Fresh misery for flood-hit communities following Storm Christoph as blizzards sweep into Britain TODAY and... 'I'd rather not stand there naked': Keira Knightley says she REFUSES to film sex scenes with a male director... TikTok trolls accuse CBeebies star Mr Tumble of being racists because his catchphrase is 'hello monkey'. [17] He played Timothy Evans, who was hanged for murders committed by his landlord John Christie, in 10 Rillington Place (1971), earning him his first BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. [citation needed], At the age of eight, Hurt was sent to the Anglican St Michael's Preparatory School in Otford, Kent,[13] where he eventually developed his passion for acting. [17], His other roles in the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s included Kane, the first victim of the title creature in the film Alien (1979, a role which he reprised as a parody in Spaceballs); would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in Little Malcolm (1974); and also had a starring role in Sam Peckinpah's critically panned but moderately successful final film, The Osterman Weekend (1983). Then he played the ultimate victim in 1984, George Orwell’s novel.” ~ Quentin Crisp . [36], In 2007, Hurt took part in the BBC genealogical television series Who Do You Think You Are?, which investigated part of his family history. This marriage ended in 1996 and was followed by a seven-year relationship with Dublin-born presenter and writer Sarah Owens. [31] At the time of his death he had completed filming That Good Night, in which he played a terminally ill writer. When Hurt was five, his father became the vicar of St Stephen's Church in Woodville, Derbyshire, and remained there until 1952. [23] In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary, Planet Dinosaur, the first dinosaur-centred documentary completely shown through CGI. [60], This article is about the English actor. Hurt said, "I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have the person who played Winston having risen in the party. [40] Following treatment, Hurt stated that his cancer was in remission on 12 October 2015. In 1960, he won a scholarship to RADA, where he trained for two years. [11][12] His father was also vicar of St John's parish in Sunderland, County Durham. In 2012 he was appointed the first chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts. He decided he wanted to become an actor after his first role as a girl in a school production of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck. Quentin Crisp died on this day in 1999. [34], In September 1984, Hurt married his old friend, American actress Donna Peacock, at a local Register Office. Crisp moved to New York the following year, a move he described as his proudest achievement. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who in 2013.[2][3]. [50], Since 2003, Hurt was a patron of the Proteus Syndrome Foundation, both in the United Kingdom and in the US. The John Hurt Centre opened in September 2016 and is an education and exhibition space located at Cinema City, Norwich. His parents disliked his later acting ambitions and encouraged him to become an art teacher instead. [20], Hurt voiced Snitter in The Plague Dogs, played Winston Smith in the film adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and starred in Disney's The Black Cauldron (1985), voicing the film's main antagonist, the Horned King. Hurt, 69, has just returned to the role that made his name – Quentin Crisp. [52][53][54][55], From 2006, Hurt had been a patron of Project Harar, a UK-based charity working in Ethiopia for children with facial disfigurements. It has been named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. In a much later documentary about the series, I Claudius: A Television Epic (2002), Hurt revealed that he had originally declined the role when it was first offered to him, but that series director Herbert Wise had invited him to a special pre-production party, hoping Hurt would change his mind, and that he was so impressed by meeting the rest of the cast and crew that he reversed his decision and took the role. [15] Aged 17, Hurt enrolled in Grimsby Art School (now the East Coast School of Art and Design), where he studied art. Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years. Quentin Crisp (r) was born Denis Charles Pratt in 1908 Actor John Hurt is to play legendary British eccentric Quentin Crisp again in a sequel to classic 1975 ITV drama The Naked Civil Servant. The actor is pictured on the set of An Englishman In New York, which follows Crisp's adventures in his adopted city during the Eighties and Nineties. [35] He lived in Cromer, Norfolk. Crisp, who died aged 90 in 1999, was in major demand during his later life and frequently attended celebrity soirées, leading him to remark that one could live on a diet of champagne and peanuts. SNP vows to UNILATERALLY hold a second Scottish independence referendum if Sturgeon wins May election - and... We can vaccinate ALL teachers, say schools: Heads send Boris a plan for huge seven-day operation  to... Disney+ blocks under-sevens from watching 'racist' Peter Pan, Dumbo and The Aristocats for breaching... We're sadder, poorer... and fatter: Mail on Sunday survey finds Britain is suffering under lockdown - but... PETER HITCHENS: So is this really an epidemic of despair? Trump spends his first weekend as ex-president playing golf at his West Palm Beach club... Scar-free stitch in the stomach could help patients shed up to FIVE stone in six months - and cut their risk... Post-Brexit hiccups 'will add £1.50 to a bottle of fine wine', Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy 'asked Julian Assange's alleged victims to drop rape charges', New BBC Three documentary 'DIY Trans Teens' reveals how children can buy sex-change drugs. Prior to the programme, Hurt had harboured a love of Ireland and was enamoured of a "deeply beguiling" family legend that suggested his great-grandmother had been the illegitimate daughter of a Marquess of Sligo. He gave up smoking and drinking during his fourth marriage. [18], Hurt appeared in the 1978 film Midnight Express, for which he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (the latter of which he lost to Christopher Walken for his performance in The Deer Hunter). Following the success of his television biography The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Quentin Crisp (Sir John Hurt) is invited to America to lecture on How To Be Happy, and falls in love with New York City's more permissive ambiance. [24] He returned to Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, playing