Person
David Warner
Acting · 1941–2022 · Manchester, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Doctor Who
Professor Grisenko
Midsomer Murders
Peter Fossett
Teen Titans Go!
The Lobe (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gul Madred
Murder, She Wrote
Insp. McLaughlin
Twin Peaks
Thomas Eckhardt
The Amazing World of Gumball
Dr. Wrecker (voice)
Titanic
Spicer Lovejoy
Babylon 5
Aldous Gajic
Batman: The Animated Series
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
Filmography
- 2025TRON: AresMaster Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
- 2021Elliott from Earth
- 2018Mary Poppins ReturnsAdmiral Boom
- 2018ProvidenceHimself
- 2018His Picture In Little
- 2018You, Me and HimMichael Miller
- 2018The AlienistProfessor Cavanaugh
- 2016Blue BorsalinoErnie Child
- 2015The Trial of Elizabeth GadgeSir Andrew Pike
- 2015Amicus Vault of HorrorsHimself
- 2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
- 2014Inside No. 9Sir Andrew Pike
- 2013Before I SleepEugene Devlin
- 2013Teen Titans Go!The Lobe (voice)
- 2012Ripper StreetRabbi Max Steiner
- 2012The Secret of Crickley HallElderly Percy Judd
- 2012A Thousand Kisses DeepMax
- 2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarSelf
- 2011The Amazing World of GumballDr. Wrecker (voice)
- 2011TRON: The Next DayEd Dillinger / MCP
- 2010A History of HorrorSelf
- 2010Black DeathAbbot
- 2009Albert's MemorialFrank
- 2009Doctor Who: DreamlandLord Azlok (voice)
- 2008WallanderPovel Wallander
- 2008In Love with BarbaraLord Mountbatten
- 2007HogfatherLord Downey
- 2006Perfect ParentsFather Thomas
- 2006HogfatherLord Downey
- 2006Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpirePulcher
- 2006Sam Peckinpah: PortraitSelf
- 2006Bacon's ArenaNarrator (voice)
- 2006Mr. Loveday's Little OutingLord Moping
- 2006Sweeney ToddFielding
- 2005Sensitive SkinRobert Ringwald
- 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseDr. Erasmus Pea
- 2005Doctor WhoProfessor Grisenko
- 2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelf
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleLuther Crackenthorpe
- 2004Ladies in LavenderDr Mead
- 2004ConvictionLenny Fairburn
- 2004Cyber WarsJoseph Lau
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
- 2004Straight Into DarknessDeacon
- 2003Kiss of LifePap
- 2003Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSir Danvers Carew
- 2003Hearts of GoldDr. Theo John
- 2002The Little UnicornTed Regan
- 2002The Code ConspiracyProfessor
- 2002The InvestigationSuperint. Bruce Northorp
- 2001The Omen LegacySelf
- 2001SuperstitionJudge Padovani
- 2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyNergal (voice)
- 2001Planet of the ApesSandar
- 2001Hornblower: RetributionCapt. James Sawyer
- 2001Hornblower: MutinyCaptain James Sawyer
- 2000In the BeginningEliezer
- 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandLord Angstrom (voice)
- 2000Back to the Secret GardenDr. Snodgrass
- 2000CinderellaMartin
- 1999ShergarEammon Garrity
- 1999Wing CommanderAdmiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
- 1999Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for YouNarrator (voice)
- 1999Batman BeyondRa's al Ghul (voice)
- 1999Total Recall 2070
- 1998HoudiniSir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1998A Winnie the Pooh ThanksgivingNarrator
- 1998The Last LeprechaunSimpson
- 1998HornblowerCaptain Sawyer
- 1998ToonsylvaniaDr. Vic Frankenstein
- 1998ThreeThe Man
- 1997TitanicSpicer Lovejoy
- 1997Scream 2Gus Gold
- 1997Men in Black: The SeriesAlpha (voice)
- 1997Money TalksBarclay
- 1997Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinNarrator (voice)
- 1997Danielle Steel's ZoyaPrince Vladmir
- 1997The HungerVassu
- 1997Perversions of ScienceDr. Nordhoff
- 1997Midsomer MurdersPeter Fossett
- 1996The Leading ManTod
- 1996Seven ServantsBlade
- 1996Captain Simian & the Space MonkeysThe Glyph (voice)
- 1996Superman: The Animated SeriesRa's al Ghul (voice)
- 1996Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
- 1996CorwinSelf
- 1996Beastmaster III: The Eye of BraxusLord Agon
- 1996Naked SoulsEverett Longstreet
- 1996RasputinDr. Botkin
- 1996FelonyCooper
- 1995Final EquinoxShilow
- 1995Freakazoid!The Lobe (voice)
- 1995Ice Cream ManReverend Langley
- 1995The Outer LimitsBill Trenton
- 1995The ChoirAlexander Troy
- 1995In the Mouth of MadnessDr. Wrenn
- 1995Signs and WondersReverend Timothy Palmore
- 1994Inner Sanctum IIDr. Lamont
- 1994The American RevolutionKing George III
- 1994A Mind to Kill
- 1994Spider-ManLandon (voice)
- 1994TrystJason
- 1994GargoylesArchmage (voice)
- 1994Iron ManArthur Dearborn (voice)
- 1994Babylon 5Aldous Gajic
- 1994Loving DeadlyGrant / Grant's Twin
- 1993Pretty Princessprincipe Massimiliano
- 1993NecronomiconDr. Madden
