History Creator / JohnHurt

* ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'' (1985) as the Horned King (voice)

* ''Disney/TheTiggerMovie'' (2000) as the Narrator (voice)

* ChronicallyKilledActor: To the point [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE his official YouTube channel]] has a death reel. A research shows Hurt dies in about a third of his filmography.

* ''Series/IClaudius'' (1976) as Caligula

A ChronicallyKilledActor, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE a YouTube compilation of his death scenes]] is even longer than it is for Creator/SeanBean. That's saying something. Oh, and he was at drama school with Creator/IanMcShane, and they shared an apartment, leading to a lifelong friendship.

* TheAlcoholic: He might have disagreed, calling it "a silly word", but there's no denying he enjoyed the tip of a glass, though perhaps not to the extremes of his generational cohorts Creator/PeterOToole, Creator/RichardHarris and Creator/OliverReed, which would go some way towards explaining why he outlived all of them. When he died, many completely ordinary people recounted stories of his jovial casual friendliness towards them at the bar stool.

*** It's been said of him that, even in his senior years, he got to play a dragon, a wizard, ''and'' the Doctor, i.e. three of the coolest things in fiction.

* ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' (2004) as Professor Trevor Bruttenholm

* ''Film/{{Hercules 2014}}'' as King Cotys of Thrace

* ''[[WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated Hellboy Animated: Iron and Blood]]'' (2007) as Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (voice)

* ''Film/PerfumeTheStoryOfAMurderer'' (2007) as the Narrator (voice)

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2013) as the War Doctor

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and that the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody was willing to insure the film while Hurt had cancer (he was eventually replaced by Creator/JonathanPryce). He eventually passed away on January 25, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. The news of his death was announced two days later.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina}}'' (1994) as Mr. Mole (voice)

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] John Vincent Hurt, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (January 22, 1940-January 25, 2017) was an English actor, who initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'', and sustained a career in lead and supporting roles in many popular motion pictures.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultramarines}}'' (2010) as Carnak (2010)

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' (2008) as the Great Dragon (voice)

* ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'' (2014) as Gilliam

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and that the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody was willing to insure the film while Hurt had cancer (he was eventually replaced by Creator/JohnathanPryce). He eventually passed away on January 25, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. The news of his death was announced two days later.

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and that the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody was willing to insure the film while Hurt had cancer. He eventually passed away on January 25, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. The news of his death was announced two days later.

An amusing story was told by Paul Higgins, of ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' ([=Jamie MacDonald=]) fame. On the opening night of ''Black Watch'', a play Higgins was in, Hurt was sitting in the front row. One character had the line: "I don't care who plays me in the movie, so long as it's not that cunt in the Elephant Man." The next day, the production got a card: "Congratulations on a magnificent performance of a very important play - from the cunt in Film/TheElephantMan and his wife."

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] John Vincent Hurt, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (January 22, 1940-January 27, 2017) was an English actor, who initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'', and sustained a career in lead and supporting roles in many popular motion pictures.

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] John Vincent Hurt, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (January 22, 1940-January 27, 2017) was an English actor, who initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film ''Film/AManForAllSeasons'', and retained a career as a lead and supporting actor of many popular motion pictures.

Hurt was one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and had a versatile film career spanning five decades. He was also known for his many Shakespearean roles, and oddly closed the circle on some special ones. For instance, he played Winston, the tyrannized subject of Big Brother in ''Film/NineteenEightyFour'' in 1984 and played Sutler, the Big Brother like dictator in ''Film/VForVendetta''. His most famous animated voice role is the heroic rabbit leader, Hazel, in the film of ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'', but he played the primary villain, the tyrannical General Woundwart, in the later television adaptation.

Starred in a voice-part in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} CG-animated movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultramarines}}'', and also appeared on ''Series/DoctorWho'' as [[TheNthDoctor/DoctorWho the War Doctor]], a ShellShockedVeteran who shed the name "Doctor" and [[BatmanGrabsAGun became a warrior]].

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and said the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody was willing to insure the film while Hurt had cancer. Hurt eventually passed away on January 25, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. The news of his death was announced two days later.

A rather amusing story was told by Paul Higgins, of ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' ([=Jamie MacDonald=]) fame. On the opening night of ''Black Watch'', a play Higgins was in, Hurt was sitting in the front row. One character had the line: "I don't care who plays me in the movie, so long as it's not that cunt in the Elephant Man." The next day, the production got a card: "Congratulations on a magnificent performance of a very important play - from the cunt in Film/TheElephantMan and his wife."

* TheAlcoholic: He might disagree, calling it "a silly word", but there's no denying he enjoyed the tip of a glass, though perhaps not to the extremes of his generational cohorts Creator/PeterOToole, Creator/RichardHarris and Creator/OliverReed, which would go some way towards explaining why he outlived all of them. When he died, many completely ordinary people recounted stories of his jovial casual friendliness towards them at the bar stool.

** Had his own official [[https://www.facebook.com/johnvhurt?ref=profile Facebook account]] and frequently posted ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' related humour.

** He was also a huge fan of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' to the point he can recite ''Jabberwocky'' from memory [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx-nONAYiMM as seen here]].

Starred in a voice-part in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} CG-animated movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultramarines}}'', and also appeared on ''Series/DoctorWho'' as [[TheNthDoctor/DoctorWho the War Doctor]], a ShellShockedVeteran that shed the name "Doctor" and [[BatmanGrabsAGun became a warrior]].

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and said the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody was willing to insure the film, while Hurt had cancer.

Hurt eventually passed away on January 25, 2017, three days after his 77th birthday. The news of his death was announced two days later.

A ChronicallyKilledActor, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHk-ooDV2HE a YouTube compilation of his death scenes]] is even longer than it is for Creator/SeanBean. That's saying something.

* The Creator/BigFinish version of ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'' (2017) as Griffin

* TheAlcoholic: He might disagree, calling it "a silly word", but there's no denying he enjoyed the tip of a glass, though perhaps not to the extremes of his generational cohorts PeterOToole, RichardHarris and OliverReed, which would go some way towards explaining why he outlived all of them. When he died, many completely ordinary people recounted stories of his jovial casual friendliness towards them at the bar stool.

* CoolOldGuy: Had his own official [[https://www.facebook.com/johnvhurt?ref=profile Facebook account]] and frequently posted Series/DoctorWho and Film/{{Alien}} related humour.

In June of 2015, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but said he was optimistic about treatment and said the disease would not interfere with his professional duties. It did however cause production of Creator/TerryGilliam's ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' to be delayed since nobody is willing to insure the film, while Sir John has cancer. He passed away on January 27, 2017.

* {{Determinator}}: He suffered from pancreatic cancer, an especially devastating form of the disease that typically kills within a few months. Hurt hung on for ''two years'' after being diagnosed, and kept working the whole time, until at the time of his death there were still three films he'd appeared in that had yet to be released.