the on-screen Big Brother for the Paper Zoo Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the novel in June 2009. A happy birthday nod to John Hurt today! In 2013, Hurt appeared in Doctor Who as a 'forgotten' incarnation of the Doctor, known as the War Doctor. “When I saw Manhattan, I wanted it,” he said. Starring John Hurt, in a performance that brought him international acclaim, THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT tells the extraordinary true-life tale of this 20th Century Oscar Wilde. [citation needed], On 24 January 1990, Hurt married American production assistant Joan Dalton,[19] whom he had met while filming Scandal. On 26 January 1983, Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went horse riding early in the morning near their house in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire; Volpeliere-Pierrot was thrown off her horse. [51] Proteus syndrome is the condition that Joseph Merrick, who Hurt played (renamed as John Merrick) in The Elephant Man, is thought to have suffered from, although Merrick's exact condition is still not known with certainty. [citation needed] Hurt was initially cast as former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour. [58][59], On 23 January 2013, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of Lincoln, at Lincoln Cathedral. Proof the Pfizer Covid vaccine works in the real world? Hurt had an older brother, Br. With the signature fedora and a dandily knotted silk cravat, it could only be a certain flamboyant character. With her, he had two sons. He also wrote books and movie reviews, made television and film appearances, and even showed up in an ad for a Calvin Klein perfume. John Hurt, who played Quentin Crisp in "The Naked Civil Servant," now plays an older Crisp, enjoying his celebrity and causing controversay in 1980s New York City. [28][29], Hurt was due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a film entitled Broken Dream, to be directed by Neil Jordan. [38], On 16 June 2015, Hurt publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer. Quentin Crisp, the writer, model, actor, wit and self-styled 'stately homo', is brought to life again by John Hurt in a new film. [14], Hurt's first film was The Wild and the Willing (1962), but his first major role was as Richard Rich in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Hurt voiced Hazel, the heroic rabbit leader of his warren in the film adaptation of Watership Down (both 1978) and later played the major villain, General Woundwort, in the animated television series version. [citation needed], In the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), he played Mr Ollivander, the wand-maker. John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York Outfest 2009 continues. The genealogical evidence uncovered seemed to contradict the family legend, rendering the suggestion doubtful. [22], He voiced the Great Dragon Kilgharrah, who aids the young warlock Merlin as he protects the future King Arthur, in the BBC television series Merlin (also 2008). [6] His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985) and Dogville (2003), as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). LOGO is currently showing this movie. He changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home, and expressed a feminine appearance to a degree that shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks. The couple moved to County Wicklow, where they settled close to their friends, director John Boorman and Claddagh Records founder and Guinness heir Garech Browne. [47], In 2012, Hurt was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Storyline. "[25], At the 65th British Academy Film Awards Hurt won the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England. Richard Laxton directed John Hurt in 2009's An Englishman in New York, a biographical movie chronicling Quentin Crisp's later life. In March 2005, Hurt married his fourth wife, advertising film producer Anwen Rees-Meyers. or debate this issue live on our message boards. Hurt came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), sci-fi adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). [42][43], In 2004, Hurt was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). [33] Hurt also had an adopted sister, Monica. [48][49], In 2014, Hurt received the Will Award, presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, along with Stacy Keach and Dame Diana Rigg. He spent nearly 30 years posing for artists, which he explained in his autobiography was 'like being a civil servant, except you were naked'. His elder siblings were Katherine (1901–1976), Gerald (1902–1983) and Lewis (1907–1968). [19] As the deformed Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man (1980), he won another BAFTA and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actor. [41] Hurt died at his home in Cromer, Norfolk, on 25 January 2017, aged 77. The role, a delicate portrait of steely dignity in the face of brutal mob rule, was a revelation. Hadden in Contact (1997). While at art school, one of the models he painted was Quentin Crisp, whom he would go on to portray in The Naked Civil Servant (1975). Very enjoyable. Sunday night's follow-up television film, An Englishman in New York, about Crisp's life after he moved to the United States, was much less satisfying. Quentin Crisp and John Hurt publicity photo for the movie THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT, 1975. In the 2006 film V for Vendetta, he played the role of Adam Sutler, leader of the Norsefire fascist dictatorship and in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) he appeared as Harold Oxley. John Hurt has been one of Britain's finest acting talents since his career began in the 60s, but it's his roles in films like Alien, Midnight Express and The Elephant Man -- to name a few -- which put him on the international map and for which he's best remembered. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). [30] In 2015, Hurt provided the voice of main antagonist Sailor John in the Thomas & Friends film Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure along with Eddie Redmayne (Ryan) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Skiff). Quentin Crisp, the writer, model, actor, wit and self-styled 'stately homo', is brought to life again by John Hurt in a new film. He had a supporting role as "Bird" O'Donnell in Jim Sheridan's film The Field (1990), which garnered him another BAFTA nomination and was cast as the reclusive tycoon S.R. [37], In 2016, Hurt announced he was in favour of the United Kingdom voting to remain in the EU. In 1959, he won a scholarship allowing him to study for an Art Teacher's Diploma at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. Inside Kamala Harris's new home: The Vice-President will move into 14-bedroom Washington DC mansion -... Back in the swing! 