Editing David Warner (actor) (section)

==Career==
===Theatre===
Warner made his professional stage debut at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in January 1962, playing Snout, a minor role in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'',<ref name="young"/> directed by [[Tony Richardson]] for the [[English Stage Company]]. In March 1962, at the [[Belgrade Theatre]], [[Coventry]], he played Conrad in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', following which in June he appeared as Jim in ''[[Afore Night Come]]'' at the New [[Arts Theatre]] in London.

He joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] in April 1963 to play Trinculo in ''[[The Tempest]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and Cinna the Poet in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and in July was cast as Henry VI in the John Barton adaptation of ''[[Henry VI, Part 1|Henry VI]]'',<ref name="tv"/> Parts I, II and III, which comprised the first two plays from ''[[Shakespearean history|The Wars of the Roses]]'' trilogy. At the [[West End theatre|West End]]'s [[Aldwych Theatre]] in January 1964, he again played Henry VI in the complete ''The Wars of the Roses'' history cycle (1964). Returning to Stratford in April, he performed the title role in ''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]'', Mouldy in ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]'' and Henry VI. At the Aldwych in October 1964, he was cast as Valentine Brose in the play ''[[Eh? (play)|Eh?]]'' by [[Henry Livings]], a role he reprised in the 1968 film adaptation ''[[Work Is a Four-Letter Word]]''.

He first played the title role in ''[[Hamlet]]'' for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1965.<ref name="young"/> This production transferred to the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in December of that year. In the 1966, Stratford season, his Hamlet was revived and he also played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in ''[[Twelfth Night]]''. Finally at the Aldwych in January 1970, he played Julian in ''[[Tiny Alice]]''.

According to his 2007 programme CV, Warner's other work for the theatre included ''[[The Great Exhibition]]'' at [[Hampstead Theatre]] (February 1972); ''[[I, Claudius]]'' at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] (July 1972); ''A Feast of Snails'' at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] (February 2002);<ref name="tv"/> ''Where There's a Will'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]; ''[[King Lear]]'' at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] (2005),<ref name="tv"/> see details below); and also ''[[Major Barbara]]'' on Broadway in 2001.

===Film and television===
In 1963, he made his film debut as the villainous Blifil in ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'',<ref name="young"/> and in 1965, starred as [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] in the [[BBC]] television version of the RSC's ''[[The Wars of the Roses (adaptation)|The Wars of the Roses]]'' cycle of Shakespeare's history plays. He starred alongside [[Bob Dylan]] in the 1963 play ''[[Madhouse on Castle Street]]''. A major step in his career was the leading role in ''[[Morgan!|Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment]]'' (1966),<ref name="young"/> opposite [[Vanessa Redgrave]], which established his reputation for playing slightly off-the-wall characters. He also appeared as Konstantin Treplev in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s 1968 adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Sea Gull]]'' and starred alongside [[Jason Robards]] and [[Stella Stevens]] as Reverend Joshua Duncan Sloane in [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s ''[[The Ballad of Cable Hogue]]''.

In horror films, he appeared in one of the stories of ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]'', opposite [[Gregory Peck]] in ''[[The Omen]]'' (1976),<ref name="tomato">{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/1016342-david_warner |title= David Warner |work= rottentomatoes.com |access-date= 29 September 2022}}</ref> as the ill-fated photojournalist Keith Jennings, and the 1979 thriller ''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]''.<ref name="tomato"/> He also starred in cult classic ''[[Waxwork (1988 film)|Waxwork]]'' (1988),<ref name="tomato"/> and featured alongside a young [[Viggo Mortensen]] in the 1990 film ''[[Tripwire (film)|Tripwire]]''.<ref name="tomato"/>

