John Hurt, The Elephant Man,
John Hurt passed away , at 77 after a fight against pancreatic cancer
The man in “The Elephant Man”, the addict Max in “Midnight Express”, the despicable Caligula in “I, Claudius”, the astronaut Kane in “Alien” and Garrick Olivander in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” died with his boots on, in his home in Norfolk, with his recent paper as father Richard McSorley in “Jackie”, with two unreleased movies and an unfinished project about the life and miracles of Churchil.
“I can’t say I’m worried about mortality, but it is impossible to reach my age without contemplating it” he recently admitted. “We are all just passing by, and we occupy our chair very shortly” …
His fourth wife, Anwen, confirmed his death (which happened last Wednesday) and “as the most sublime actor and …show more content…
Brooks remembered him in his paper of “John Merrick”, which gave him an Oscar nomination: “No one could have played ‘The Elephant Man’ in such a memorable way. He knew how to take that film to the cinematic immortality. We will miss him terribly”.
[Original tweet: “No one could have played The Elephant Man more memorably. He carried that film into cinematic immortality. He will be sorely missed.”]
“I’m open to all genres, that’s what I am”, said John Hurt, with more than 130 films on his back, going from comedy, sci-fi, and fantasy to spies and superheroes. “Essentially I am an actor for hire”.
Recently reflecting on his life and career, talking with Radio Times, John Hurt claimed he could consider himself satisfied: “It’s not bad for a drunk old man” (His fight against alcoholism was well known until 2008, when he announced that he hadn’t been drinking at
John Hurt passed away , at 77 after a fight against pancreatic cancer
The man in “The Elephant Man”, the addict Max in “Midnight Express”, the despicable Caligula in “I, Claudius”, the astronaut Kane in “Alien” and Garrick Olivander in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” died with his boots on, in his home in Norfolk, with his recent paper as father Richard McSorley in “Jackie”, with two unreleased movies and an unfinished project about the life and miracles of Churchil.
“I can’t say I’m worried about mortality, but it is impossible to reach my age without contemplating it” he recently admitted. “We are all just passing by, and we occupy our chair very shortly” …
His fourth wife, Anwen, confirmed his death (which happened last Wednesday) and “as the most sublime actor and …show more content…
Brooks remembered him in his paper of “John Merrick”, which gave him an Oscar nomination: “No one could have played ‘The Elephant Man’ in such a memorable way. He knew how to take that film to the cinematic immortality. We will miss him terribly”.
[Original tweet: “No one could have played The Elephant Man more memorably. He carried that film into cinematic immortality. He will be sorely missed.”]
“I’m open to all genres, that’s what I am”, said John Hurt, with more than 130 films on his back, going from comedy, sci-fi, and fantasy to spies and superheroes. “Essentially I am an actor for hire”.
Recently reflecting on his life and career, talking with Radio Times, John Hurt claimed he could consider himself satisfied: “It’s not bad for a drunk old man” (His fight against alcoholism was well known until 2008, when he announced that he hadn’t been drinking at