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David Warner (1941-2022) was an English actor. Warner appeared in movies in 6 different decades. He is probably best remembered for playing bad guys in Tron, Time After Time, Titanic, and Time Bandits. Warner’s IMDb page shows 228 acting credits from 1962 to 2020. This page will rank David Warner movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
David Warner Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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.I will always remember David Warner for his 2nd and breakthrough film Morgan because it was released in 1966 and that was a big year for me as it was the one in which I re-joined the civilian world after a 5-year stint in the British Royal Air Force, protecting the world so that guys like Steve could sleep-well in their beds at night.
When it was released the film was actually given its full title of Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, so called because David Warner’s Morgan was an erratic character who lived in a fantasy world. [You know: a world where Joel Hirschhorn is THE top film critic].
The film was one of the famous British rather drab if highly artistic at times “kitchen sink” dramas that were so popular in the late 1950s and the 1960s.
Richard Burton’s Look Back in Anger which fashioned the “angry young man” of culture was another example of the series. Americans probably didn’t like the series because traditionally Americans supposedly “do not like losers”.
In recent years I have become unfamiliar with David’s cinematic work but I have in the past 10 years seen him in 2 TV movies in reruns of the Perry Mason series of 1985-1995 starring the 100% Canuck Raymond Burr. The two movies were 1990’s The Case of the Poisoned Pen and 1993’s The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal.
Bearing out what The Work Horse says above about undesirable characters being David’s stock in trade here is a synopsis of the plot of The Case of the Poisoned Pen in which David plays the odious Bradley Thompson:
“Bradley Thompson, a famous crime writer, is in town to collect an award for his latest book. However he is a fraud. Bradley takes information, book plots and sometimes the entire book from other people and gets them published under his own name and enjoys the credit when they become bestsellers. So naturally Bradley is murdered for revenge and as usual Perry steps up to the plate to defend an innocent who is accused of the murder .”
All that I can immediately recall about The Skin-Deep Scandal is that two of ‘Hitchcock’s Children’ were in it. Raymond of course from Rear Window and in a small role Tippi Hendren from The Birds and Marnie.
[COINCIDENCE: Sadly Raymond Burr died before completion of the final 4 in the Perry Mason TV-movie series of 30 entries and other actors stood-in for him in those 4. One such actor -in 1993’s The Case of the Wicked Wives – was Paul Sorvino whose memory this site has also been honouring as I write.]
According to Celebrity Net Worth site David leaves behind a net worth of $8 million.
Hey Bob…thanks for sharing your thoughts on the late David Warner. Morgan! is considered a cult classic…and a movie that I have been aware of for a very long time. I actually on my one viewing, was not impressed. Probably need to see it again. Good information on his Mason connections,net worth and kitchen sink movies. Rest in Peace David Warner.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for your considered response.
I agree that Morgan was “dry goods” as a film. Indeed nearly all the kitchen sink dramas were drab- full of loser and not winners like The Duke, John McClane and Laddie!!!
One of the few exceptions was Alfie but Caine’s magnetic performance made that one highly entertaining and unusally for a kitchen sink flick it was in colour . Nevertheless it is categorised as a vintage kitchen sink offering.
Take care.
I have seen 30 of David’s films; the highest ranked I have not seen is Providence.
As I said earlier, David is # 205 on the 2021 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the other actors on the list he appeared with.
