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GradyPhilpott · 28 January 2017, 02:17 PM

John Hurt, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘The Elephant Man,’ Dies at 77

He played Mr. Ollivander, the wand-maker in the first Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone,” and for parts 1 and 2 of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” however his scenes in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” were cut.

Hurt was twice nominated for Oscars, the first time in 1979 for his supporting role in “Midnight Express,” the second time in 1981 for “The Elephant Man.” In 2012 he received a BAFTA Award for outstanding British contribution to cinema.

The actor had the pale, haunted look of a man who is perpetually sleep deprived, but he used his craggy features to his advantage. Reviewing the 2011 feature adaptation of John le Carre’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” in which Hurt played Control, the head of MI6, the New York Times revealed admiration for the actor’s visage: Control “explains his theory about the mole, the folds in Mr. Hurt’s magnificent face sagging a bit lower. That face, a crevassed landscape that suggests sorrow and history, has the granitic grandeur of W.H. Auden in his later life. In tandem with Mr. Hurt’s sonorously melancholic voice (and its useful undertones of hysteria), it is a face that, when used by a filmmaker like Mr. Alfredson, speaks volumes about a character who would otherwise take reams of written dialogue to discover.”

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/jo...en-1201971891/

John Hurt’s Life and Career in Photos

wantonebad · 28 January 2017, 02:44 PM

The actor was above reproach and the man was as pedigreed as an actor could be, RIP John Hurt you were a man and an actor that commanded attention and the screen!!

"Wanna go for a ride..."

The Joker · 28 January 2017, 02:52 PM

Legend. RIP

nick c · 28 January 2017, 10:21 PM

Rip

MonBK · 28 January 2017, 10:38 PM

Rip

Psmith · 29 January 2017, 01:20 AM

Rip

THC · 29 January 2017, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wantonebad

The actor was above reproach and the man was as pedigreed as an actor could be, RIP John Hurt you were a man and an actor that commanded attention and the screen!!

"Wanna go for a ride..."

This

rip

kilyung · 29 January 2017, 02:57 AM

One of my favorite actors. Saw him last as the "War Doctor". RIP.

superdog · 29 January 2017, 04:28 AM

Legendary actor.

God speed.

cop414 · 29 January 2017, 04:30 AM

RIP sir.

Dr.Brian · 29 January 2017, 04:49 AM

What a career! He was in so many fantastic movies, he was even Dr. Who!
Legendary!

Kingair · 29 January 2017, 05:11 AM

RIP . . .

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sickened1 · 29 January 2017, 06:40 AM

Rip

kings4sap · 29 January 2017, 02:29 PM

A star in by far and away one of the most epic sci fi films of all time - Alien. RIP.

East Bay Rider · 29 January 2017, 03:24 PM

R. I. P.

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