LONDON: Terence Stamp, who made his identify as an actor in Nineteen 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 stated 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 through which he performed a transgender girl.
The household stated in a press release 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 may proceed to the touch and encourage folks for years to come back,” the household stated. “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 the town throughout World Battle Two earlier than leaving faculty to work initially in promoting, finally successful a scholarship to go to drama faculty.
Well-known for his attractiveness and impeccable costume sense, he shaped one in every 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.
