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Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world".
John Hurt. Actor: 1984. One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England.
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Hurt in April 2009 Sir John Hurt , CBE (1940–2017) was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. He had roles in over 130 films with dozens of television roles.
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Jul 30, 2024 · John Hurt (born January 22, 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England—died January 25, 2017, Cromer, Norfolk) was a British actor known for his insightful and sensitive portrayals of damaged or eccentric characters. Hurt, whose father was an Anglican minister, grew up in northern England. He studied art in London before enrolling at the Royal ...
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Jan 27, 2017 · Actor John Hurt, the gravelly voiced British actor who garnered Oscar nominations for his roles in “Midnight Express” and “The Elephant Man,” has died at the age of 77, publicist Charles ...
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Jan 28, 2017 · Hurt, 77, died Friday in London, his agent Charles McDonald said. Knighted in 2015, he was described as inspirational, legendary, incomparable. Mia Farrow tweeted that he was one of the “finest actors of our time, and the loveliest person.”. His Oscar nominations were for playing the tortured John Merrick in David Lynch’s “The Elephant ...
By LINDSEY BAHR. Published 8:19 PM PDT, January 27, 2017. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in “The Elephant Man,” terrify them in “Alien,” and spoof that very same scene in “Spaceballs,” has died. He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according ...