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->''"There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big parts and I was always the spear-carrier. Suddenly the roles were reversed and I couldn't understand why, and nor could they."''

David Hattersley Warner (July 29, 1941 -- July 24, 2022) was a British actor and voice actor with a storied career in theatre, television and film.

He played Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, and was [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoUnboundE2SympathyForTheDevil an alternate version]] of [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]... but if you grew up in the '90s or later, you'll probably recognise his voice as that of at least one WickedCultured cartoon supervillain (among other roles). His voice was so distinctive that we could easily rename the EvilBrit in his honour. His acting was the epitome of ColdHam--he could deliver the hammiest performance you've ever heard without ever, ''ever'', raising his voice.

He famously pulled triple-duty in ''Film/{{Tron}}'' as Edward Dillinger, his program counterpart Sark, and BigBad MCP. His performance as Sark heavily influenced Creator/CoreyBurton's [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Shockwave]] voice (so three guesses who got to voice Sark in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' when Warner himself was unavailable to reprise the role). He was also a regular in Audio Dramas from [[Creator/BigFinish Big Finish Productions]], particularly their ''Series/DoctorWho'' titles.

He died of lung cancer on 24 July 2022, five days short of his 81st birthday.
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!!Other roles:

* He made his film debut in Oscar-winning 1963 film ''Film/TomJones'', playing Blifil, a total creep.
* He played Lysander in a 1968 film adaptation of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' best notable for its incredible AllStarCast: also appearing in this film were Creator/IanHolm, Creator/IanRichardson, Creator/DianaRigg, Creator/HelenMirren, and Creator/JudiDench. (They were all members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.)
* ComicBook/RasAlGhul in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
* The Archmage in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', who was elevated from one-shot character to major villain solely due to his performance.
* Herbert Landon in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. The two-parter detailing Black Cat's origin also had him as the original voice of ComicBook/RedSkull (all other appearances were voiced by Creator/EarlBoen), a case of JewsPlayingNazis as Warner was Jewish.
* The Evil Genius in ''Film/TimeBandits''.
--> "Forty-three species of parrot! Nipples for men! SLUGS! Are we not in the hands of a lunatic?"
* Dr. Vic Frankenstein on Steven Spielberg's short-lived FOX series, ''{{WesternAnimation/Toonsylvania}}'' ([[invoked]][[AdaptationDisplacement which everyone remembers as a Playstation game rather than a TV show]]).
* Nergal in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' ([[TheOtherDarrin he was later replaced by]] Martin Jarvis).
* Alpha in ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries''
* The Lobe in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.
* Lord Angstrom in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
* Spicer Lovejoy (Creator/BillyZane's valet/bodyguard) in ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.
** He also played real second class passenger Lawrence Beesley in the 1979 docudrama ''SOS Titanic''.
* Professor Jordan Perry in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''
* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper in ''Film/TimeAfterTime''.
** He also played Inspector Langford in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S5E11Ripper Ripper]]", an episode of the new ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' anthology series, which tells a sci-fi version of the Ripper's legend. Earlier in the show, he appeared in the episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S1E8VirtualFuture Virtual Future]]".
** And in ''Film/FromBeyondTheGrave'', he plays a man named Edward Charlton who gets possessed by a ghost that is implied to be that of Jack the Ripper.
* The hair specialist Dr. Lock in ''Film/BodyBags''.
* Jon Irenicus in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''.
* He was on ''Star Trek'' several times.
** Ambassador St. John Talbot in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''
** Chancellor Gorkon in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', PlayingAgainstType as a peace-maker.
** Gul Madred, Picard's torturer in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': "Chain of Command"
--> "Tell me how many lights you see."
* Jor-El in ''[[Series/LoisAndClark Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''.
