David Warner

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David Warner (born 29 July 1941) is an Emmy Award-winning English actor Early life Warner was born in Manchester, England, the son of Doreen (née Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner, who was a nursing home proprietor. He was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his father and his stepmother. He was educated at Feldon School, Leamington Spa, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Career Theatre Warner made his professional stage debut at the Royal Court in January 1962, playing Snout, a minor role in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", directed by Tony Richardson for the English Stage Company. In March 1962 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry he played Conrad in "Much Ado About Nothing", following which in June he appeared as Jim in "Afore Night Come" at the New Arts Theatre in London. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford on Avon in April 1963 to play Trinculo in "The Tempest" and Cinna the Poet in "Julius Caesar", and in July was cast as Henry VI in the John Barton adaptation of "Henry VI", Parts I, II and III, which comprised the first two plays from "The Wars of the Roses" trilogy. At the Aldwych Theatre, London, in January 1964 he again played Henry VI in the complete "The Wars of the Roses" history cycle (1964). Returning to Stratford in April he performed the title role in Richard II, Mouldy in "Henry IV", Part 1 and Henry VI. At the Aldwych in Oc

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