She wrote on Instagram: 'John Hurt was the craft at its finest. Ms. Jennings's lawyer, Richard Golub, repeatedly tried to challenge Ms. Hurt's testimony, questioning the dates and the exact words she and Mr. Hurt exchanged. ', Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, wrote: 'John Hurt. I believe because by the 1990s he was established after his work in the 80s . ', Walking Dead actor David Morrissey tweeted: 'I loved John Hurt. However, the two stars were unrelated. He won further acclaim for his bravura performance as the Roman emperor Caligula in the BBC drama serial I, Claudius. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} ', Actor John Barrowman posted: 'Sir John Hurt showed us that your career can be diverse as the characters you play. There was something in his own past which made him connect with vulnerable children - I believe it happened when he was in school. ''But he said, no, that he was finished with marriage.''. John Hurt born, John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is an English actor. 'No one could have played The Elephant Man more memorably. I was in a film with him and he was so mesmerising I kept forgetting to act and just watched him. His death was announced by his son Will, who said. He said he was sorry. 'Because he was such a great artist, I remember writing for him and he gave it so much more strength because of the way he told it. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. In the autumn of 2015, Hurt announced he was in remission and vowed to continue working. Their marriage ended in 1982, after seven years. Sir John was well known for roles including Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, the title role in The Elephant Man and wand merchant Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter films. Hurt first rose to fame in A Man For All Seasons in 1966 and later clinched a BAFTA for best supporting actor, along with an Oscar nomination, for playing a drug addict in Midnight Express. He has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Broadcast News (1987). Read that in several places. He won a Golden Globe in the same category for Midnight Express, where he played the character Max. Comedian Stephen Fry called the news of Hurt's passing 'terrible news', and wrote: 'We've lost #JohnHurt as great on the stage, small screen and big. William Hurt. Sadly, he is not a living legend. Moral, Redefining, Immoral. Children of The Elder HURT WILLIAM are: 4.i. He is 50 years old as of 2021. By Some might say he lived a long life, but many believe that his life was over too soon . Sir John Hurt obituary Versatile actor who starred in the television film The Naked Civil Servant, the 1980 classic The Elephant Man and the BBC TV series I, Claudius John Hurt, hugely. I feel lucky that I survived and overcame him. But our relationship quickly morphed into a different cycle, Kaz writes. yes. Very sorry to hear about the passing of William Hurt. I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. Your IP: On his days off we swam, read poetry to each other and made love. William Hurt was one of the biggest male stars of the eighties. It is quite easy to get confused and to believe that John and William are related because of their common surname; however, these two late veteran actors are not related. Hurt provided the voiceover for AIDS: Iceberg/Tombstone,[23] a 1986 public information film warning of the dangers of AIDS, and played the title role, the on-screen narrator, in Jim Henson's television series The StoryTeller (1988). While never the box office draw Sylvester Stallone was his films were still for the most part financially successful and critically acclaimed. William Hurt was considered one of the most talented and prestigious actors in the 1980's. The terrible thing about the William Hurt story is that it is not an isolated aberration, and it is not rare. Marlee Matlin shares a rocky history with William Hurt. His acting aspirations were almost shattered forever by his headmaster's insistence that he did not stand a chance in the profession. William E Hurt . Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. He later reprised the role in Mel Brooks' parody Spaceballs,and fans went on to compile clips of Hurt's famous last scenes, since the actor gained a reputation for taking on characters who meet their tragic ends. His wife's name was Margaret and they were living in Amelia County, Virginia, by 1736. 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He had appeared in 1984, a movie about George Orwell's book, the year after the death of his fiancee, which was praised by the critics. 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The film's director Pablo Larran issued a statement saying: 'John was invincible. William Hurt, (born March 20, 1950, Washington, D.C., U.S.died March 13, 2022, Portland, Oregon), American actor who transitioned from roles as a leading man to a series of distinctive character roles in the latter portion of his career. He became more of a character actor in the 90s and that's fine. [62], In 2014, Hurt designed a Paddington Bear statue which was placed outside the British Museum. 'What was so touching and lovely about John was that this wasn't an actor talking to fans, this was a person talking to a person. His acting talents in The Elephant Man, where he plays Londoner John Merrick, saw him nominated for a Golden Globe in the US in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama category. After several such forays, Justice Silberman became confused whether she should be ruling ''sustained'' or ''overruled'' whenever Mr. Hurt's lawyer, Martin Shelton, objected. Due to their shared surnames, some fans have connected William Hurt with actor John Hurt, who died in 2017. The star was best known for his work on Kiss Of The Spider Woman, The Good Shepherd and, to younger audiences, his role as Marvels Thaddeus Ross. At one point Justice Silberman expressed her impatience and scolded Mr. Golub, saying, ''Oh, come on now.''