He often played villains, in films such as ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' (1978),<ref name="tomato"/> ''[[Time After Time (1979 film)|Time After Time]]'' (1979),<ref name="tomato"/> ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981),<ref name="tomato"/> ''[[Tron]]'' (1982), ''[[Hanna's War]]'' (1988). Warner's [[voice acting]] roles in television include [[Ra's al Ghul]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Herbert Landon in ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'', Alpha in ''[[Men in Black: The Series]]'',<ref name="tomato"/> the Archmage in Disney's ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', and the Lobe in ''[[Freakazoid!]]''.<ref name="tomato"/> He was also cast against type as Henry Niles in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971) and as [[Bob Cratchit]] in the 1984 telefilm ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' starring [[George C. Scott]] as Scrooge. In addition, he played German SS [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Reinhard Heydrich]] both in the film ''[[Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil]]'', and the television miniseries ''[[Holocaust (TV miniseries)|Holocaust]]''; as sinister millionaire Amos Hackshaw in [[HBO]]'s original 1991 film ''[[Cast a Deadly Spell]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/10/arts/review-television-a-detective-and-sci-fi-in-los-angeles-magic.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| title=Review/Television; A Detective and Sci-Fi in Los Angeles Magic| author-link=John J. O'Connor (journalist)| author=O'Connor, John J.| date=10 September 1991}}</ref>

In 1981, Warner received an [[Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special]] for ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]'' as Pomponius Falco. In 1988, he appeared in the [[Danny Huston]] film ''[[Mr. North]]''.<ref name="tomato"/>

He subsequently appeared in films such as ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989),<ref name="tomato"/> ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'', ''[[Avatar (2004 film)|Avatar]]''<ref name="tomato"/> (known as ''Matrix Hunter'' in the US), ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]'' (1991),<ref name="tomato"/> ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (the third time he appeared in a film that is about or includes reference to {{RMS|Titanic}}) and ''[[Scream 2]]''.<ref name="tomato"/> In 2001, he played Captain James Sawyer in two episodes of [[A&E Network|A&E]]'s adaptation of [[C.S. Forester]]'s ''[[Hornblower (TV series)|Hornblower]]'' series. He appeared in three episodes of the second season of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1991) as "[[Thomas Eckhardt]]". He also continued to play classical roles. In "[[Chain of Command (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Chain of Command]]", an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', he was a [[Cardassian]] interrogator. He based his portrayal on the evil "[[O'Brien (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|re-educator]]" from ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''. He appeared in ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' in 1993 as Hong Kong based detective. His less-spectacular roles included a double-role in the low-budget fantasy ''[[Quest of the Delta Knights]]'' (1993) which was eventually spoofed on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. He also played [[Admiral Tolwyn]] in the film version of ''[[Wing Commander (film)|Wing Commander]]''.<ref name="tomato"/>

Warner's sympathetic side had been evident in [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s ''[[Cross of Iron]]'' (1977), where he portrayed Captain Kiesel. Other "nice guy" roles include in [[Ken Russel]]'s ''[[William and Dorothy]]'' (1978), portraying the poet [[William Wordsworth]], the charismatic "Aldous Gajic" in "[[Grail (Babylon 5)|Grail]]", a first season (1994) episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' and "[[Gorkon|Chancellor Gorkon]]" in ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (1991). In an episode of ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', he played [[Superman]]'s father [[Jor-El]], who appeared to his son through holographic recordings. Warner also played "ambiguous nice guys" such as [[vampire bat]] exterminator Philip Payne in 1979's ''[[Nightwing (film)|Nightwing]]'';<ref name="tomato"/> and Dr. Richard Madden in 1994's ''[[Necronomicon (film)|Necronomicon: Book of the Dead]]''. In ''[[Seven Servants]]'' by [[Daryush Shokof]], he co-starred with [[Anthony Quinn]] in 1996.<ref name="tomato"/>

