David Warner is a better class of villain
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2020
- AmericanCaesar Presents: David Warner is a character actor with Shakespeare-training and a 50-year-career in the rearview mirror. He's played tons of striking villain roles, yet he claims that they were just paycheck gigs. How can that be? I looked through his films and interviews to find some clue of psychology to his acting technique.
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Rest In Peace David Warner
I am so sorry you have put up with psorisis, my dad has it and some of his is ears! Horrid thing.
Rest in Power David Warner.
One of the greatest character actors and movie villains to ever grace the silver screen. Thank you sir.
He will be forever the best Irenicus the world has ever seen.
I've never played Baldur's! I keep getting signs that I should try it.
@@amcaesar Baldur's Gate 2 was an incredible game made all the better with his portrayal of Jon Irenicus. Well worth playing if you like RPGs. It's considered one of the best of all time and with good reason.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah BG fans are here!!!!!!!!!!! : ))))))))))))))))))))))
@@amcaesar if you do go for baldur's gate 2 enhanced edition, it is a work of art
@@steady2wheels Oh yes, I've heard this rec before!
This reminds of a quote from Christopher Lee: "Every actor is going to be in a bad film; the question is, whether you will be bad in it." I think David Warner and Christopher Lee both tried to give good performances, despite the material. I'm a huge fan of both of them.
Oh I love that! I was looking specifically for references like that from his peer group.
Reminds me of a quote by Richard Burton. I can't remember the exact words but it was roughly "If you go to Hollywood, you're going to do a lot of crap. Just be sure that you're the best crap in it".
I was just thinking he's up there in that echelon of great actors such as Christopher Lee, it is insane that Lee served in war and was a friend of Tolkien, the perfect actor to play Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.
David Warner is one of the most underrated brilliant actors, very memorable but never a household name. Great in all his horror movie appearances. RIP 2022
As David Warner has now passed away, your video is a precious document and tribute to one of the true greats.
Excellent way to put it.
RIP David. His work is timeless.
That quote from Malcolm McDowell, an actor who does not give praise lightly, at the end speaks volumes about how highly Warner is regarded by his peers. Another outstanding production, Mr. Scurry.
Thank you as always, sir!
Here to pay respect to a legendary talent. Thank you for shining a light on this man’s terrific career. He will be missed, but he remains immortal through his stellar body of work.
Perfectly put, an immortal.
Rest in Peace, David. You will be missed.
R.I.P. David Warner ❤🌹🙏🏽🕯
What a wonderful tribute to a truly special actor ... I've alway said that if you are of a certain age and you obsessed over Sci-Fi and adventure movies, then it's impossible not to have discovered and fallen in love with Warner. I was born in 1975, and by the early 80s I had started to notice him in movies ... by the end of the 80s he was my absolute favourite actor.
I've never had the desire to go to conventions and meet famous people ... It just feels oddly weird to me. But when I heard that Warner was coming to my town to appear at a very small convention, I HAD to go ... He was as warm, friendly and charming as I had hoped he would be in my dreams ... They say never meet your heroes ... but thankfully my hero was David Warner. Just a normal bloke who happened to appear in magical movies.
It's very kind of you to write this. I'm envying your chance to have met the man!
WHAT A GREAT AND HUMBLE GENTLEMAN ACTOR . A TRUE CLASS ACT . R.I.P.🌹
Excellent video, thank you for making it!
Rest in Peace David Warner
A legend who has been scaring me in one film or another my whole life 💖
RIP good sir. One of the absolute best. He will be missed.
He also had superb comic timing. Pemberton and Shearsmith knew this and gave him all the best gags in Inside No. 9
Rest peacefully David Warner aka Dr.Necessiter in "The Man With 2 Brains" and Jack the Ripper in "Time After Time".. He died Sunday from a "cancer-related illness," according to BBC News, which cited a statement from his family. He was 80.
RIP David Warner 😢
RIP David Warner
Nooo! I just learned yesterday!!! He was (and still is) one of my top favorite british actor! I will miss him!😢
Even though he was 80, the news was still gutting.
He was the original choice to play Freddy Krueger!
I hadn't heard that!
