David Warner Net Worth

What was David Warner's Net Worth?

David Warner was an English actor who had a net worth of $4 million at the time of his death. David Warner died on July 24, 2022, at the age of 80.

David Warner acted on screen, stage, and in audio dramas during a career spanning six decades, with notable credits including the films "Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment," "The Omen," "Time After Time," and "Time Bandits" and the television miniseries "Holocaust" and "Masada." On stage, Warner appeared in numerous Shakespeare plays in Britain and acted on Broadway in a revival of "Major Barbara."

Early Life and Education

David Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England to Ada and Herbert, who were unmarried. His parents took turns raising him before he settled with his father and stepmother. When he was 18, Warner enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He graduated in 1961.

Film Career

Warner had his first credited film role in the 1963 period comedy "Tom Jones," playing the villainous Blifil. This would be the first of many villainous characters he played throughout his career. Warner next starred as the title character in the 1966 comedy "Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment," for which he earned a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor. Following an uncredited appearance in "The Deadly Affair" in 1967, Warner was in five films in 1968, including "The Bofors Gun," "Work is a Four-Letter Word," and "The Sea Gull." Concluding the decade, he starred in Volker Schlöndorff's "Man on Horseback," an adaptation of the novel "Michael Kohlhaas." In the early 1970s, Warner was in such films as "The Ballad of Cable Hogue," "Perfect Friday," and "A Doll's House." His credits in the latter half of the decade include the musical "Mister Quilp"; the supernatural horror film "The Omen"; the war film "Cross of Iron"; the period drama "Age of Innocence"; the horror film "Nightwing"; and the science-fiction film "Time After Time."

Kicking off the 1980s, Warner played the villainous pirate Nau in the action-adventure thriller "The Island." He subsequently played villains in the 1981 fantasy adventure "Time Bandits" and the 1982 science-fiction action film "Tron." Over the ensuing years, Warner appeared in such films as "The Man with Two Brains," "The Company of Wolves," "Waxwork," "Office Party," and "Hanna's War." He closed out the decade with roles in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" and "Tripwire." Warner went on to have a prolific decade in the 1990s, starting with such films as "Mortal Passions," "Blue Tornado," and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." Other notable credits during the decade include the Italian romantic comedy "Pretty Princess," John Carpenter's "In the Mouth of Madness," the dramedy "Seven Servants," James Cameron's "Titanic," and Wes Craven's "Scream 2." In the '00s, Warner appeared in "Back to the Secret Garden," "Planet of the Apes," "Ladies in Lavender," and "The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse," among other titles. He had his final decade on film in the 2010s, with credits including "Black Death," "Before I Sleep," "You, Me and Him," and "Mary Poppins Returns."

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Television Career

Warner made his television debut starring alongside Bob Dylan in the 1963 British teleplay "Madhouse on Castle Street." Two years later, he earned praise for his performance as Henry VI in the BBC's broadcast of Shakespeare's "The Wars of the Roses." In the 1970s, Warner gained more acclaim for his portrayal of Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich in the NBC miniseries "Holocaust," which aired in 1978. For his performance, he received his first Emmy Award nomination. The following year, Warner portrayed Lawrence Beesley in the ABC television film "S.O.S. Titanic." He returned to ABC in 1981 with a supporting role in the historical miniseries "Masada," and won an Emmy Award for his work. Warner subsequently appeared on the British series "Nancy Astor" and in the American-Italian miniseries "Marco Polo." In 1984, he played Bob Cratchit in CBS's television film adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" and the Creature in a television film adaptation of "Frankenstein." The next year, Warner starred on the British series "Hold the Back Page" and played Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich for a second time in the NBC television film "Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil."

Warner acted in several television films in the 1990s, including "Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming," "Cast a Deadly Spell," "Body Bags," "Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny," and "Houdini." He also did a lot of voice acting, voicing characters on such animated shows as "The Legend of Prince Valiant," "Batman: The Animated Series," "Spider-Man: The Animated Series," "Freakazoid!," and "Toonsylvania." Other credits included episodes of "Twin Peaks," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Babylon 5," and "The Outer Limits." Warner continued voice acting in the 21st century with roles on "Batman Beyond," "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command," "Doctor Who: Dreamland," and "The Amazing World of Gumball," among other series. Elsewhere, he appeared in the television films "Cinderella," "Perfect Parents," and "In Love with Barbara" and the miniseries "In the Beginning," "Hornblower," and "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather." Warner's other major small-screen credits in the 21st century include episodes of "Conviction," "Wallander," "Mad Dogs," "The Secret of Crickley Hall," "Penny Dreadful," and "Ripper Street."

David Warner poses during a photo call held on January 7, 2005 at his home in London, England. (Photo by Cambridge Jones/Getty Images)

Theater Career

In early 1962, Warner made his professional stage debut in a Royal Court Theatre production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Later that year, he appeared in productions of "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Afore Night Come." In 1963, Warner acted in productions of "The Tempest," "Julius Caesar," and "Henry VI." He went on to reprise his role as Henry VI for the complete "The Wars of the Roses" cycle.' Warner's other theater credits in the 1960s included the premiere of Henry Livings's "Eh?" and productions of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Twelfth Night."

In the 1970s, Warner appeared on stage in "Tiny Alice," "The Great Exhibition," and "I, Claudius." He then took a hiatus from theater and focused on film and television. Warner ended his nearly three-decade hiatus in 2001 when he made his Broadway debut in a revival of "Major Barbara." The year after that, he returned to the West End to appear in "A Feast of Snails." In 2005, Warner returned to Shakespeare with the title role in the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of "King Lear." His subsequent theater credits included the one-night play "Night Sky" at the Old Vic and revivals of "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Henry IV, Part 2" at the Courtyard Theatre.

Audio Dramas and Video Games

Warner's extensive voice-acting work carried over to audio plays and video games. He lent his voice to numerous "Doctor Who" and "Bernice Summerfield" audio dramas, playing the Doctor in several of them, and voiced Hugo Rune in the 2008 audio adaptation of Robert Rankin's "The Brightonomicon." In video games, Warner played Morpheus in "Fallout" and Jon Irenicus in "Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn." He also had live-action roles in the space flight simulation games "Privateer 2: The Darkening" and "Star Trek: Klingon Academy."

Personal Life and Death

Warner was married to his first wife, Harriet Lindgren, from 1969 until their divorce in 1972. He wed his second wife, Sheilah Kent, in 1979; they had a daughter and divorced in 2005. From 2006 until his passing in 2022, Warner was in a relationship with fellow British actor Lisa Bowerman.

On July 24, 2022, Warner passed away from cancer at the historic Denville Hall in Northwood. He was 80 years of age.

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