2 MICHAEL CAINE Silver Bears (1978)
2 MICHAEL CAINE The Island (1980)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER The Disappearance (1977)
7 JOHN HURT Little Malcolm (1974)
7 JOHN HURT L’oeil qui ment (1993)
7 JOHN HURT The Disappearance (1977)
9 DONALD SUTHERLAND The Disappearance (1977)
19 JOHN GIELGUD Providence (1977)
20 SEAN CONNERY Time Bandits (1981)
24 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Time After Time (1979)
27 FRANK WELKER Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
32 TREVOR HOWARD A Doll’s House (1973/II)
33 CHARLTON HESTON In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
33 CHARLTON HESTON Planet of the Apes (2001)
37 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Return to the Lost World (1992)
37 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES The Lost World (1992)
37 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
37 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Waxwork (1988)
39 DONALD PLEASENCE From Beyond the Grave (1973)
39 DONALD PLEASENCE Hanna’s War (1988)
42 ANTHONY QUINN Seven Servants (1996)
45 FRANCO NERO Magdalene (1989)
49 TERENCE STAMP The Company of Wolves (1984)
50 HARRY DEAN STANTON Mr. North (1988)
55 VANESSA REDGRAVE Morgan! (1966)
55 VANESSA REDGRAVE The Sea Gull (1968)
57 GEORGE KENNEDY The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
59 JOHN CLEESE Time Bandits (1981)
67 JOSS ACKLAND Silver Bears (1978)
69 JOHN MILLS The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
74 OMAR SHARIFF Keys to Freedom (1988)
75 HELEN MIRREN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
77 CHARLOTTE RAMPLING Superstition (2001)
85 SAM NEILL In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
86 DEAN STOCKWELL Naked Souls (1996)
92 EDWARD FOX A Doll’s House (1973/II)
93 JAMES CROMWELL The Man with Two Brains (1983)
94 JIM BROADBENT Time Bandits (1981)
95 CHARLES DANCE LADIES IN LAVENDER (2004)
96 IAN HOLM A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
96 IAN HOLM Shergar (1999)
96 IAN HOLM The Bofors Gun (1968)
96 IAN HOLM The Fixer (1968)
96 IAN HOLM Time Bandits (1981)
97 ROBERT MITCHUM Mr. North (1988)
99 IAN BANNEN From Beyond the Grave (1973)
106 CLINT HOWARD Ice Cream Man (1995)
107 ANJELICA HUSTON Mr. North (1988)
110 JEFF BRIDGES TRON (1982)
114 MICKEY ROURKE Shergar (1999)
115 JASON ROBARDS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
119 JAMES MASON Cross of Iron (1977)
119 JAMES MASON The Deadly Affair (1966)
119 JAMES MASON The Sea Gull (1968)
129 ROBERT WAGNER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
134 LANCE HENRIKSEN Felony (1995)
136 NICOLE KIDMAN The Leading Man (1996)
137 LIEV SCHREIBER Scream 2 (1997)
142 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Hanna’s War (1988)
142 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Keys to Freedom (1988)
142 DENHOLM ELLIOTT The Sea Gull (1968)
143 DANNY DEVITO Felony (1995)
144 JUDI DENCH A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
144 JUDI DENCH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
156 MERYL STREEP MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
156 MERYL STREEP The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
161 SHANE RIMMER Piccolo grande amore (1993)
161 SHANE RIMMER Silver Bears (1978)
162 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Planet of the Apes (2001)
172 MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Cross of Iron (1977)
172 MAXIMILIAN SCHELL The Deadly Affair (1966)
177 JEREMY IRONS The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
181 ROBERT LOGGIA Spies Inc. (1992)
185 KATHY BATES My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
185 KATHY BATES Titanic (1997)
191 PAUL SORVINO Money Talks (1997)
192 CHRISTIAN SLATER Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
194 CLORIS LEACHMAN Hansel and Gretel (1987)
197 RICHARD GRIFFITHS The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
200 LAUREN BACALL Mr. North (1988)
212 MAGGIE SMITH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
213 MARTIN BALSAM Silver Bears (1978)
220 HARRY ANDREWS The Deadly Affair (1966)
220 HARRY ANDREWS The Sea Gull (1968)
223 BILLY ZANE Titanic (1997)
228 ELLEN BURSTYN Hanna’s War (1988)
228 ELLEN BURSTYN Providence (1977)
232 DAVID HEMMINGS The Disappearance (1977)
232 DAVID HEMMINGS The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
238 PETER JASON In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
246 COLIN FIRTH MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
247 BILL PAXTON Titanic (1997)
251 RANCE HOWARD Money Talks (1997)
254 JAMES COBURN Cross of Iron (1977)
256 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Straw Dogs (1971)
268 ANGELA LANSBURY MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
268 ANGELA LANSBURY The Company of Wolves (1984)
271 TIM ROTH Planet of the Apes (2001)
289 JULIAN GLOVER Tom Jones (1963)
304 PAUL GIAMATTI Planet of the Apes (2001)
320 JOE DON BAKER Felony (1995)