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. In July 2002, the couple separated. [19] During this time, Hurt provided narration on the British musical group Art of Noise's concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy and narrated a four-part TV series The Universe (1999). The sequel is written by Brian Fillis, who dramatised the relationship between Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett in the acclaimed BBC Four film The Curse Of Steptoe. He also returned for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. Mr. Hurt burst onto the screen in 1975, with a Bafta-winning role as Quentin Crisp, the self-described “stately homo of England” in the ground-breaking TV movie, The Naked Civil Servant. Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years. Film still of John Hurt as Quentin Crisp in “The Naked Civil Servant.” Throughout his 70s and 80s he continued to perform on stage, and was a frequent guest on talk shows and at fancy New York dinner parties. Princess Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi sports a personalized baseball cap as they go food... Susanna Reid, 50, fears being left alone in her 'empty nest' when all three of her sons go off to university. Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). We saw the new fictional biopic about Quentin Crisp's later years in New York, A Englishmen in New York. Israeli healthcare group says coronavirus infections... Milly Dowler's killer Levi Bellfield 'is offered Covid jab at high-security jail before most of the rest of... Boris Johnson will 'force travellers from high-risk Covid countries to quarantine in hotels for ten days' in... DAN HODGES: The truth Boris haters can't bear to admit - he has a plan to fight coronavirus and it's... Britons will refuse to live 'like Troglodytes' under indefinite lockdowns, says rebel Tory MP as he urges No... ‘It's a nightmare. [4][5] He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain",[6][7] likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His headmaster at Lincoln School laughed when Hurt told him he wanted to be an actor, telling him, "Well, you may be all right in school plays but you wouldn't stand a chance in the profession. Late that evening, I turned on the tiny black and white television in the room and just happened to catch a most unusual, moving, mesmerizing film, The Naked Civil Servant (1975) starring John Hurt, about the early life of Quentin Crisp, of whom I knew absolutely nothing. The search revealed that his great-grandmother had previously lived in Grimsby, at a location within a mile of the art college at which Hurt had been a student. British performer became an overnight sensation after playing Quentin Crisp in the 1975 television film The Naked Civil Servant. When the book was made into a 1975 movie starring John Hurt, Quentin Crisp became an international celebrity and soon after emi grated to the US, choosing to live in NYC – his real true love. [1], Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as John Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). A dramatization of The Naked Civil Servant (1975), starring John Hurt, was shown on American television to critical praise in 1976. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". [45][46] On 17 July 2015, he attended an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle where he received the accolade from Queen Elizabeth II. 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. [18] Around the same time, he lent his voice to Ralph Bakshi's animated film adaptation of Lord of the Rings, playing the role of Aragorn. Hurt will portray Crisp as he meets Sting to tell him about the discrimination and homophobia he had to overcome in post-war Britain. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, The couple had planned to get married after 15 years together. The theatre production premiered at the National Media Museum, in Bradford and toured during 2010. "An Englishman in New York" - John Hurt as Quentin Crisp. Directed by Jack Gold. "[15], Hurt's father moved to St Aidan's Church in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. [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. In January 2006 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Hull. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), yielded a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest. It's 34 years since he first played the gay icon in Jack Gold's film The Naked Civil Servant. Hurt was born John Vincent Hurt on 22 January 1940 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,[9][10] the son of Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnold Herbert Hurt (1904–1999), a mathematician who became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. 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Hurt stated that a senior master at the school would abuse him and others by removing his two false front teeth and putting his tongue in the boys' mouths, as well as rubbing their faces with his stubble, and that the experience affected him hugely. In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". [14][full citation needed] 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. Hurt, 68, who has been married four times, went on to star in Alien, The Elephant Man and Harry Potter, picking up three Baftas and two Oscar nominations. Taking the title of the Sting song which is dedicated to Crisp, the sequel shows the effete Englishman charming Manhattan with his one-man show and dinner party witticisms. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Denis Charles Pratt was born in Sutton, Surrey, on Christmas Day 1908, the fourth child of solicitor Spencer Charles Pratt (1871–1931) and former governess Frances Marion Pratt (née Phillips; 1873–1960). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). Famous for his flamboyant personal style and witty, sharp-taloned observations, Quentin Crisp was never ashamed to be...Quentin Crisp. Also in this period, he starred as the Fool opposite Laurence Olivier's King in King Lear (1983). [27], During Terry Gilliam's eighth attempt at making his infamous development hell project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Hurt was set to star as Don Quixote alongside Adam Driver. 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