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We are heartbroken," it said. The Rada-trained actor frequently played the baddie and played various characters in Star Trek.
He reportedly confessed to becoming an actor because 'I couldn't do anything else'. He earned a Bafta nomination for his lead performance in Karel Reisz's 1966 film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, opposite Vanessa Redgrave.
He also won an Emmy award in 1981 for outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or special for his portrayal of Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada.
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