David Warner Passed Away!

David Warner passed away from cancer.

Iconic British actor who starred in movies, television and animation passed away at the age of 80.

David Warner, who had roles in Titanic, The Omen, Tron and Time Bandits passed away from a cancer-related illness. I best known him as the voice as Ra's al Ghu, an arch enemy in DCAU, Batman The Animated Series, Batman Beyond and Superman The Animated Series.

David was born in 1941 in Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Ada Doreen Hattersley and Herbert Simon Warner, a nursing home proprietor. He was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be brought up by each of his parents, eventually settling with his Russian Jewish father and his stepmother.

David was an English actor, who worked in film, television, and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and after making his stage debut in 1962 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) with whom he played Henry VI in The Wars of the Roses cycle at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in 1964 before the RSC cast him as Prince Hamlet in Peter Hall's 1965 production of Hamlet. He attained prominence on screen in 1966 through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

He graduated from RADA in 1961.

He voiced numerous characters on television. Some of the most notable besides Batman The Animated Series include:

Masada, Men In Black: The Animated Series, Freakazoid!, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ripper Street and Mary Poppins Returns.

The actor died of a cancer-related illness on Sunday in London, his family told the BBC. “Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity,” his family said in a statement shared with the BBC.

“He will be missed hugely by us, his family and friends, and remembered as a kind-hearted, generous and compassionate man, partner and father, whose legacy of extraordinary work has touched the lives of so many over the years. We are heartbroken,” the statement continued.