ACTOR
David Warner
Known for Doctor Who · Midsomer Murders · Star Trek: The Next Generation
David Hattersley Warner (July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022) was an English actor. Born in Manchester, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment,…
Snapshot 2026-10-12
- Born
- Jul 29, 1941
- Died
- Jul 24, 2022
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
David Hattersley Warner (July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022) was an English actor. Born in Manchester, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s 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.
Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters across a range 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 characters in the Star Trek franchise, in the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In 1981, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his portrayal of Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The King's Breakfast1st Trumpeter
1963
The Madhouse on Castle StreetLennie
1963
We Joined the NavySailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
1963
Tom JonesMr. Blifil
1963
The Wars of the RosesKing Henry VI
1965
Morgan: A Suitable Case for TreatmentMorgan Delt
1966
OpusHamlet
1967
The Deadly AffairEdward II (in Edward II)
1967
The Bofors GunLance Bombardier Terry Evans
1968
Work Is a 4-Letter WordValentine Brose
1968
A Midsummer Night's DreamLysander
1968
The FixerCount Odoevsky
1968
The Sea GullKonstantin Treplev
1968
Michael Kohlhaas - The RebelMichael Kohlhaas
1969
The Ballad of Cable HogueJoshua
1970
Perfect FridayLord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
1970
Straw DogsHenry Niles (uncredited)
1971
A Doll's HouseTorvald Helmer
1973
From Beyond the GraveEdward Charlton
1974
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the EunuchsDennis Charles Nipple
1974
The Old Curiosity ShopSampson Brass
1975
The OmenJennings
1976
ProvidenceKevin Woodford
1977
Cross of IronHauptmann Kiesel
1977
The Blue HotelSwede
1977
Age of InnocenceHenry Buchanan
1977
Silver BearsAgha Firdausi
1977
The DisappearanceBurbank
1977
The Thirty Nine StepsSir Edmund Appleton
1978
NightwingPhillip Payne
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79Peter O'Neill
1979
Time After TimeJack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
1979
S.O.S. TitanicLaurence Beesley
1980
The IslandDavid Nau
1980
Time BanditsEvil Genius
1981
The French Lieutenant's WomanMurphy
1981
ContactSelf - Narrator (Synchronisation)
1982
TronEd Dillinger / Sark
1982
The Man with Two BrainsDr. Alfred Necessiter
1983
FrankensteinCreature
1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversZandor, the Inkeeper
1984
The Company of WolvesFather
1984
A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit
1984
Love's Labour's LostDon Armado
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilReinhard Heydrich
1985
SL
Summer LightningGeorge Millington
1985
DesperadoBallard, Company Police Chief
1987
My Best Friend Is a VampireProfessor Leopold McCarthy
1987
Pulse PoundersEvil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
1988
Keys to FreedomNigel Heath
1988
Hanna's WarCaptain Julian Simon
1988
WaxworkWaxwork Man
1988
Mr. NorthDoctor Angus McPherson
1988
The Evil ClergymanEvil Clergyman
1988
MagdaleneBaron von Seidl
1988
Hansel and GretelFather Stephan
1988
Star Trek V: The Final FrontierSt. John Talbot
1989
Grave SecretsDr. Carl Farnsworth
1989
Hostile TakeoverEugene Brackin
1989
Mortal PassionsDoctor Terrence Powers
1989
TripwireJosef Szabo
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned PenBradley Thompson
1990
The Secret Life of Ian FlemingAdm. Godfrey
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeProfessor Jordon Perry
1991
DriveThe Driver
1991
Cast a Deadly SpellAmos Hackshaw
1991
Blue TornadoCommander
1991
Uncle VanyaVanya
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryChancellor Gorkon
1991
The Lost WorldSummerlee
1992
Return to the Lost WorldProfessor Leo Summerlee
1992
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore StreetDr. Lloyd Stern
1992
Blood and DustTripoli
1992
Spies, Inc.Cleague
1992
Dark at NoonEllic
1992
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph CarterChancellor Thayer
1992
TL
Taking LibertySir Leopold Linwood
1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep ScandalHarley Griswold
1993
Body BagsDr. Lock
1993
Quest of the Delta KnightsLord Vultare
1993
NecronomiconDr. Madden
1993
Pretty Princessprincipe Massimiliano
1993
Loving DeadlyGrant / Grant's Twin
1994
TrystJason
1994
Inner Sanctum IIDr. Lamont
1994
In the Mouth of MadnessDr. Wrenn
1995
Ice Cream ManReverend Langley
1995
Final EquinoxShilow
1995
FelonyCooper
1996
RasputinDr. Botkin
1996
Naked SoulsEverett Longstreet
1996
Beastmaster III: The Eye of BraxusLord Agon
1996
C
CorwinSelf
1996
Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
1996
Seven ServantsBlade
1996
The Leading ManTod
1996
Danielle Steel's ZoyaPrince Vladmir
1997
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinNarrator (voice)
1997
Money TalksBarclay
1997
Scream 2Gus Gold
1997
TitanicSpicer Lovejoy
1997
The Last LeprechaunSimpson
1998
A Winnie the Pooh ThanksgivingNarrator
1998
HoudiniSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1998
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for YouNarrator (voice)
1999
Wing CommanderAdmiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
1999
ShergarEammon Garrity
1999
CinderellaMartin
2000
Back to the Secret GardenDr. Snodgrass
2000
Hornblower: MutinyCaptain James Sawyer
2001
Hornblower: RetributionCapt. James Sawyer
2001
Planet of the ApesSandar
2001
SuperstitionJudge Padovani
2001
The Omen LegacySelf
2001
The InvestigationSuperint. Bruce Northorp
2002
The Code ConspiracyProfessor
2002
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green GoblinLandon (voice)
2002
The Little UnicornTed Regan
2002
Daredevil vs. Spider-ManLandon (voice)
2003
Hearts of GoldDr. Theo John
2003
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSir Danvers Carew
2003
Kiss of LifePap
2003
Straight Into DarknessDeacon
2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc OckLandon (voice)
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2004
Cyber WarsJoseph Lau
2004
Ladies in LavenderDr Mead
2004
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelf
2005
The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseDr. Erasmus Pea
2005
Sweeney ToddFielding
2006
Mr. Loveday's Little OutingLord Moping
2006
Bacon's ArenaNarrator (voice)
2006
SP
Sam Peckinpah: PortraitSelf
2006
Perfect ParentsFather Thomas
2006
HogfatherLord Downey
2007
In Love with BarbaraLord Mountbatten
2008
Albert's MemorialFrank
2009
Black DeathAbbot
2010
TRON: The Next DayEd Dillinger / MCP
2011
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarSelf
2011
A Thousand Kisses DeepMax
2012
Before I SleepEugene Devlin
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of CommandGul Madred
2014
Amicus Vault of HorrorsHimself
2015
The Trial of Elizabeth GadgeSir Andrew Pike
2015
Blue BorsalinoErnie Child
2016
You, Me and HimMichael Miller
2018
His Picture In Little
2018
ProvidenceHimself
2018
Mary Poppins ReturnsAdmiral Boom
2018
TRON: AresMaster Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
2025Television
Z-Cars1 eps
1962
The Wars of the RosesHenry VI · 3 eps
1965
F'
Film '72Self · 2 eps
1971
TC
Three Comedies of MarriageBobby · 1 eps
1975
HolocaustHeydrich · 4 eps
1978
CO
Clouds of GloryWilliam Wordsworth · 2 eps
1978
Hart to HartMr. Bowlly · 1 eps
1979
MasadaSenator Pomponius Falco · 4 eps
1981
Nancy AstorPhilip Kerr · 4 eps
1982
Faerie Tale TheatreZandor, The Innkeeper · 1 eps
1982
Remington SteeleAlexander Sebastien · 1 eps
1982
Marco PoloRustichello da Pisa · 7 eps
1982
CharlieCharlie Alexander · 4 eps
1984
Murder, She WroteInsp. McLaughlin · 1 eps
1984
Hold the Back PageKen Wordsworth · 10 eps
1985
Worlds BeyondKen Larkin · 1 eps
1986
Crossbow1 eps
1987
Star Trek: The Next GenerationGul Madred · 2 eps
1987
Father Dowling MysteriesSir Arthur wedgeworth · 1 eps
1989
Tales from the CryptDr. Alan Goetz · 1 eps
1989
Twin PeaksThomas Eckhardt · 3 eps
1990
DinosaursSpirit of the Tree (voice) · 1 eps
1991
PerformanceVanya · 1 eps
1991
The Larry Sanders ShowRichard Germain · 2 eps
1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesRa's al Ghul (voice) · 5 eps
1992
Wild PalmsEli Levitt · 5 eps
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Winston Smiles · 1 eps
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanJor-El · 1 eps
1993
Babylon 5Aldous Gajic · 1 eps
1994
Iron ManArthur Dearborn (voice) · 2 eps
1994
GargoylesArchmage (voice) · 4 eps
1994
Spider-ManLandon (voice) · 12 eps
1994
The American RevolutionKing George III · 6 eps
1994
A Mind to Kill1 eps
1994
Signs and WondersReverend Timothy Palmore · 4 eps
1995
The ChoirAlexander Troy · 5 eps
1995
The Outer LimitsBill Trenton · 1 eps
1995
Freakazoid!The Lobe (voice) · 9 eps
1995
Superman: The Animated SeriesRa's al Ghul (voice) · 1 eps
1996
Captain Simian & the Space MonkeysThe Glyph (voice) · 1 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersPeter Fossett · 1 eps
1997
Perversions of ScienceDr. Nordhoff · 1 eps
1997
The HungerVassu · 1 eps
1997
Men in Black: The SeriesAlpha (voice) · 3 eps
1997
ThreeThe Man · 13 eps
1998
ToonsylvaniaDr. Vic Frankenstein · 21 eps
1998
HornblowerCaptain Sawyer · 2 eps
1998
Total Recall 20702 eps
1999
Batman BeyondRa's al Ghul (voice) · 1 eps
1999
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandLord Angstrom (voice) · 2 eps
2000
In the BeginningEliezer · 2 eps
2000
The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyNergal (voice) · 2 eps
2001
ConvictionLenny Fairburn · 6 eps
2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleLuther Crackenthorpe · 1 eps
2004
Doctor WhoProfessor Grisenko · 1 eps
2005
Sensitive SkinRobert Ringwald · 1 eps
2005
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpirePulcher · 1 eps
2006
HogfatherLord Downey · 2 eps
2006
WallanderPovel Wallander · 4 eps
2008
Doctor Who: DreamlandLord Azlok (voice) · 6 eps
2009
A History of HorrorSelf · 3 eps
2010
The Amazing World of GumballDr. Wrecker (voice) · 6 eps
2011
The Secret of Crickley HallElderly Percy Judd · 3 eps
2012
Ripper StreetRabbi Max Steiner · 3 eps
2012
Teen Titans Go!The Lobe (voice) · 1 eps
2013
Inside No. 9Sir Andrew Pike · 1 eps
2014
The AlienistProfessor Cavanaugh · 1 eps
2018
Elliott from Earth16 eps
2021Photos
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