Star of Horror films like Titanic and The Omen, on Sunday, David Warner, an actor, passed away at Denville Hall, an assisted living facility for celebrities located in Northwood, United Kingdom. And at 80, he was in the throes of a terminal illness brought on by cancer. “Over the previous 18 months he approached his illness with a trademark elegance and dignity,” the actor’s family said to the BBC. The family continued their statement by saying: “His outstanding work has impacted the lives of countless people over the years, and he will be remembered by his loved ones and friends as a warm, giving, and compassionate man and father. It has shattered us.”
According to ‘Variety,’ Warner was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Reinhard Heydrich, a Nazi official and key architect of the Final Solution, in the groundbreaking 1978 miniseries Holocaust,’ and won for his role as the sadistic Roman political opportunist Pomponius Falco in the 1981 miniseries ‘Masada.’ In the 1985 TV movie “Hitler’s S.S.: Portrait in Evil,” he played Heydrich again.
Very sad to hear of David Warner’s passing, an actor with a huge legacy on stage & screen and unforgettable roles in; Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment, Straw Dogs, From Beyond The Grave, The Omen, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, Titanic and much more. He will be missed. pic.twitter.com/sBh4VVvEfH
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) July 25, 2022
Who was David Warner? (Wiki, Age, Bio)
Actor who “was wasted in the role of a thug-like butler” in James Cameron’s 1997 epic “Titanic,” despite being part of a vast cast. Aside from his role as a chimpanzee senator in Tim Roth’s 2001 remake of “Planet of the Apes,” he also appeared as a doctor in the 2005 comedy “Ladies in Lavender,” which starred Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
Warner has recently made appearances in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ (2018) and ‘You, Me and Him’ (2017) for Disney, as well as ‘Penny Dreadful’ (2014) for Showtime as ‘Dracula’ character Professor Abraham van Helsing.
Warner’s career peaked between the years 1975 and 1985, beginning with the film The Omen, in which he played Jennings, the photographer who creates photographs onto which the particular method of death for the victims shown is placed. His followers and associates from all across the world flooded Twitter with tributes.
In 1941, David Warner entered the world in Manchester. Due to the fact that his parents were never married, he split his time between their care and that of his maternal grandmother. Warner first settled in Hollywood in 1987 and stayed there for the next 15 years. He also had roles in Star Trek, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, and The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse, among many others, in addition to Titanic.
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