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RIP David Warner
« on: July 25, 2022, 12:48:21 PM »
A prolific career spanning decades, countries, and pretty much every possible genre.

https://www.kcbd.com/2022/07/25/titanic-omen-actor-david-warner-dies-80/?fbclid=IwAR0L2w86oveG3WL-hp5tDZ_d1BjSxBex-TJ9xm5-g1e6vS9wx2zo87kyiGo

My generation will probably best remember him as Sark in Tron, and as the delightfully twisted Evil Genius in Time Bandits.

"If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!"

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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2022, 01:26:35 PM »
He had several roles on various Star Trek productions as well but Tron and Time Bandits are the first things I remember him from.
I always enjoyed his performances.
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2022, 01:34:19 PM »
My favorite role of his was as Bob Cratchit in the 1984 made-for-TV version of A Christmas Carol, which starred George C. Scott as Scrooge.

He was also quite excellent in Cross of Iron.
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2022, 01:43:24 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on July 25, 2022, 01:34:19 PM
My favorite role of his was as Bob Cratchit in the 1984 made-for-TV version of A Christmas Carol, which starred George C. Scott as Scrooge.

He was also quite excellent in Cross of Iron.

I'd forgotten that one. It's my favorite TV rendition of the story.
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2022, 01:56:39 PM »
Yep, Scott absolutely nailed Scrooge.

I first read A Christmas Carol when I was in high school, after I had seen a couple of the older movies. None of those actors were Scrooge.

I finally saw the Scott version in the early 1990s. Bam. Scrooge.

Alaistair Sim? Reginald Owen?

Nope. Not Scrooge.

Albert Finney in the musical? Closer...
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2022, 02:08:57 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on July 25, 2022, 01:56:39 PM
Yep, Scott absolutely nailed Scrooge.

I first read A Christmas Carol when I was in high school, after I had seen a couple of the older movies. None of those actors were Scrooge.

I finally saw the Scott version in the early 1990s. Bam. Scrooge.

Alaistair Sim? Reginald Owen?

Nope. Not Scrooge.

Albert Finney in the musical? Closer...



Michael Caine.

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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2022, 02:14:57 PM »
"Michael Caine"

No. Jesus Christ, just NO!
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2022, 02:33:46 PM »
How many lights do you see?
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2022, 04:14:26 PM »
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How many lights do you see?

Just one, over at the Frankenstein place.
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2022, 04:25:24 PM »
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2022, 06:21:44 PM »
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2022, 06:24:51 PM »
^^^Oh, I caught the Rocky Horror reference.  I just know Mr. Warner best as Gul Madred.
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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2022, 07:18:23 PM »
I knew I had seen him in old Trek movies.  He was Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2YyfJAdGo


He was also one of the Federation ambassadors on the planet where Star Trek V got started.  I think that is where I was remembering him from.
https://youtu.be/EubGjZJzmhI?t=125

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Re: RIP David Warner
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2022, 07:26:36 PM »
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