325 ED BEGLEY JR. The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
343 HEATHER GRAHAM Scream 2 (1997)
345 MARY STEENBURGEN Time After Time (1979)
353 GREGORY PECK The Omen (1976)
358 MARK STRONG SUPERSTITION (2001)
361 EMILY MORTIMER MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
379 BERNARD HILL THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN’S APOCALYPSE (2005)
379 BERNARD HILL TITANIC (1997)
384 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Titanic (1997)
385 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
387 TOBY JONES LADIES IN LAVENDER (2004)
391 JIM CARTER THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984)
397 PETER VAUGHAN Straw Dogs (1971)
397 PETER VAUGHAN The Bofors Gun (1968)
397 PETER VAUGHAN The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
397 PETER VAUGHAN Time Bandits (1981)
398 RADE SERBEDZIJA Hanna’s War (1988)
403 ALBERT FINNEY Tom Jones (1963)
409 JURGEN PROCHNOW In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
409 JURGEN PROCHNOW Wing Commander (1999)
410 ALAIN DELON The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
411 PETER CUSHING From Beyond the Grave (1973)
418 CHARLIE SHEEN Money Talks (1997)
430 LOUISE FLETCHER Tryst (1996)
432 EDDIE ALBERT The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
434 LAMBERT WILSON THE LEADING MAN (1996)
439 MARK WAHLBERG Planet of the Apes (2001)
445 FERDY MAYNE Magdalene (1989)
448 NASTASSJA KINSKI Magdalene (1989)
460 SEAN BEAN BLACK DEATH (2010)
462 CHARLES NAPIER Felony (1995)
463 KIM CATTRALL Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
467 WILLIAM SHATNER Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
467 WILLIAM SHATNER Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
487 JOHN VERNON Hostile Takeover (1988)
488 JANE FONDA A Doll’s House (1973/II)
490 STEVE MARTIN The Man with Two Brains (1983)
494 VIGGO MORTENSEN Tripwire (1990)
502 DIANE LADD Spies Inc. (1992)
509 TCHEKY KARYO Wing Commander (1999)
515 LYNN REDGRAVE The Deadly Affair (1966)
515 LYNN REDGRAVE Tom Jones (1963)
522 SUSANNAH YORK Piccolo grande amore (1993)
522 SUSANNAH YORK Tom Jones (1963)
524 JANE SEYMOUR Keys to Freedom (1988)
530 ALAN BATES The Fixer (1968)
534 LUKE WILSON Scream 2 (1997)
560 FREDDIE JONES Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
560 FREDDIE JONES Spies Inc. (1992)
569 LOIS MAXWELL Age of Innocence (1977)
570 VIRGINIA MADSEN Mr. North (1988)
572 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
575 DAVID ARQUETTE SCREAM 2 (1997)
599 MARK HAMILL Wing Commander (1999)
606 GEORGE TAKEI STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989)
606 GEORGE TAKEI STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991)
612 SIMON PEGG THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN’S APOCALYPSE (2005)
628 MICHAEL IRONSIDE Hostile Takeover (1988)
632 SLIM PICKENS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
638 OLIVIA HUSSEY (I) ICE CREAM MAN (1995)
648 PAUL FREEMAN PICCOLO GRANDE AMORE (1993)
658 RONALD PICKUP THE THIRTY NINE STEPS (1978)
667 ROBERT STEPHENS Morgan! (1966)
682 STEPHEN REA The Company of Wolves (1984)
692 RENE AUBERJONOIS My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
692 RENE AUBERJONOIS Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
698 HELENA BONHAM CARTER Planet of the Apes (2001)
707 WILLIAM MORGAN SHEPPARD Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
707 WILLIAM MORGAN SHEPPARD Taking Liberty (1993)
709 IOAN GRUFFUD TITANIC (1997)
713 JOAN PLOWRIGHT BACK TO THE SECRET GARDEN (2000)
714 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
724 ROY KINNEAR The Deadly Affair (1966)
730 LOUIS JOURDAN Silver Bears (1978)
744 SENTA BERGER Cross of Iron (1977)
745 HARRY SHEARER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
764 RALPH RICHARDSON Time Bandits (1981)
767 KATE WINSLET Titanic (1997)
771 GEORGE HAMILTON The Little Unicorn (1998)
776 EMILY BLUNT MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
786 LIZ SMITH PICCOLO GRANDE AMORE (1993)
786 LIZ SMITH THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1981)
787 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
827 KENNETH GRIFFITH WE JOINED THE NAVY (1962)
828 THANDIE NEWTON The Leading Man (1996)
841 L.Q. JONES The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
866 JOHN GLOVER In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
867 RICHARD VERNON WE JOINED THE NAVY (1962)
896 SYBIL DANNING The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
911 YAPHET KOTTO Tripwire (1990)
930 KURTWOOD SMITH Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
938 MARTIN BENSON THE OMEN (1976)
950 BRIAN GLOVER THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984)
958 JAMIE KENNEDY SCREAM 2 (1997)
966 VICTOR GARBER TITANIC (1997)
970 STEPHANIE AUDRAN Silver Bears (1978)
974 ANTHONY QUAYLE Magdalene (1989)
986 JAY LENO Silver Bears (1978)
999 RIC YOUNG KEYS TO FREEDOM (1988)
I used to get David Warner and David Hemmings mixed up. They even made 3 films together.
