William Hurt was considered one of the most talented and prestigious actors in the 1980's. It was actually his second marriage after wedding actress Annette Robertson in 1962, which lasted just two years before the pair got divorced. R. I. P.', Film-maker Kevin Smith tweeted: 'Rest in Peace to the actor genius JohnHurt. [1][2] He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain". Hurt and Jennings met in Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1981, where he was about to appear in a play, and Jennings was performing with . William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 - March 13, 2022) was an American actor. [26] In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary, Planet Dinosaur, the first dinosaur-centred documentary completely shown through CGI. Spiked with gossipy items about off-screen life during the filming of the movie ''The Big Chill,'' their testimony, and that of Ms. Hurt and others yesterday, seemed to lend a modern twist to the customary tale of Hollywood heartbreak. A stream of iconic roles soon fell into the British star's including his iconic turn in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror classic, Alien, in which Hurt famously died on-screen as an alien 'chestburster' erupted from his sternum a moment which has gone down in cinematic history. My thoughts are with his family and friends. [19], His other roles in the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s included Kane, the first victim of the title creature in the film Alien (1979, a role which he reprised as a parody in Spaceballs); would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in Little Malcolm (1974); and also had a starring role in Sam Peckinpah's critically panned but moderately successful final film, The Osterman Weekend (1983). 200.80.43.130 At the time, the actor was living with Sandra Jennings, who was already pregnant. In a much later documentary about the series, I Claudius: A Television Epic (2002), Hurt revealed that he had originally declined the role when it was first offered to him, but that series director Herbert Wise had invited him to a special pre-production party, hoping Hurt would change his mind, and that he was so impressed by meeting the rest of the cast and crew that he reversed his decision and took the role. Hurt said, "I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have the person who played Winston having risen in the party. John J. "I have no . From the Chestnut Tree Cafe, he's managed to get his wits together again, now understanding that 2 and 2 make 5, and becomes Big Brother. The marriage was followed by a seven-year relationship with Dublin-born presenter and writer Sarah Owens. 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William Hurt, the exacting Oscar winner who dominated a decade as few other actors have done with his . [citation needed], On 24 January 1990, Hurt married Joan Dalton, an American production assistant,[21] whom he had met while filming Scandal. Hurt, professor emeritus of history and former history department chairperson, died Jan. 15, 2022. [30] He also played the title character in an audio drama adaptation of The Invisible Man for the company, for which he was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award. [19] He played Timothy Evans, who was hanged for murders committed by his landlord John Christie, in 10 Rillington Place (1971), earning him his first BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. - Age. I dont understand why anyone ever thought he was good. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. He did a few big budget films and got some nice pay days. He is 50 years old as of 2021. I always liked that he seemed to have his own way of speaking, like Walken. I think an argument can be made that in terms of critical acclaim he had the most successful acting career in the 1980's. In 2018, it was revealed William Hurt had terminal prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. maybe because he abuse the crap out of his deaf gf, marlee matlin in the late 80's and it came to light in the 90's. John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.John was born in Washington, D.C., to Helen (Sperling), who acted in community theatre, and John Heard, who worked for the U.S . Ever.'. In the 2006 film V for Vendetta, he played the role of Adam Sutler, leader of the Norsefire fascist dictatorship and in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) he appeared as Harold Oxley. ', Walking Dead actor David Morrissey tweeted: 'I loved John Hurt. In The Good Night, Hurt plays a once-famous screen-writer in his seventies who is desperate to fix his relationship with his son and make sure he is not a burden to his wife before he dies. Hurt was born John Vincent Hurt on 22 January 1940 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Phyllis (ne Massey; 1907-1975), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnold Herbert Hurt (1904-1999), a mathematician who became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} He came to prominence playing Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Naked Civil Servant (1975). In 1968 he started a relationship with Marie Lise Volpeliere-Porrot, who he called 'love of his life'. Hurt's film debut was in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States . William E Hurt . [46] He died at his home in Cromer, Norfolk, on 25 January 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. The all-star cast also included Gary Oldman as Churchill, Kirstin Scott Thomas as Churchill's wife Clementine and Lily James as Elizabeth Nell. In 1980, at the height of his physical abuse, Hurt dumped Kaz. He was 71. [41], In 2007, Hurt took part in the BBC genealogical television series Who Do You Think You Are?, which investigated part of his family history. Keifer Sutherland called Hurt 'a deer friend' and extended his 'deepest sympathies to John Hurt's family, friends and fans'. I believe because by the 1990s he was established after his work in the 80s . This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Yep, I remember a quote saying his idea of a cocktail was "vodka and lithium". His widow, Anwen Hurt, today said it will be 'a strange world' with out the actor, whose death has prompted an outpouring of grief from the showbusiness industry, with director Mel Brooks and J K Rowling among those paying tribute. [15] Hurt stated that a senior master at the school would abuse him and others by removing his two false front teeth and putting his tongue in the boys' mouths, as well as rubbing their faces with his stubble, and that the experience affected him hugely. William Hurt, the elder, had children who were born in the first decade of the 1700s. Hurt's son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. Now he gets to pop up in Marvel movies once every few years for a nice chunk of change. Hurt played a wide range of characters over the course of 60 years, from a mad Roman emperor to a pimp on the road to stardom; a circus freak, to a heroin-addicted prisoner. It's an question mark how his career went to the tank when he had the prestige and populist appeal at the turn of the nineties. Unflinching. The only concession you can make is to what you believe is right. Afterwards, he continued a life of hedonism that earned him a reputation as a hard-partying Hollywood bad boy, although his exciting lifestyle did not solve his problems. The pair were together for 16 years but she died in a tragic accident, flung from her horse when they were out riding in Oxford. William Hurt plays the lead character, Paul, a widower who saves a young man from an accident and decides to help him sort out his life. 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Sir John Hurt, who won Oscar nominations for the Elephant Man and captured the hearts of millions for his roles in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, has died. , updated Bill would snap, physically shove, punch and beat me, followed by tears, apologies and him offering me expensive gifts. He famously hurled himself in a drunken rage at a pack of paparazzi, and his picture was often splashed across newspapers. correction. On 26 January 1983, Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went horseback riding early in the morning near their house in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire; Volpeliere-Pierrot was thrown off her horse. Hurt is the son of Henry C. Hurt, an investigative journalist and former Reader's Digest editor, and Margaret Nolting Williams. 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[24], In the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), he played Mr Ollivander, the wand-maker. The genealogical evidence uncovered seemed to contradict the family legend, rendering the suggestion doubtful.