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Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his mother again on her deathbed. As an only child from a dysfunctional family, young David excelled neither at academia nor at athletics. He attended eight schools and "failed his exams at all of them." After a series of odd jobs, he was accepted against all odds at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
When he first took up acting, it was not with the notion of a prospective career, but rather to escape (in his own words) 'a messy childhood.' Warner received some early mentoring from one of his teachers, and made his theatrical debut in 1962 at the Royal Court Theatre as Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Tony Richardson. A year later, he became the youngest-ever actor to play Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Comedy may not have been his forte as much as the likes of Falstaff, Lysander and (on several occasions) Henry VI. Eventually becoming disaffected with the theatre (and plagued for some years by stage fright), Warner found himself better served by the celluloid medium. His first big break came on the strength of his small part in A Midsummer Night's Dream, courtesy of Tony Richardson who cast him in his bawdy period romp Tom Jones (1963) as the mendacious, pimple-faced antagonist Blifil, who vied with Albert Finney for the affections of Susannah York. A proper starring turn on the big screen followed in due course with the title role in Morgan! (1966), Warner playing a deranged artist with Marxist leanings who goes to absurd lengths to reclaim his ex-wife (played by Vanessa Redgrave), including blowing up his mother-in-law. In yet another off-beat satire, Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968), Warner played a corporate drop-out who grows psychedelic mushrooms in an automated world of the future. Combined with his two-year stint as Hamlet with the RSC, Warner became a star at age 24.
By the 1970s, he had become one of Britain's most sought-after character actors and went on to enjoy an illustrious and prolific career on both sides of the Atlantic, throughout which he rarely spurned a role offered him. Tall and somewhat ungainly in appearance, Warner excelled at troubled, introspective loners, outcasts and mavericks or downright sinister individuals. The latter have included SS General Reinhardt Heydrich in Holocaust (1978), Jack the Ripper in Time After Time (1979), Picard's sadistic Cardassian torturer Gul Madred in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), the villainous ex-Pinkerton man Spicer Lovejoy in Titanic (1997) and the evil geniuses of Time Bandits (1981) (a role turned down by Jonathan Pryce) and Tron (1982). He also essayed the creature to Robert Powell 's Frankenstein (1984).
Less eccentric roles saw him as the doomed photojournalist who literally loses his head in The Omen (1976) (Warner later described the experience of working alongside Gregory Peck as a career highlight), the sympathetic, but equally ill-fated Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and the sad, likeable fantasist Aldous Gajic, searching for the Grail in Babylon 5 (1993). Warner also appeared in a trio of films for which he was handpicked by the director Sam Peckinpah. Best of these is arguably the comedy western The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), with Warner well cast as the roving-eyed, itinerant Reverend Joshua Duncan Sloane. Warner won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his performance as the Roman Senator Pomponius Falco in the miniseries Masada (1981). Following a three-decade long absence, Warner returned to the stage in 2001 for the role of Andrew Undershaft in Shaw's Major Barbara. In 2004, he played the title role in King Lear at the Chichester Theatre Festival in England. More recently, he appeared on TV as Professor Abraham Van Helsing in Penny Dreadful (2014), as Rabbi Max Steiner in Ripper Street (2012) and as Kenneth Branagh's ailing father in Wallander (2008).
A riveting screen presence, the ever-versatile and charismatic David Warner passed away aged 80 from cancer at Denville Hall, an entertainment industry care home, in Northwood, London, on 24 July 2022.- Carla Cassola (born 15 December 1947) is an Italian actress, voice actress and composer. Born in Taormina, Messina, before starting her acting career Cassola studied singing, piano and guitar. Active on stage, in films and on television, she taught acting in various institutions, including the Centre universitaire in Nancy. Cassola is also a voice actress and a dubber, and she won a Silver Ribbon for the dubbing of Tilda Swinton in Orlando (1992). She is also a composer of Incidental music for stage works.
