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Less eccentric roles saw him as the doomed photojournalist who literally loses his head in The Omen (1976) (Warner later described the experience of working alongside Gregory Peck as a career highlight), the sympathetic, but equally ill-fated Klingon Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and the sad, likeable ...
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- Ambassador St. John Talbot in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Gul Madred in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Warner's firstStar Trek role was in the William Shatner-directed Star Trek V. As St. John Talbot, the Federation Ambassador to Nimbus III, the so-called "Planet of Galactic Peace," Warner played a disillusioned and drunken man. Talbot was one of three other diplomats, including the Klingon and Romulan ambassadors, who were mired in the failed exper...
In Star Trek VI, which was helmed by his director from Time After Time, Nicholas Meyer, Warner returned but this time as Gorkon, the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. When the Klingons suffer an environmental catastrophe, Gorkon leads the initiative for peace with the Federation, which leads to him being assassinated by conspirators from the Klingo...
David Warner's full-on villainous turn as the evil Cardassian Gul Madred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-parter "Chain of Command" is perhaps his greatest Star Trek role. When the Cardassians capture Captain Picard while he's on a secret mission, Madred personally conducts the Starfleet hero's torture and nearly succeeds in breaking Picar...
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David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre. Warner's lanky, often haggard appearance lent itself to a variety of villainous characters as well as more sympathetic roles across stage and screen.
David Warner ( 29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022; age 80) was an English actor who played St. John Talbot in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and Madred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episodes " Chain Of Command, Part I " and " Chain Of Command, Part II ".
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- St. John Talbot. Say what you will about William Shatner's 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" — and there are plenty of negative things that can be said — it certainly didn't lack for interesting ideas.
- Chancellor Gorkon. In Nicholas Meyer's 1991 film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," Warner returned as a diplomat, only this time in a much more hopeful mode.
- Gul Madred. One of the better episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is a two-part espionage thriller called "Chain of Command" that aired at the end of 1992 in the middle of the show's sixth season.
David Warner Recounts His Trek Adventures. David Warner is one of those classic character actors who can turn up in anything, anywhere. And, over the course of his long career, the British actor has lent his talents to Star Trek on three (of four, depending on how you look at it) occasions.
Jul 25, 2022 · British actor David Warner died from cancer-related complications on July 24. He was known for roles in “The Omen,” “Titanic" and “Star Trek."