David appeared with 37 Oscar winners.
ANJELICA HUSTON Mr. North (1988)
ANTHONY QUINN Seven Servants (1996)
CHARLTON HESTON In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
CHARLTON HESTON Planet of the Apes (2001)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER The Disappearance (1977)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Hansel and Gretel (1987)
COLIN FIRTH MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Straw Dogs (1971)
EDDIE REDMAYNE BLACK DEATH (2010)
ELLEN BURSTYN Hanna’s War (1988)
ELLEN BURSTYN Providence (1977)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
GREGORY PECK The Omen (1976)
HELEN MIRREN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
HUGH GRIFFITH The Fixer (1968)
HUGH GRIFFITH Tom Jones (1963)
JAMES COBURN Cross of Iron (1977)
JANE FONDA A Doll’s House (1973/II)
JASON ROBARDS The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
JEFF BRIDGES TRON (1982)
JEREMY IRONS The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
JIM BROADBENT Time Bandits (1981)
JOHN GIELGUD Providence (1977)
JOHN MILLS The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
JUDI DENCH A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
JUDI DENCH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
KATE WINSLET Titanic (1997)
KATHY BATES My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
KATHY BATES Titanic (1997)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Titanic (1997)
LOUISE FLETCHER Tryst (1996)
MAGGIE SMITH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
MARTIN BALSAM Silver Bears (1978)
MARY STEENBURGEN Time After Time (1979)
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Cross of Iron (1977)
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL The Deadly Affair (1966)
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE THE CONCORDE…AIRPORT ’79 (1979)
MERYL STREEP MARY POPPINS RETURNS (2018)
MERYL STREEP The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
MICHAEL CAINE Silver Bears (1978)
MICHAEL CAINE The Island (1980)
NICOLE KIDMAN The Leading Man (1996)
SEAN CONNERY Time Bandits (1981)
SIMONE SIGNORET The Deadly Affair (1966)
SIMONE SIGNORET The Sea Gull (1968)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Morgan! (1966)
VANESSA REDGRAVE The Sea Gull (1968)
Hey Dan. Good information on the late David Warner. Your tally has me topped by 12 movies…30 to 18. He is well represented in the Oracle rankings. A little higher than I would have guessed…especially since his peak movie making days were more than a few years ago. Ian Holm, with 5 movies, gets the most frequent Oracle co-star award. 37 Oscar winning co-stars is good..especially when so many of his English movies probably did not draw too many stars into the production. It seems like Warner and Sorvino have many things in common….sad that they both passed so close to each other. Good stuff. RIP Mr. Warner.
He played some of my favorite characters & villains — but none greater than his role as Evil in Time Bandits.
Hey Francis…I agree he was awesome in Time Bandits. Rest in Peace Mr. Warner.
I have seen 18 of these movies. My Top 5 would be: Time After Time….I think it is his best performance, Time Bandits….silly but fun movie to watch, The Island….saw this one in theaters…it scared the hell out of me….but this bomb has turned into a cult classic, Star Trek VI….the last movie for the original crew….he played a different category in Star Trek V, and Titanic….he has a small role….but it is well done. Rest in Peace Mr. Warner.
I would not have recognized his name, But I have seen him in many movies.
Hey Mark. His heyday as a movie bad guy was the late 1970s and early 1980s. Time After Time is probably his best role…as he gets to play Jack the Ripper, battle H.G. Welles and time travel.