Terence Stamp, the British actor, who often portrayed complex bad guys, including General Zod, died in the early Superman films. He was 87.
His death on Sunday was announced in a proof of death published online.
The stamp born in London started his film career with the 1962 seafaring Billy Buddfor which he received an Oscar nomination.
Stamps six decades in the shop, with highlights, including his portrayal of Bernadette, a trans woman, in 1994 The adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Stamp was also praised for his leadership in director Steven Soderbergh’s crime thriller from 1999 The lime.
But it is his representation of the bearded zod in 1978 Superhuman, and its continuation Superman II Two years later that affect most people with Stamp. As a cryptonic arch enemy to Christopher Reeves man from Stahl, Stamp presented a darker and charming – more human element for the franchise, which has been replicated in countless superhero films since then.
Stamp started his film career in the early 1960s as part of the movement “Angry Young Men”, which introduced an element of social realism into British filmmaking.
That was perhaps the most remarkable in the adaptation of John Fowles’ creepy debut novel from 1965 The collectorWhere he played the unpleasant and lonely Freddie Clegg, who kidnapped Samantha Eggars Miranda Gray in a distorted attempt to win her love. It was a performance that would earn the young stamps, fresh from his Oscar nomination, the best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival from 1965.
During the part of this British movement from the 1960s, Stamp learned from some of the most experienced actors from the classic era, including Laurence Olivier.
“I worked briefly with Olivier on my second film (1962) Legal proceedings)“Stamp remembered in an interview with the AP in 2013.” And he said to me: “You should always study your voice”. Then stamp into an exact olivier identity change and continued, “” because they get older, their appearance, but their voice is strengthened. “
Stamp was born on July 22, 1938 in the London East End in London and lived a colorful life, especially in the 1960s when he had a number of romances, including actress Julie Christie and model Jean Shrimton. He married 29-year-old Elizabeth O’Rourke in 2002 at the age of 64, but the couple divorced six years later. Stamp had no children.
He generally tried to keep his standards high, but to a certain point.
“I don’t make shitty films unless I don’t have the rent,” he said.