Another 'sympathetic' role was in 2013, when he played Professor Grisenko in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Cold War (Doctor Who)|Cold War]]" in which he battled a revived [[Ice Warrior]] and struck up a rapport with the Doctor's companion [[Clara Oswald]]. Warner also appeared in the second series of the Sky 1 comedy-drama ''[[Mad Dogs (British TV series)|Mad Dogs]]'',<ref name="tomato"/> and starred in two 2014 episodes of the horror series ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]'' as [[Abraham Van Helsing]].<ref name="tomato"/>

Warner contributed "[[Sonnet 25]]" to the 2002 [[compilation album]] ''[[When Love Speaks]]'', which consists of Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts as interpreted by famous actors and musicians. He performed in many [[Radio drama|audio plays]], starring in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' play ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (Doctor Who audio)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'' (2003) as an alternative version of [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]], and in a series of plays based on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Sapphire & Steel]]'' as [[The Passenger (Sapphire and Steel)|Steel]], both for [[Big Finish Productions]]. He reprised his incarnation of the Doctor in a sequel, ''[[Masters of War (Doctor Who audio)|Masters of War]]'' (2008).<ref name="tomato"/> In 2007, he guest starred as [[Isaac Newton]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio drama ''[[Circular Time]] ''and as Cuthbert in four of the seven stories in the second [[Fourth Doctor]] series. He also guest starred in the [[BBC Radio 4]] science fiction comedy ''[[Nebulous]]'' (2005) as Professor Nebulous' arch-enemy [[Doctor Klench|Dr. Joseph Klench]]. In all these productions, Warner worked with writer and comedian [[Mark Gatiss]] of the ''[[The League of Gentlemen (comedy)|League of Gentlemen]]'', and plays a guest role in the League's 2005 feature film ''[[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]''. He also performed in radio plays for the American companies [[L.A. Theatre Works]] and the [[Hollywood Theater of the Ear]]. In 2005, Warner read a new adaptation of ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' for BBC Radio 2 (adapted by Neville Teller and directed by Neil Gardner). In 2008, he guest-starred as [[Mycroft Holmes]] in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio play ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''. In 2009, he was the voice of Lord Azlok of the Viperox, an insectoid alien race in the animated ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Dreamland (Doctor Who)|Dreamland]]". In 2016, he returned as his alternate Doctor in a series of audios where his Doctor briefly travels to the 'prime' universe and enlists the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Benny Summerfield]] ([[Lisa Bowerman]]) to try and help him save his universe. Warner's Doctor continued his travels with Benny in a second series of audios released in 2017. Shortly before his death in 2022, it was revealed Warner would return as his alternate Doctor as part of Finish's celebration of the 60th anniversary and would share scenes with [[Christopher Eccleston]], who appeared as the [[Ninth Doctor]].<ref name="WiC2022">{{cite news |last1=Bhuvad |first1=Ariba |title=Christopher Eccleston "recorded something special" for Doctor Who anniversary |url=https://winteriscoming.net/2022/07/18/christopher-eccleston-recorded-something-very-special-doctor-whos-60th-anniversary/ |work=Winter is Coming |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>
[[File:David-warner-2008 (cropped-J1).jpg|thumb|right|Warner in 2008]]

He also contributed [[voice acting]] to a number of video games, notably playing the villain [[Jon Irenicus]] in ''[[Baldur's Gate Series#Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn|Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn]]'' and Morpheus in ''[[Fallout (computer game)|Fallout]]''. Warner did voice work on the short-lived FOX animated series ''[[Toonsylvania]]'' as Dr. Vic Frankenstein. He was also the first voice of the demon Nergal from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'', but was later replaced by [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]]. Warner narrated the Disney [[direct-to-video]] ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]''.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web |title=David Warner Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-warner/credits/3000234258/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |magazine=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>

In March 2010, it was announced that Warner would be joining the cast of the ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' audio drama miniseries ''[[Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead|Kingdom of the Dead]]''.