A thousand thanks, Bill Scurry, for your tribute and deep, insightful analysis of the sublime David Warner's career. Knowing he suffers from psoriasis makes me admire him all the more and I've been a fan for 40 years. In 2001 I saw Mr. Warner's return to the stage in a Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara". He was so courageous to overcome his stage fright after over a 30 year absence from the theatre. His performance of Undershaft was graceful and masterful. He appeared completely at ease onstage with his fellow actors and the audience. It was also a special thrill to hear his beautiful voice live. I met him at the stage door. He was gracious, very friendly and extremely modest. He asked me if I thought the audience understood the sophistication of Shaw's humor? I said indeed we all did and reminded him there was a lot of laughter in his comic scenes. Mr. Warner is a very great, deeply sensitive actor with tremendous range and transparent technique. I wish more people knew about Mr. Warner and appreciated his unique gifts and artistry. Thank you again!
Thanks for this great summary, sad to hear he is gone. Was one of those actors I grew up with, especially Time Bandits and A Christmas Carol which I must have watched 20+ times each. Then as I got older going back and discovering his other great performances. He will be missed.
It's interesting to see how permanent this version of Dickens has proven to be -- I guess GC Scott and Warner is a potent combination.
Warner is one of my favourite actors, and I loved his performance as Jon irenicus in Baldur's Gate 2! That cemented it for me, I think.
I'm glad to hear that from a few Baldur's fans! Its an angle I didn't get a chance to explore for this video!
My all time favorite voiced villain i love this man and get goosebumps just thinking about it😆
Rip David Warner
I found this when they said he died this morning. This is very good thank you. This is a damn good retrospective. I don’t know if you’re in this for $$$ but you have what it takes to monetize. Every other UA-camr thinks their retrospective offers something, but this is real stuff and entertaining as well. David Warner has always been one of my favorites. And as a 42yo…thank you especially for including the TMNT2:Secret of the Ooze clip.
Thanks for the kind note -- I had to acknowledge the crowd pleasing stuff in his repertoire!
Nicer done Bill. It takes a lot to play Reinhard Heydrich twice, and play the heavy in Titanic. What a career. Great face and always convincing as a performer.
Thank you, I appreciate the praise. He did say that at the end of "Holocaust" he jumped up and down on the costume, trying to stomp it to death.
THE LOBE on Freakazoid! The writers of that show once said their goal was to assemble as many legendary actors as they could get, and feed them the silliest lines they could think of. He was brilliant there. And he was the arch-enemy, of course. A man whose entire head was a giant brain.
I love that he doubled-down on animation in the 1990s.
"...to assemble as many legendary actors as they could get, and feed them the silliest lines they could think of." Heh. Mission accomplished! I loved that show.
1:41 One of the best adaptations of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays. And there hasn't been a good production since 2013.
One of my Favorite Actors.
I'm happy to celebrate his career, he's more than worthy.
I really liked David Warner. God bless you
Among the best to ever do it.
So much respect for this man. So many roles and he is always great in them.
I'm very happy you found this -- anyone who sits through this full-length essay on a 79-year-old man is my kind of film fan.
@@amcaesar I mean David Warner's voice has been ingrained into my childhood and life. The fact that he has acted in so many HP Lovecraft adaptations too. Kind of fitting for his condition, feelings, and fears. I didn't know about his fears and pain. It just makes me love him and his huge body of work that much more.
thank you for covering David Warner - i feel like he's so underrated and under-seen
I think that's indisputable -- and we need to give our underusing icons love when they're around to hear it.
Humble actor.
As much as they come.
Sorely lacking these days.
Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate 2, my favorite video game villain. Thank you Sir David Warner, it has been and honor.
Very sad news….David Warner has passed away today…For me…He is one of the most unappreciated actors Britain has ever produced…RIP
Oh hell... sorry to hear it.
@@amcaesar he was 80 years.old...And l will always remember him for just one film....The Omen
@@nikreece6295 A legendary film which he spoke reverently of!
Please press F to pay respects to this great, now sadly late, actor 😥😞
Hear hear.
Beautiful video, thank you very much.
