lavender (2004), The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018) says much about Warner’s penchant for unpredictability. He also reconquered the stage and scored small-screen hits like Conviction (2004). Yet, he was most pleased by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), as it meant he could look his daughter’s friends in the face.

Conviction is definitely one of his best later works