John Hurt

[gbb]

Very sad. I can't think of a film with John Hurt that I didn't like, he was one of those actors that made you follow him, not the genre or films themselves.

 

[smutchin]

Looking through his list of credits on IMDb, he was in an awful lot of films, most of which I haven't seen - and a lot of them look pretty mediocre so I probably won't ever bother.

Notwithstanding that, as others have said, he was a reliably fine actor, regardless of the overall merits of any film he was in.

Tbh, I think of him more as a stage actor than a screen actor - his performance in Krapp's Last Tape is rightly considered definitive.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Not seen this on the news yet .
another real tallented actor gone..as @gbb has put it says it all for me

 

[Yellow Fang]

The Naked Civil Servant.
I always had difficulty working out how old he was. He basically looked the same for thirty years.

 

[EltonFrog]

I don't think I ever saw him turn in a bad performance, He was good fun in 44 inch chest and Rob Roy." I'll have my factor call upon your factor"

I almost bumped into him once down Shaftesbury Avenue, we were walking towards each other late one night and did that thing where you both step aside the same way to avoid each other and do it twice. ( there's a thing in the book "Meaning of Liff" for that) We smiled and went on our way.

 

[marknotgeorge]

I think General Woundwort will stay with me to my grave.

He's like Oldman, if he's in the cast, it's a better tale.

John Hurt was Hazel! Woundwort was played by Harry Andrews.

I got a bit of grit in my eye about 32 seconds in...

 

[Gravity Aided]

Midnight Express and 1984, both my favorite roles of his. Though very hard to choose.

 

[User169]

Must have been a contender for having had the most onscreen deaths

 

[Cycleops]

Very sad, such a talented and multi facetted actor. Very difficult to say which was my favourite but the BBC's Naked Civil Servant where he played a cross dressing homosexual Quentin Crisp was for me his tour de force with The Elephant Man coming a very close second.

This scene from The Naked Civil Servant is hilarious:

View: https://youtu.be/bJUxruAQdTE

 

[Cycleops]

Interesting piece of trivia. John Hurt actually painted the naked Quentin Crisp at the art school he attended.

 

[swee'pea99]

Very sad, such a talented and multi facetted actor. Very difficult to say which was my favourite but the BBC's Naked Civil Servant where he played a cross dressing homosexual Quentin Crisp was for me his tour de force with The Elephant Man coming a very close second.

This scene from The Naked Civil Servant is hilarious:

View: https://youtu.be/bJUxruAQdTE

"Anyone can get killed."

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

1984 was another great film of his

Look at the beginning, & the end, & you'll spot Gregor Fisher (Perks/Rab C Nesbitt), as Parsons (the neighbour denounced by his children)

The spaghetti scene in the first Aliens is a hard act to follow.
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Sigourney Weaver on it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/c/entertainment-arts-38781268

 

[jefmcg]

1. I wanted to come back here and praise The Naked Civil Servant but that is pretty thoroughly covered since I last dropped into this thread
2. We should celebrate Hurt's sacrifice that will make as many people as possible (re)watch 1984. Everyone in the US should watch this movie or read the novel. And also, the rest of us.
3. 10 Rillington Place
4. A Man For All Season

 

[jefmcg]

No nomination for I Claudius?

Oh, hell yeah.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Younger Marmionette came downstairs this morning and proclaimed she was saddened at his death as he was some bloke in Harry Potter and something in Merlin.