This is a wonderful retrospective, and after the unfortunate news today I hope others find their way here to remember his life and work. Thank you.
Thank you for finding this, let's celebrate his today career.
Such a fantastic, insightful analysis about a wonderful actor, and a wonderful person as well. I never thought I can love David Warner more until now. Thank you for this. I wish more people would know him.
That’s kind praise, it reaches my heart!
Always good in many different roles he was especially good in The Ballad of Cable Hogue and The Man with Two Brains.
His voice was truly iconic remember him from Baldur's Gate 2
If he were 10 years younger he'd have gotten more video game work over the years.
Well done, Bill, and you are right, David Warner elevates everything that he's in, even My Best Friend is a Vampire.
Believe it or not, one of the films he talks up is "Quest of the Delta Knights," because of the wide attitude afforded him by the absentee director.
Got linked here via an announcement of his death. I knew I'd miss him but I didn't realize how much. Thank you for this fantastic retrospective. (Would have loved to see more recognition of his voice acting career, though! But I'm biased - I first became aware of him via The Lobe in FREAKAZOID.)
I didn't realize how freaky The Lobe was!
David Warner and Ralph Fiennes could've played the most diabolical brothers in any movie ever... shame they never got the chance!
I can see that!
Agree!
Or David with Jeremy Irons.
I can only add here that his work for Big Finish in their Sapphire and Steel audio stories is fantastic and if you're a fan of David they're worth hearing.
Nice tip, thanks for the heads up.
Rest in Peace. Give Lee and Cushing a big hug.....
Inside the pantheon.
Just watched chains of command from STNG and he was an awesome cardassian.
Creepy AF, sharing the screen well with Patrick Stewart.
Excellent piece Scudders! Got one on Tom Courtney? ;-)
Uh, give me a few years and I'll get to that!
David Warner passed away
39 steps!! Amazing actor and achievements,would love to meet him!! Such a distinctive voice too 🇬🇧
I would love to see more work by the guy!
He will forever be Jack the Ripper to me. RIP.
Not only that to me, but yes.🙂
I really enjoyed this profile of his career and early life (I know I’ve commented before sorry).I found common things with him as well!Makes me want to see his early movies in the 70s one as well.He lives on with what he left behind for us.
I just watched a heist movie called "Perfect Friday," he was great in it.
Well said, and humbly expressed.
Thank you, that's generous of you to note.
Another fantastic video. Your channel has been a great find. Keep up the excellent work!
I'm flattered you think so! Thank you so much for taking a moment to say that...
Few can convey pure menace the way David Warner can. Anyone else delivering it with his intensity would come off as corny.
Old school training!
Sark, MCP and Ra’s al Ghul all are Warner’s best villain roles
That could be fair to say!
Wow another great piece. I recognize his face from so many of the movies displayed & really an unsung hero in film but at least highlighted by the brilliance that is William Scurry. This season of AmericanCaesar Salad is even better than the first & that was excellent. Great job my friend. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed these pieces.
Thank you again and again! I took a detour up my own ass this season with longer examinations of culture people.
He takes all the roles he can get?.....Well, that explains The Ice-cream man and Beastmaster III.
;P
But seriously I love his work, especially as a voice actor. :)
Great job Bill. Young David Warner was cute
Thanks! That means a lot! Yeah, the young man was a breed apart for sure.
Yes, he was!
He would have made an outstanding master in doctor who. He was also brilliant in mad dogs on the small screen
I could see this! He's part of that genre heritage...
First impression The Omen, great actor RIP
Fantastic stuff and congrats on the 1000 subs!
Thanks! It's the result of 12 years of intermittent effort.
Absolutely brilliant analysis
Thanks, the work is easy when we love the man and his output.
IMMMAGINE where we would be now if David Warner had created the world!!!
Pure Evil!
He will was always be Sark and the MCP to me, RIP.
Not a bad legacy.
This might sound stupid to most people, but in my opinion one of my favorite performances of him was doing the voice acting for Jon Irenius in the video game Baldur's Gate 2 (coincidentally one of the best video games ever made)
Although the Star Trek The Next Generation Gul Madred role was also very excellent.
I’ve gotten the Baldur’s Gate role a lot here in the comments.
