R.I.P.

No minor celeb he; one of my all-time favourite actors - as Quentin Crisp and Caligula on the tele, brilliant performer in fillums, Midnight Express, Alien, Scandal, The Hit, Nineteen Eight-Four. And what a voice!

Absolutely one of the top 5 best British film/TV actors of all time.

RIP.

Edit: it's exasperating when they put things like "Star of Harry Potter" as if the public were too thick to have heard of an actor in any other context.

Well said and not forgetting 10 Rillington Place and Champions, probably the best actor of his generation.

I immediately think 'The Elephant Man'.
R.I.P.

Great actor,was prepared to tackle roles others would have avoided. RIP.

It was a brave call to take on the Quentin Crisp role in those days, many wouldn't have. John Hurt not only accepted it but put in a superb performance. Remember homosexuality had only been legal a few years and to the greater part of the public it was still taboo.

RIP John Hurt, a fine and courageous actor.

Caused me many sleepless nights and nightmares as a kid with that alien scene

Something about his hand twitching afterwards made it even worse.

RIP

I thought you were about to go on about Quentin Crisp!

I have no idea who that is tbh.

A raving homo played by John Hurt in 'The Naked Civil Servant'

I'd forgetten about him since he went to Torino on loan.

RIP John Hurt.