- Vitautas Tomkus was borne on 29 June, 1940, in Radviliskis (Lithuania). After learning in the actor's department of Lithuanian conservatory he makes a debut in the theater, and then in the cinema. For his career he played in the theaters Vilnius, Kaunas, Shyaulyay. In the cinema the first extensive work took place in the film "Nikto ne khotel umirat" (1966). Besides Lithuania he worked at the motion picture studios of Russia, Belorussia, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Armenia. Among the roles: Mertvyi sezon (1968); Povorot (1969); Byt lishnim (1976); Eralashnyi reis (1977); Sumka inkassatora (1977); Rally (1979); Ranenaya tishina (1979); Tri dnya na razmyshlenie (1980, TV); Belyi tanets (1981); Ynost geniya (1982); Vorobei na ldu (1983); Gonka veka (1986); Gosudarstvennaya granitsa, film seventh (1988, TV); S.E.R. (1989); Putniki zemli (1992).
- Ed Dyer was an actor, known for Janked (2011), XKWX (2016) and Faded Dreams (2007). He died on 24 July 2022 in the USA.
- Ann Buckles was born on 14 January 1928 in Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for The Crowning Experience (1960), Kraft Theatre (1947) and A Woman Named Jackie (1991). She was married to Raymond E. Orteig III and Paul Hartman. She died on 24 July 2022 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
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David F. Siegel was born on 15 November 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), Blood Car (2007) and Pastor Brown (2009). He died on 24 July 2022 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.- Bob Heathcote was an actor, known for Suicidal Tendencies: How Will I Laugh Tomorrow, Version 1 (1988) and Suicidal Tendencies: Trip at the Brain (1988). He died on 24 July 2022 in the USA.
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Franco Zucca was born on 26 August 1952 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Occhi di cristallo (2004), Nirvana (1997) and The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988). He died on 24 July 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Mncedisi Shabangu was an actor, known for Catch a Fire (2006), Inside Story (2011) and Vaya (2016). He died on 24 July 2022 in Mbombela, South Africa.- Diana Kennedy was born on 3 March 1923 in Loughton, Essex, England, UK. She was married to Paul P. Kennedy . She died on 24 July 2022 in Zitácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
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Vittorio De Scalzi was born on 4 November 1949 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Designated Victim (1971), Lavori in corso (1985) and Vado a vivere da solo (1982). He died on 24 July 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Berta Riaza was born on 27 July 1928 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for El puzzle (2000), Cuentos y leyendas (1968) and Estudio 1 (1965). She died on 24 July 2022 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Stoney Garnett was born in Knowle, Bristol, UK. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood (1984). He died on 24 July 2022 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Sam McCrory was born on 27 October 1963 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He died on 24 July 2022 in University Hospital Crosshouse, Scotland, UK.
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Chase Mishkin was born on 22 January 1937 in Vanduser, Missouri, USA. She was a producer, known for Hesher (2010), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001) and Blood and Lace (1971). She was married to Ralph Mitchell Mishkin. She died on 24 July 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
George Alexander was born in 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is known for The Infinite Voyage (1987), Moon Beat (2009) and Chasing the Moon (2019). He was married to Daryl. He died on 24 July 2022 in the USA.- Howie Kleinberg was born on 31 July 1975 in Miami, Florida, USA. He died on 24 July 2022 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Blake Miller was born on 13 September 1992 in Houston, Texas, USA. He died on 24 July 2022 in Texas, USA.
- Zygmunt Józefczak was born on 30 April 1947 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Dark Crimes (2016) and Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni... (1980). He died on 24 July 2022 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Lotte Ingrisch was born on 20 July 1930 in Vienna, Austria. She was a writer, known for Abendlicht (1977), Wiener Totentanz (1971) and Vanillikipferln (1969). She was married to Gottfried von Einem and Hugo Ingrisch. She died on 24 July 2022 in Wien, Austria.
- Leland K. Lukens was born on 29 July 1932 in Carthage, Indiana, USA. He died on 24 July 2022.
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Tim Giago Jr. was born on 12 July 1934 in Kyle, South Dakota, USA. Tim is known for The Mystic Warrior (1984). Tim was married to Doris and Jackie . Tim died on 24 July 2022 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.