===Return to theatre and later work===
In 2001, Warner returned to the stage after a nearly three-decade hiatus to play Andrew Undershaft in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Major Barbara]]''. In May 2005, at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] Warner made a return to Shakespeare, playing the title role in [[Steven Pimlott]]'s production of ''[[King Lear]]''. Tim Walker, reviewing the performance in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', wrote: "Warner is physically the least imposing king I have ever seen, but his slight, gaunt body serves also to accentuate the vulnerability the part requires. So, too, does the fact that he is older by decades than most of the other members of the youthful cast."

On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at [[The Old Vic]] theatre in London in the one-night play ''[[Night Sky (play)|Night Sky]]'' alongside [[Christopher Eccleston]], [[Bruno Langley]], [[Navin Chowdhry]], [[Saffron Burrows]] and [[David Baddiel]].<ref name="sky">{{cite web |title=Night Sky - Closed: 30 October 2005 |url= https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/night-sky-73124/ |website=Official London Theatre |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> In December 2006, he starred in ''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather]]'' on [[Sky One]] as [[Lord Downey]]. And in August 2007, as an RSC Honorary Artist, he returned to Stratford for the first time in over 40 years to play Sir John Falstaff in the [[Courtyard Theatre]] revival of ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]'' which were part of the RSC Histories Cycle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Tim |title=An artist formerly known as the prince |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3666726/An-artist-formerly-known-as-the-prince.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=22 July 2007}}</ref>

In February 2008, Warner was heard as the popular fictional character Hugo Rune in a new 13-part audio adaptation of [[Robert Rankin]]'s ''[[The Brightonomicon]]'' released by Hokus Bloke Productions and BBC Audiobooks. He starred alongside some high-profile names including cult science fiction actress and Superman star [[Sarah Douglas (actress)|Sarah Douglas]], [[Rupert Degas]], [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] actor [[Andy Serkis]], Harry Potter villain [[Jason Isaacs]], [[Mark Wing-Davey]] and [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] (written by Elliott Stein & Neil Gardner, and produced/directed by Neil Gardner).

In October 2008, Warner played the role of [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten of Burma]] in the [[BBC Four]] television film ''[[In Love with Barbara]]'', a biopic about the life of romantic novelist [[Barbara Cartland]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f7zg2 "Four Programmes – In Love with Barbara"]. ''BBC''. Retrieved on 26 July 2011.</ref> He played Povel Wallander, the father of [[Kurt Wallander]], in BBC One's ''[[Wallander (British TV series)|Wallander]]''.<ref name="tomato"/>

===Other work===
[[File:David Warner - German Comic Con 2019.jpg|thumb|David Warner aged 78, at [[German Comic Con]] 2019]]
In 2010, writer and actor [[Mark Gatiss]] interviewed Warner about his role in ''[[The Omen]]'' (1976) for his BBC documentary series ''[[A History of Horror]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/2010/11/02/mark-gatisss-history-of-horror/| title=Mark Gatiss's History of Horror| last=Clarke| first=Donald| access-date=31 March 2022| newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]| location=Dublin| archive-date=5 November 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105153010/http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/2010/11/02/mark-gatisss-history-of-horror/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbcgatiss2">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk42/mon.shtml#mon_horror |title=A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss – Home Counties Horror Ep 2/3 |date=18 October 2010 |website=BBC}}</ref> In November 2013, David Warner posed for [[Rory Lewis]] Photographers 'Northerners' Exhibition,<ref>{{cite web| author=Lewis, Rory| website=Rory Lewis Photography| url=http://rorylewisphotography.com/blog/david-warner-actor-photoshoot-northerners-2014-exhibition/| date=2014| title=Actor David Warner Exhibition| access-date=22 November 2013| archive-date=4 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110647/http://rorylewisphotography.com/blog/david-warner-actor-photoshoot-northerners-2014-exhibition/| url-status=dead}}</ref> David's image was acquired by the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] in London, and was the first professional portrait sitting of David since 1966.<ref>{{cite web| website=National Portrait Gallery London| title=David Warner| url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw248086/David-Warner?LinkID=mp64101&role=sit&rNo=2}}</ref>