. So it tickled my fancy, and of course I looked up Paper Zoo, and they seem to me to be the sort of company that's essential in the country as we know it, and doing a lot of really good stuff. [3][4] He received numerous awards including the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012[5] and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. If you don't belong in one of the three categories, then you're going to be overlooked for casting in major projects. Which male actor of his peers do you think was taking all of his roles in that time frame that he could've easily done? Now he gets to pop up in Marvel movies once every few years for a nice chunk of change. In The Good Night, Hurt plays a once-famous screen-writer in his seventies who is desperate to fix his relationship with his son and make sure he is not a burden to his wife before he dies. He was the son of 16. William Hurt, a leading man of 1980s Hollywood who rose to stardom as a cocky but indolent lawyer in "Body Heat," won an Oscar for playing a gay man jailed under a South American dictatorship . 32 Copy quote. It never felt artificial to me, just interesting. Actor William Hurt has died. He was a fine actor, an Academy Award winner. [24], In the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), he played Mr Ollivander, the wand-maker. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. He married actressAnnette Robertson at the age of 22, and the two divorced in the 1960s. It was only after many, many years I admitted to myself that I was the victim of domestic violence.. Decades later, Kaz now an activist fighting domestic violence began volunteering at the L.A. Rape and Battery Hotline. John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.John was born in Washington, D.C., to Helen (Sperling), who acted in community theatre, and John Heard, who worked for the U.S . John J. 5 Copy quote. Hurt was proud of finally getting sober, and before he died Sunday at age 71, he was so committed to staying away from substances that he long resisted using opioids, which often are used to. Early life. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} John Hurt was the father of William Hurt, the elder, who died in Caroline County in 1749. I did enjoy his performance in the doctor and Micheal. Hurt's son, Will, confirmed his father's passing in a statement, reported by Deadline: "It is with great sadness the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar . Going to miss him. [19], The following year, Hurt appeared as Anthony John Grey, a crooked computer programming expert in The Sweeney episode Tomorrow Man. John Hurt, the fourth generation of my line to have lived in this country, was a son of William the Elder. I don't think it was ageism because he was in his 40's in the 1990's so he was still young enough to be a leading man and continue playing similar roles to ones he played in the 1980's. Afterwards, he continued a life of hedonism that earned him a reputation as a hard-partying Hollywood bad boy, although his exciting lifestyle did not solve his problems. Thinking, People, Sometimes. ''He said we should get a divorce,'' Ms. Hurt told a judge in State Supreme Court who will rule on Ms. Jennings's contention that her living with Mr. Hurt for about five weeks in South Carolina immediately after his divorce constituted a common-law marriage under the law of that state. Have something to tell us about this article? The actor's son, Will, announced the news, posting on social media: "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of. A stream of iconic roles soon fell into the British star's including his iconic turn in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror classic, Alien, in which Hurt famously died on-screen as an alien 'chestburster' erupted from his sternum a moment which has gone down in cinematic history. Mrs Hurt added: 'John was the most sublime of actors and the most gentlemanly of gentlemen with the greatest of hearts and the most generosity of spirit. The marriage ended in 1964. Tom Sizemore, Heat and Saving Private Ryan Actor, Dead at 61 John Hurt. But living his life so publicly and those days of heavy drinking have helped him with such an illustrious career, he believes. Hurts son, Will, confirmed his fathers passing in a statement, reported by Deadline: It is with great sadness the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar-winning actor, on 13 March 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. And in that moment there was sorrow, regret, anger and a dream of reconciliation that will never be, Kaz added. In his earlier years, Hurt was notorious for his wild lifestyle and hell-raising antics off-screen. Hurt will also star in Damascus Cover, alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, a movie about an undercover mission in Syria, set for release at some point this year. "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday," Hurt's son said in a statement. He also received his second Oscar nomination for the performance, which many extolled as Hurt's best, but was beaten to the award by Robert Di Nero with his role in Raging Bull. [7][8] He voiced roles in Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), and Dogville (2003) as well as BBC's Merlin (20082012). He will be a great loss to the children in this country.'