LONDON: Terence Stamp, who made his identify as an actor in Sixties London and went on to play the arch-villain Common Zod within the Hollywood hits “Superman” and “Superman II”, has died aged 87, his household mentioned on Sunday (Aug 17).
The Oscar-nominated actor starred in movies starting from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Theorem” in 1968 and “A Season in Hell” in 1971 to “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in 1994 during which he performed a transgender lady.
The household mentioned in an announcement to Reuters that Stamp died on Sunday morning.
“He leaves behind a rare physique of labor, each as an actor and as a author that can proceed to the touch and encourage folks for years to come back,” the household mentioned. “We ask for privateness at this unhappy time.”
Born in London’s East Finish in 1938, the son of a tugboat stoker, he endured the bombing of town throughout World Struggle Two earlier than leaving college to work initially in promoting, finally profitable a scholarship to go to drama college.
Well-known for his beauty and impeccable costume sense, he shaped considered one of Britain’s most glamorous {couples} with Julie Christie, with whom he starred in “Far From the Madding Crowd” in 1967. He additionally dated the mannequin Jean Shrimpton and was chosen as a muse by photographer David Bailey.
