I don't really know why I picked on David Warner, but he's been in so many things lately that I decided to do an article on him.
For the non-follows of David Warner culture out there, here is a list of things that he has been in and/or what he has done:
- He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in the early 60's and was consequently in a much-acclaimed RSC version of Hamlet as the title role.
- He played Lysander (and had a terrible haircut) in Peter Hall's RSC film version of "A Midsummer Nights Dream", next to Diana Rigg (of Avengers fame) as Helena in 1969.
- He then moved to America.
- He was in 'Star Trek V:The Final Frontier' as the kidnapped Terran (Earth) Ambassador St. John Talbolt, although he didn't say much.
- In December 1991 he played the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (who got killed in the first half) in 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country' next to Christopher Plummer (from "The Sound of Music") as General Chang, and he got to quote bits of Shakespeare.
- Then in December 1992 he was in 'Star Trek:The Next Generation' as the Cardassian Gul Madred, who got to torture Captain Picard in "Chains of Command", and he got to say quite a bit, mainly "There are five lights!"
After these last few roles he became one of very few people to play three different races in Star Trek (another is Mark Leonard, who played a Romulan in STOS, then Spock's Dad Sarek, then a Klingon Captain in Star Trek:The Motion Picture.)
Alas, now he has fallen from grace:
- He portrayed Superman's Dad Jor-El in 'The New Adventures of Superman' (or 'Lois and Clark', depending on which side of the Atlantic you live.)
- Last year he was the Headmaster of the posh school in the BBC's "The Choir", and his charactor was married to Jane Asher (you know, the one with the cakes and the McVities biscuits - she's fallen from grace too: fancy having to scratch a living from advertising.) For some reason her charactor called his charactor "Huffo". Your guess is as good as mine.
- He is also a guest star on "Batman: The Animated Adventures" as the 600-year old Ra's al Ghul.
- And, perhaps most demeaning of all, he is now the voice for the super-villian 'The Lobe' on Steven Speilberg's "Freakazoid!"
It is obvious from his latest cartoon appearances that David is desperate to earn money by any way possible, and so this is a very difficult time for him. In view of the entertainment that he has given us over the years, I think it would be great for us to donate large amounts of money and property to him to help him. If you decide to do so, then send your money, gold bars, etc to PsychaDaily, and I'll make sure that they reach him (mark your donation 'The David Warner Emergency Appeal').
Where do you want to go today? Never mind that, where do you want to go NOW?
- Go back to

- Check out the new Star Trek series:Voyager