- 1993Quest of the Delta KnightsLord Vultare
- 1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanJor-El
- 1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Winston Smiles
- 1993Body BagsDr. Lock
- 1993Wild PalmsEli Levitt
- 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep ScandalHarley Griswold
- 1993Taking LibertySir Leopold Linwood
- 1992The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph CarterChancellor Thayer
- 1992Dark at NoonEllic
- 1992Spies, Inc.Cleague
- 1992Blood and DustTripoli
- 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesRa's al Ghul (voice)
- 1992The Larry Sanders ShowRichard Germain
- 1992Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore StreetDr. Lloyd Stern
- 1992Return to the Lost WorldProfessor Leo Summerlee
- 1992The Lost WorldSummerlee
- 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryChancellor Gorkon
- 1991Uncle VanyaVanya
- 1991PerformanceVanya
- 1991Blue TornadoCommander
- 1991Cast a Deadly SpellAmos Hackshaw
- 1991DriveThe Driver
- 1991DinosaursSpirit of the Tree (voice)
- 1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeProfessor Jordon Perry
- 1990Twin PeaksThomas Eckhardt
- 1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingAdm. Godfrey
- 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned PenBradley Thompson
- 1989TripwireJosef Szabo
- 1989Mortal PassionsDoctor Terrence Powers
- 1989Hostile TakeoverEugene Brackin
- 1989Grave SecretsDr. Carl Farnsworth
- 1989Tales from the CryptDr. Alan Goetz
- 1989Star Trek V: The Final FrontierSt. John Talbot
- 1989Father Dowling MysteriesSir Arthur wedgeworth
- 1988Hansel and GretelFather Stephan
- 1988MagdaleneBaron von Seidl
- 1988The Evil ClergymanEvil Clergyman
- 1988Mr. NorthDoctor Angus McPherson
- 1988WaxworkWaxwork Man
- 1988Hanna's WarCaptain Julian Simon
- 1988Pulse PoundersEvil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
- 1988Keys to FreedomNigel Heath
- 1987My Best Friend Is a VampireProfessor Leopold McCarthy
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationGul Madred
- 1987Crossbow
- 1987DesperadoBallard, Company Police Chief
- 1986Worlds BeyondKen Larkin
- 1985Summer LightningGeorge Millington
- 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilReinhard Heydrich
- 1985Love's Labour's LostDon Armado
- 1984A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit
- 1984Murder, She WroteInsp. McLaughlin
- 1984The Company of WolvesFather
- 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversZandor, the Inkeeper
- 1984FrankensteinCreature
- 1984CharlieCharlie Alexander
- 1983The Man with Two BrainsDr. Alfred Necessiter
- 1982Marco PoloRustichello da Pisa
- 1982Remington SteeleAlexander Sebastien
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreZandor, The Innkeeper
- 1982TronEd Dillinger / Sark
- 1982Nancy AstorPhilip Kerr
- 1982ContactSelf - Narrator (Synchronisation)
- 1981The French Lieutenant's WomanMurphy
- 1981Time BanditsEvil Genius
- 1981MasadaSenator Pomponius Falco
- 1980The IslandDavid Nau
- 1980S.O.S. TitanicLaurence Beesley
- 1979Time After TimeJack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
- 1979Hart to HartMr. Bowlly
- 1979The Concorde... Airport '79Peter O'Neill
- 1979NightwingPhillip Payne
- 1978The Thirty Nine StepsSir Edmund Appleton
- 1978Clouds of GloryWilliam Wordsworth
- 1978HolocaustHeydrich
- 1977The DisappearanceBurbank
- 1977Silver BearsAgha Firdausi
- 1977Age of InnocenceHenry Buchanan
- 1977The Blue HotelSwede
- 1977Cross of IronHauptmann Kiesel
- 1977ProvidenceKevin Woodford
- 1976The OmenKeith Jennings
- 1975The Old Curiosity ShopSampson Brass
- 1975Three Comedies of MarriageBobby
- 1974Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the EunuchsDennis Charles Nipple
- 1974From Beyond the GraveEdward Charlton
- 1973A Doll's HouseTorvald Helmer
- 1971Straw DogsHenry Niles (uncredited)
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1970Perfect FridayLord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
- 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueJoshua
- 1969Michael Kohlhaas - The RebelMichael Kohlhaas
- 1968The Sea GullKonstantin Treplev
- 1968The FixerCount Odoevsky
- 1968A Midsummer Night's DreamLysander
- 1968Work Is a 4-Letter WordValentine Brose
- 1968The Bofors GunLance Bombardier Terry Evans
- 1967The Deadly AffairEdward II (in Edward II)
- 1967OpusHamlet
- 1966Morgan: A Suitable Case for TreatmentMorgan Delt
- 1965The Wars of the RosesKing Henry VI
- 1965The Wars of the RosesHenry VI
- 1963Tom JonesMr. Blifil
- 1963We Joined the NavySailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
- 1963The Madhouse on Castle StreetLennie
- 1963The King's Breakfast1st Trumpeter
- 1962Z-Cars
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