. Speaking on BBC Breakfast she said he was acknowledged by all actors as one of the 'greatest'. I worked with him many times. NO.William Hurt born, William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) in Washington, D.C., the son. It was an honour and a great joy to work with him on Snowpiercer. Remarkable human being. She said: 'He understood it was a unique way for children to seek help. William Hurt's son, Will, posted today that his father has died. All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. But Ms. Hurt remained unrattled and simply repeated her testimony. [16] Hurt, aged 12, became a boarder at Lincoln School (then a grammar school) because he had failed the entrance examination for admission to his brother's school. [50][51] On 17 July 2015, he attended an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle where he received the accolade from Queen Elizabeth II. Hurt is the son of Henry C. Hurt, an investigative journalist and former Reader's Digest editor, and Margaret Nolting Williams. He also had the rare distinction of starring in four best picture nominees in row from 1985-1988 and this was back when that category had only five nominees at most. Miss you, John. The couple moved to Kenya but divorced in January 1990. Starring Rufus Sewell as an amnesiac serial killer named John Murdoch, the film explores the identity of both him and the eerie city he is pursued through. This television film depicts Crisp's later years in New York. Rest in peace dear Sir. One fan tweeted: So sad to hear about William Hurts passing., Another wrote: RIP William Hurt, loved him in the Marvel movies!. Hurt had an older brother, Br. RIP https://t.co/aKu8NWLgaz, Rest In Peace to an amazing talent William Hurt, beloved Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross in our Marvel Cinematic Universe. [55], Since 2003, Hurt was a patron of the Proteus Syndrome Foundation, both in the United Kingdom and in the US. Anselm (born Michael), a Roman Catholic convert who became a monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey; Hurt had contributed to his brother's books. Selena Gomez vs. Hailey Bieber: Why Everyone Thinks They Need to Pick a Side, I wonder about all the folks who Google-search their abusers, waiting for the day when they will no longer exist. In July 2002, the couple separated. He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Luke Evans, who worked with Hurt in The Immortals, wrote: 'We shared a trailer and would sit in our loincloths and would tell me story after story of the good old (crazy!) The next witness, Tim Zinnemann, a Hollywood film writer and producer, testified that he had stayed next door to Mr. Hurt and Ms. Jennings in the final months of 1982, when the actor was filming ''The Big Chill'' in Beaufort, S.C. Mr. Zinnemann said he had stayed with the actress Meg Tilly, who also was in the film and whom he married there. Are john hurt and William hurt related? 'John had a real tenderness and gentleness which is quite rare in a male actor.'. 'To wile the time away on set, Luca Pasqualino Jamie Bell Tilda Swinton and I would play a crazy card game called s***head. The British actor was best known for his roles in the Harry Potter franchise and 1980 movie The Elephant Man. It's an question mark how his career went to the tank when he had the prestige and populist appeal at the turn of the nineties. Mr. Golub asked. The son of a vicar and an engineer, Hurtspent what he described as a lonely childhood at an Anglo-Catholic prep school before he enrolled at a boarding school in Lincoln. In fact, Hurts famous temper is often a result of his complex, sometimes close to insane need to inhabit his character. William Hurt reportedly died Sunday of natural causes, surrounded by family, according to a social media statement from his son Will Hurt . The one time he showed any emotion was on Monday when a former personal assistant testified that Mr. Hurt had ordered her to destroy his financial records and have his home checked for electric listening devices after he learned of Ms. Jennings's lawsuit against him. Due to their shared surnames, some fans have connected William Hurt with actor John Hurt, who died in 2017. "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar-winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. Hurt, whose death was confirmed by his agent Charles McDonald on Saturday, is survived by wife Anwen Rees-Myers, and sons, Alexander and Nick, from his third marriage withJo Dalton. William Hurt-- an Oscar-winning actor with a long tenure in Hollywood -- has died. [49] He was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. Director Mel Brooks tweeted: 'It was terribly sad today to learn of John Hurt's passing. Wand shopping won't be the same without you.'