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David Warner

David Warner

Actor·1941–2022·Manchester, England, UK

29 horror credits

David Hattersley Warner (July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022) was an English actor. Born in Manchester, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters across a range of media, including The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron, The Omen, Holocaust, The Thirty Nine Steps, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, A Christmas Carol, Portrait in Evil, Titanic, Mary Poppins Returns and various characters in the Star Trek franchise, in the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

In 1981, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his portrayal of Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada.

Actor29 films

Black Death

Black Death

Abbot

2010 3.5
Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

Fielding

2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Dr. Erasmus Pea

2005 2.5
Superstition

Superstition

Judge Padovani

2001
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Sandar

2001 3.5
Scream 2

Scream 2

Gus Gold

1997 3.4
Ice Cream Man

Ice Cream Man

Reverend Langley

1995 3.0
In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness

Dr. Wrenn

1995 4.0
Inner Sanctum II

Inner Sanctum II

Dr. Lamont

1994
Necronomicon

Necronomicon

Dr. Madden

1993 3.5
Body Bags

Body Bags

Dr. Lock

1993 4.0
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter

The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter

Chancellor Thayer

1992
Return to the Lost World

Return to the Lost World

Professor Leo Summerlee

1992
Cast a Deadly Spell

Cast a Deadly Spell

Amos Hackshaw

1991 4.5
Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

Eugene Brackin

1989
Grave Secrets

Grave Secrets

Dr. Carl Farnsworth

1989
The Evil Clergyman

The Evil Clergyman

Evil Clergyman

1988
Waxwork

Waxwork

Waxwork Man

1988 3.3
Pulse Pounders

Pulse Pounders

Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)

1988
My Best Friend Is a Vampire

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

Professor Leopold McCarthy

1987
The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

Father

1984 3.8
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

Zandor, the Inkeeper

1984
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Creature

1984
The Man with Two Brains

The Man with Two Brains

Dr. Alfred Necessiter

1983 4.0
The Island

The Island

David Nau

1980
Nightwing

Nightwing

Phillip Payne

1979
The Omen

The Omen

Keith Jennings

1976 3.9
From Beyond the Grave

From Beyond the Grave

Edward Charlton

1974 3.5
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

Henry Niles (uncredited)

1971 4.3