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British actor (1941–2022)

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Acting · Manchester, England, UK

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.…

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  • TRON: Ares — Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)2025
  • Elliott from Earth2021
  • You, Me and Him — Michael Miller2018
  • Mary Poppins Returns — Admiral Boom2018
  • Providence — Himself2018
  • His Picture In Little2018
  • The Alienist — Professor Cavanaugh2018
  • Blue Borsalino — Ernie Child2016
  • Amicus Vault of Horrors — Himself2015
  • The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge — Sir Andrew Pike2015

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1941
Active to
2022

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David Warner (born 29 July 1941) is an Emmy Award-winning English actor Early life Warner was born in Manchester, England, the son of Doreen (née Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner, who was a nursing home proprietor. He was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his father and his stepmother. He was educated at Feldon School, Leamington Spa, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. <a href="https:

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Born
David Hattersley Warner , ( 1941-07-29 ) 29 July 1941, Manchester , England
Died
24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) (aged 80), Northwood, London , England
Alma mater
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1962–2022
Spouses
Harriet Lindgren ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​ Sheilah Kent ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) ​
Partner
Lisa Bowerman (from 2006)
Awards
1981 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special

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David Warner (Actor) Rory Lewis Photographer.jpg
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David Warner (actor)
date of birth
1941-07-29
start of work period
1962-00-00
name in native language
David Warner
birth name
David Hattersley Warner
date of death
2022-07-24
end of work period
2022-00-00
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David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who portrayed a variety of villainous characters, as well as more sympathetic roles, in a career spanning six decades across stage and screen. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Warner trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), with whom he made his stage debut in 1962 and, in 1964, played Henry VI in the Wars of the Roses cycle at the West End's Aldwych Theatre. The RSC then cast him as Prince Hamlet in Peter Hall's 1965 production of Hamlet. Warner made his Broadway debut in the 2001 revival of Major Barbara.

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