. For more than a week, the courtroom has been packed with spectators eager to absorb the intimate details of Mr. Hurt's relationship with his former companion, Sandra Jennings. Since then, his reputation in the eyes of the public has changed dramatically, from the 1970s Hollywood bad boy to the national treasure who featured in Harry Potter. When our abusers die we might be surprised to discover that in the end they were mortal human beings. [39], In September 1984, Hurt married his old friend, Donna Peacock, an American actress, at a local Register Office. .ehsOqYO6dxn_Pf9Dzwu37{margin-top:0;overflow:visible}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu{height:24px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu{border-radius:2px}._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:focus,._2pFdCpgBihIaYh9DSMWBIu.uMPgOFYlCc5uvpa2Lbteu:hover{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10);outline:none}._38GxRFSqSC-Z2VLi5Xzkjy{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT{border-top:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);cursor:pointer;padding:8px 16px 8px 8px;text-transform:none}._2DO72U0b_6CUw3msKGrnnT:hover{background-color:#0079d3;border:none;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-body)} Other notable roles for the actor included the lead role in the big screen adaption of George Orwell's 1984 opposite Richard Burton. Death humanizes people. Brilliant actor. And though he has always boasted that he has lived his life in public and has 'never hidden behind closed doors', he has never spoken of the actual tragedy. maybe because he abuse the crap out of his deaf gf, marlee matlin in the late 80's and it came to light in the 90's. Scored by John Williams.1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by . 'Maybe it was the way he held his cigarette, or that English accent. Except for us, they are also boyfriends, lovers, spouses who tried to change the course of our lives, leaving behind brutal remnants of themselves that we will never forget., In Matlins 2009 memoir, the actress wrote about being violently sexually assaulted by her much-older then-boyfriend Hurt. Where does it come from, and who says what is or is not politically correct?'. Despite revealing that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the summer of 2015, Hurt wasmatter-of-fact about his mortality. Hurt has had four marriages and a number of colourful relationships, but his longest was with French model Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, who he met in 1967. 'From then on he never turned us down, he spoke at events for us, telling stories of some of the children we had helped, and took part in carol services for us. [29] His character first appears at the conclusion of the series seven finale "The Name of the Doctor"; his origins are given in the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor"; he regenerates in the 50th anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor",[29] He reprised the role on audio for Big Finish Productions in a series of audio stories starting from 2015 to 2017, completing twelve episodes over four box sets. [40] He lived in Cromer, Norfolk. In 1962, Hurt's father left his parish in Cleethorpes to become headmaster of St Michael's College in the Central American country of British Honduras. He died on Wednesday, January 25, but had been working on a number of films set for release this year. [citation needed] Hurt was initially cast as former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour. The English actor, born in Derbyshire in 1940, became a critical and commercial success in films like Midnight Express, Alien and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} [26] In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary, Planet Dinosaur, the first dinosaur-centred documentary completely shown through CGI. Sir John once boasted that he drank up to seven bottles of wine a night but he mellowed with age and Hurt, who once described his career as not bad 'for an old drunk', received a string of honors towards the end of his six decade-long career. The star, one of Britain's most treasured actors, died aged 77 at his home in Norfolk after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, it was revealed today. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. According to Deadline, William Hurt died of prostate cancer. Treasured actor Sir John Hurt was once a world-famous hell-raiser when his life descended into hedonism and alcohol after the tragic death of his fiancee. He picked up yet another BAFTA just two years later in 1980 - this time as a leading actor in David Lynch's Elephant Man. Hurt once told the British film critic Geoff Andrew: 'The only way I can describe it is that I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. Daniel Day Lewis is famously picky about what roles he takes. But it was not a way of life. The actor was married four times but his longest relationship was to French modelMarie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, who he met after his first marriage to Annette Robertson. [citation needed], More than thirty years after The Naked Civil Servant, Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in the 2009 film An Englishman in New York. Men who abuse women get a pass in our society, and their victims have nowhere to. Tributes from fans and celebrities flooded social media on Sunday following the news that Oscar-winning actor William Hurt has died at age 71. Coupled with the fact that he was ageing (look at the hairline) and difficult behind-the-scenes, and it is clear why directors would move onto, The next generation of actors (Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicholas Cage, Sean Penn, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Box office stars (Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Richard Gere, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Samuel L Jackson), Audience favorites (Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall). He is also due to star in a film called Darkest Hour, about the early days of the Second World War. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 12:23 GMT 28 Jan 2017 At the BAFTAs, he won Best Actor in 1976 and 1981 for The Naked Civil Servant and The Elephant Man. They had three sons, Moses, John and Joel. I always liked that he seemed to have his own way of speaking, like Walken.