Terence Stamp made famous the character General Zod, whom he played in the movies « Superman: The Movie » and « Superman II. »
Terence Stamp, an English actor best known for playing the villain General Zod in Superman: The Movie and Superman II, passed away on Sunday at the age of 87, his family said.
« He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come », the family said in a statement to Reuters. « We ask for privacy at this sad time. »Who Is Terence Stamp?
Stamp was born in London’s East End in 1938, the sun of a tugboat stoker. He left school to work in advertising before winning a scholarship to attend drama school.
A fixture of the London theater scene in the 1960s, Stamp was friends with fellow actors Michael Caine and Peter O’Toole.