He was also brilliant in Gargoyles, as the Archmage. A seriously compelling villain (evil sorceror) who was probably a greater threat than any of the many villains who appeared there.
People have been popping out to let me know all the great stuff I wasn't able to include...
I can only imagine how much work goes into these essays, but should you have the time, I'd love to see you cover Jeffrey Combs.
Thanks for watching! I enjoy Combs' work -- but I think he's been covered generously already, and I don't know if I'd have anything new to say which hasn't already been suggested by smarter people.
RIP
What are your favorite David Warner roles in live action/voice acting?The ones I've seen I liked him as was Professor Jordan Perry in TMNT(he was good guy once in a while) and voice over Ra's Al Ghul.
I really liked him in Morgan, from the early 1960s -- and yeah, Ra's Al Ghul is kinda the gold standard for VO on that character.
Excellent video. Top-shelf. I hope David Warner likes it. A curious detail in that Tron clip @6:23, Ed Dillinger wrote the text and the performer claims to be superior to the writer. Wonder if that has any parallel with actors and authors.
I found a series of quotes from Warner about his relationship with writing, in particular, where in "Cross of Iron" he and Mason jotted down their dialogue for the final scene together. Warner said he was exhilarated, but in over his head as a writer...
Imagine David in Star Wars. They would have cast him as a villain, of course.
Next to Cushing on the bridge of the Death Star? Imagine that!
He should be a ghost of an ancient Sith Lord.
nah, he's better than that
Or he could have been the spirit of a old Jedi!🤔
I cannot believe he is gone.... underated actor to be honest!
I loved the fact his said that his ex wife got the head after he got a divorce!
I did read that, incredible huh?
He looks so much like Patrick Troughton ( 2nd Doctor Who).
I HAVE ROSACEA!!! OMG! it's all over my face, and my skin is so tender..(I can't even think about MY SKIN.. it's that bad. WILL NOT LITERALLY..But you gets what I mean XD)
Even treatments will make me break out! That is how tender my skin! And makeup makes it worst, why at 33 still never wear it(rarely!) Maybe lipsgloss or tinted chapstick for winter months but that is it. Sometimes it's tamed than other days.
SO OMG! THIS MAKES ME LOVE HIM MORE!
Wow, I can understand, that is an unfair feeling -- I never had plaques on my face, but scalp, arms, yes.
@@amcaesar yep! Seeing as you said you too have what he has, that sucks dude! Join the fucked up skin club! I have your back! 💯👍🏻
@@QUEENOBSCURE Because of psoriatic arthritis, I had to start with Humira. It actually cleared the derma issue up almost immediately.
Jon Irenicus Voice
Always used to confuse this guy with Alan Rickman.
Yes, they looked a little bit alike. There are also Ralph Fiennes and Rhys Ifans.🙂
My first impression of David Warner was titanic
That was a solid performance.
David would have been a great villain or tragic character in Lord of the Rings.
I can see him as a wizard -- or as Denethor.
I come here to leave a comment.
Come on with it, friend!
Joneleth irenicus
People love it!
Ra's Al Ghoul ☺️
I made sure to represent that role!
@@amcaesar as a kid instantly took to his voice acting as Ra's 😊on Batman Tas , while with Malcolm Macdowell it was seeing him in Tank Girl & hearing his voice acting work on Superman Tas as Metallo .
Like whenever I would read the comics featuring either of Ra's or Metallo I always thought of their performances ( David Warner & Malcolm Macdowell ) I hope you do a video on him Next 😁
Im glad to say ive seen all the films you featured. Gathered a few more of his lesser known films dvd recently. The Lost World, The Choir, Signs & Wonders. I think of him as the "british Lance Henriksen" to put it simply, its funny how many times he's played a priest btw.
@@Erikcleric Hey, I like that! He and Henriksen do have some similarities, including taking a lot of paycheck gigs.
Rip David Warner
RIP
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A day we knew was coming.
@@amcaesar He only needed to be in a Star Wars show or movie and his nerdom would have been complete. Imagine David Warner as a Moff hunting down Jedi.
@@AdrianMendoza23 That would have been glorious!