David Warner, well known for his appearances in films such as ‘Omen’, ‘Titanic‘, and ‘Tron’, died at the age of 80.

Warner died on Sunday at Denville Hall, a care home for individuals in the entertainment business, after a cancer-related illness.

‘Over the last 18 months, he faced his illness with a customary grace and humility,’ his family said in a statement.

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David Hattersley Warner was an English actor who appeared in films, television shows, and plays. Warner was born in Manchester, Lancashire, on July 29, 1941, to Ada Doreen Hattersley and Herbert Simon Warner, a nursing home operator.

He was born out of wedlock and was periodically taken in by each of his parents to be raised, finally settling with his Russian Jewish father and stepmother. He attended Feldon School in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.

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He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre until breaking out on television in 1966 as the lead in Karel Reisz’s Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters in a variety of media, including ‘The Ballad of Cable Hogue’, ‘Straw Dogs’, ‘Cross of Iron,’ ‘The Omen’, ‘Holocaust’, ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’, ‘Time After Time’, ‘Time Bandits’, ‘Tron’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Portrait in Evil’, ‘Titanic’, ‘Mary Poppins Returns’, and various ‘Star Trek’ characters in the films ‘Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’ and ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’, as well as ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’.

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He earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special in 1981 for his role as Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada.