![]() However, he did continue to play more benign characters, such as Bob Cratchit in the 1984 TV version of A Christmas Carol, starring George C. In the 1980s alone he played: the role of the "Evil Genius" in Terry Gilliam's sci-fi comedy Time Bandits the villainous ENCOM executive Ed Dillinger, his evil creation, Sark, and voiced the Master Control Program in Disney's 1982 cult sci-fi film Tron (co-starring Dan Shor, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Tony Brubaker, and Erik Cord) mad scientist Alfred Necessiter in the 1983 sci-fi comedy The Man with Two Brains (with James Cromwell, Jeffrey Combs, and Earl Boen) and a demented vampire hunter determined to kill the young protagonist in the 1988 horror comedy My Best Friend is a Vampire (co-starring Deep Space Nine actor René Auberjonois). After that, he became well identified with villainous roles, typically in "genre" films. ![]() For his performance in this film, Warner was nominated for a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Wells, in writer/director Nicholas Meyer's acclaimed 1979 science fiction adventure Time After Time. Another role for which he is remembered is that of Jack the Ripper, opposite Malcolm McDowell's H.G. In the US, Warner became well-known for his role as the unfortunate Keith Jennings, a photo-journalist who becomes one of the evil Damien's victims, in the classic horror movie The Omen. The two later reunited for the video game Star Trek: Klingon Academy. Prior to co-starring together on Star Trek VI, David Warner and Christopher Plummer worked together on the 1977 film The Disappearance. Warner's third and final project with Peckinpah was 1977's Cross of Iron. ![]() The second would be the following year in Straw Dogs, a film which was ironically banned from being released on video in Warner's native England until 2002. This was followed in 1970 with a role in the Western comedy The Ballad of Cable Hogue, which would be the first of three collaborations with acclaimed director Sam Peckinpah. ![]() Two years later, Warner made his United States debut with a supporting role in John Frankenheimer's drama The Fixer, co-starring Star Trek: The Original Series guest actor David Opatoshu. His performance in this film made him a star in Britain. In 1966, he starred in the title role of Morgan!, an oddball artist obsessed with Karl Marx and gorillas. In the early 1960s, Warner made the move from stage to film, making his feature debut as the hapless Blifil in Tom Jones, which won the 1963 Academy Award for Best Picture. Stewart and Warner later worked together on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Stewart has stated that he enjoyed being on stage with Warner, whom he called his hero. In a revival of the play the following year, Warner resumed the role of Hamlet while Patrick Stewart played the role of the Player King. As part of the RSC, he earned acclaim for his portrayal in the title role of Hamlet in 1965. To this day I still wish David Warner was in it." ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages [ page number? īorn in Manchester, England, Warner trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before becoming a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). He wanted to do it, but his wife talked him out of it because he was on vacation and she didn't want him to work. Ira Steven Behr commented, " Personally, I wanted David Warner as Akorem. Warner was also approached by the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine production staff for the role of Akorem Laan in " Accession". Every line I said, I actually was reading it over Patrick's shoulder or they put it down there for me to do it." As he commented " There was too much technobabble and dialogue that doesn't come naturally to me. As such, they were written down on cue cards. I didn't know their history at all, except of course, that they weren't very nice." Due to the short time in which he had to prepare, Warner also did not have enough time to memorize his lines. ![]() I'll go for it." So I wasn't aware of it, of the Cardassians. I thought, "Oh, I've done two of the others, the old classic ones, and here I am in The Next Generation. It was with Pat Stewart, who's an old colleague. As he recalled in a 2011 interview " I took over on three days' notice. Warner took over the role of Madred on three days notice and, though he had previously appeared in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, he knew nothing about the Cardassians from The Next Generation. He reprised the role of Gorkon for the video game Star Trek: Klingon Academy. John Talbot in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Madred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episodes " Chain Of Command, Part I" and " Chain Of Command, Part II". Multiple characters David Warner ( 29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022 age 80) was an English actor who played St. ![]()
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