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 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 may proceed to the touch and encourage individuals for years to return,” 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 faculty to work initially in promoting, finally successful a scholarship to go to drama faculty.
Well-known for his beauty and impeccable costume sense, he fashioned one among 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.
