David Warner

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Nationality: English
Birthdate: 07/29/1941
Birthplace: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

biography

Gangly British stage-trained actor David Warner entered film in the early 1960s and came to attention in the title role of Karel Reisz's eccentric drama, "Morgan!" (1966), playing an unbalanced artist driven to the edge by his divorce. He has worked for such distinguished directors as John Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, Richard Donner, Joseph Losey, Alain Resnais and--on three occasions--Sam Peckinpah ("The Ballad of Cable Hogue" 1970; "Straw Dogs" 1971; and "Cross of Iron" 1977). While highly capable of sympathetic and even poignant roles, Warner has delivered many notable performances as Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Pavel Wallander
2009
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Pulcher
2006
Dr. Francis Mead
2005
Jennings
2003
Sandar
2001
Tolwyn
1999
Tod
1998
Spicer Lovejoy
1997
St John Talbot
1989
Captain Julian Simon
1988
Father
1984
Dr Alfred Necessiter
1983
Sark
1982
Captain Kiesel
1977
Kevin Woodford
1977
Morgan
1966
Dr Angus McPherson
Evil Genius
Professor McCarthy
Count Odoevsky
Actor
Mr Lincoln
Cooper
Agha Firdausi
Chancellor Thayer
The Father
Konstantin
Actor
Sampson Brass
Lord Nicholas Dorset
Lance bombardier Terry Evans
Actor
Baron Von Seidl
Josef Szabo
Farnsworth
Garritty
Ellic
Phillip Payne
Edmund Appleton
Dr Powers
Torvald
Dr John Stevenson
Orphanage Teacher
The Driver
Henry Buchanan
Dominic Boot
Narrator
Eugene Brackin

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born illegitimate; parents had a tumultuous relationship; was frequently "kidnapped" by one parent or the other until he finally settled with his father and stepmother
 
While a young teenager joined amateur dramatics company in Leamington Spa; two years later entered RADA
1961 
Founding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
1962 
Made stage debut as Snout in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in London
1963 
Film acting debut as Blifil in "Tom Jones"
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