He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for his performance as the titular character in the Swinging London tragicomedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment by Karel Reisz in 1966. He later garnered an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Roman

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He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for his performance as the titular character in the Swinging London tragicomedy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment by Karel Reisz in 1966. He later garnered an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Roman politician Pomponius Falco in the 1981 TV miniseries Masada.

Digital Desk: David Warner, a gifted British actor who appeared in Shakespearean tragedies as well as sci-fi cult masterpieces, has passed away. He was 80. Warner's family announced that he died on Sunday from a cancer-related illness at Denville Hall, a retirement home for entertainers in London.

In the movies Time After Time (1979), in which he played Jack the Ripper; Straw Dogs (1971), The Omen (1976), and Titanic (1997), Warner, who was frequently cast as the villain, played the cunning valet, Spicer Lovejoy.

Warner, a young member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has performed as King Henry VI and King Richard II, among other roles. His depiction of Hamlet in the company's 1965 staging under Peter Hall's direction was among the best of his generation.

According to Gregor Doran, artistic director emeritus of the RSC, Warner's Hamlet, who was portrayed as a troubled student, "seemed the personification of 1960's youth, and caught the radical spirit of a stormy age." Warner participated in Hall's 1968 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which also included Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg.

Because of his enduring stage phobia, Warner spent many years preferring film and TV work despite his fame as a stage performer.

His parts in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake, Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits, Tron, and the Star Trek series, where he made multiple appearances in various roles, won him the hearts of sci-fi enthusiasts. He has had a great career in both film and television in both Britain and the United States.

Nearly 30 years after his previous appearance, Warner returned to the stage in 2001 to play Andrew Undershaft in the Broadway version of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. In 2005, he made his Chichester Festival Theatre debut in King Lear. The following year, he returned to the stage to reprise his role as Shakespeare's hilarious clown, Falstaff.

In Mary Poppins Returns, which was released in 2018, retired navy officer Admiral Boom played one of his last film roles.

Warner's family released a statement regarding how he would be remembered: "As a kind-hearted, gentle, and caring guy, partner, and dad whose legacy of excellent work has influenced the lives of so many over the years."

The family declared, "We are brokenhearted." In addition to his first wife, Harriet Evans, and several gold dust buddies, they said that Warner is survived by his companion, Lisa Bowerman, son Luke, daughter-in-law Sarah, and "his good friend Jane Spencer Prior."