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Hugh Keays-Byrne, two-time ‘Mad Max’ villain, dead at 73

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wrote on Facebook Wednesday. Born in Kashmir, India, in 1947, Keays-Byrne moved to Britain as a child and entered the world of acting in his 20s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968, The Wrap reported.

He played small parts in a series of films throughout the 1970s — including “Stone,” “Mad Dog Morgan” and “The Trespassers” — before scoring a leading role in the 1978 TV film “The Death Train.” The following year, he had his breakout role playing the evil Toecutter in Mel Gibson’s “Max Max.” The low-budget flick quickly garnered a cult following, spawning the wildly successful franchise it has grown into today.

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