* Kurt Wallander's father Povel in the English language adaptations of ''{{Series/Wallander}}''.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** An AlternateTimeline version of the Third Doctor in two of [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish Productions']] WhatIf ''Doctor Who Unbound'' audio dramas, [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoUnboundE2SympathyForTheDevil "Sympathy for the Devil"]] and [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoUnboundE8MastersOfWar "Masters of War"]] (in these dramas, the Third Doctor arrives for his exile on Earth years too late, in 1997 rather than 1969 ([[ContinuityNod probably]]), causing Earth to become a CrapsackWorld due to the crises of Season Seven not having the Doctor there to make them turn out well). Had many other roles in Big Finish, including playing UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton in a Fifth Doctor audio, and its spin-offs like the ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield'' series (where he played [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Mycroft Holmes]] and returned as his Doctor) and ''Graceless''.
** He also voiced Lord Azlok in the animated special [[Recap/DoctorWho2009ASDreamland "Dreamland"]], and plays [[PlayingAgainstType the entirely sane and likeable]] Professor Grisenko in the TV episode "Cold War".
* He also did quite a lot of RadioDrama for Creator/TheBBC in more [[PlayingAgainstType heroic roles than he's normally known for]]. These roles include Prospero in Theatre/TheTempest, Virgil in Literature/TheDivineComedy and Merlyn in Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing.
* [[NiceGuy Bob Cratchit]] in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 1984 adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]]''. Very much PlayingAgainstType, as you can imagine if you've been reading over this list.
* He was a [[InsaneAdmiral crazy captain]] in "Mutiny" and "Retribution" in the ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' miniseries. Hilariously put by one snarky commentator (Catherine, website ''w 101'')
-->''"You see, the captain, James Sawyer, bears an uncanny resemblance to David Warner. This of necessity means that he's either a) a villain, b) mad as a balloon, or c) both."''
* Master of the Assassins' Guild, Lord Downey, in the TV adaptation of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Film/{{Hogfather}}''.
* The Narrator for the following entries in the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise from 1997-1998:
** ''[[WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]''
** ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohAValentineForYou''
** ''WesternAnimation/AWinnieThePoohThanksgiving''
* Admiral Boom in ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns''
* Aldous Gajic, good guy, seeker of the HolyGrail, in ''Series/BabylonFive''.
* The Spirit of the Tree in ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'' episode "If I Were a Tree".
* Professor Summerlee in the 1992 film adaptation of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'', and its sequel ''Return to the Lost World''.
* Doyle himself in the 1998 film about [[Creator/HarryHoudini Houdini]].
* The macabre Dr. Richard Madden in ''H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon''.
* Ari's father Senator Sandar in Tim Burton's version of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001''.
* Mad scientist Dr. Alfred Necessiter in Steve Martin's ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''.
* The Tsar's court physician Dr. Eugene Botkin in ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny''.
* Admiral Tolwyn in ''Film/WingCommander'' (the film), though we're sure he'd [[invoked]][[NeverLiveItDown rather forget that he was in it]]. (Especially since he ended up compared to Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, who was Tolwyn in the later games / ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'' and had substantially better ''material'' to work with.)
* Yet another [[ActingForTwo Acting For Three]] job in the infamous zero-budget fantasy ''Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights'', as [[TheMentor mentor Baydool]], the BigBad Lord Vultare, and as TheNarrator.
-->'''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E13QuestOfTheDeltaKnights Crow]]:''' "David Warner, you are under arrest by order of David Warner."
* Keith Jennings in ''Film/TheOmen1976''.
* Hauptmann (Captain) Kessel in ''Film/CrossOfIron''.
* Pomponius Falco in ''Series/{{Masada}}''.
* Dr. Wrenn in ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness''.
* Rob the cyclops' new evil persona, Dr. Wrecker, in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' (starting with the season four episode "The Nemesis" and ending on the season four finale "The Disaster" after Rob the cyclops uses the universal remote to change back to normal).
* Dr. Felix Latham in two episodes of ''Series/TotalRecall2070''.
* Thomas Eckhart in ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
* Henry Niles in ''Film/StrawDogs1971'' ([[UncreditedRole uncredited]])
* SS General UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich - ''twice''. First in the 1978 miniseries ''Series/{{Holocaust}}'', and later in the 1985 TV movie ''Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil''.
* Pirate king John David Nau in ''Film/TheIsland1980''.
* Plastic surgeon Dr. Lloyd Stern in "[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderTheHouseOnSycamoreStreet The House on Sycamore Street]]", the second TV movie of ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' before the show proper was created.

Other films he appeared in include ''A Thousand Kisses Deep'', ''Film/CastADeadlySpell'', ''Back to the Secret Garden'', ''The Little Unicorn'', ''Film/MyBestFriendIsAVampire'' and ''The Last Leprechaun'', among many others.
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