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I always loved his work and he was very gracious and pleasant in person


via the Guradian:
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.”
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A great loss, indeed.

He was a totally believable Jack the Ripper in Time After Time

And he was equally effective in a duel role as both an unscrupulous corporate executive and an equally unscrupulous computer program in Tron — which happens to be All Sci-Fi's Saturday Live Chat (<— link) feature on July 30th.

He was also an admiral with a commanding presence in the sci-fi film Wing Commander.

He had a distinct voice that was a joy to hear.

We'll miss him.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)