August 18, 20251 yr I suppose many of us who think of Terence Stamp remember him as the transexual Bernadette in the 1994 camp movie "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" in which a group of gay guys cross Australia in a bus. I can still remember him in his breakthrough role as the handsome young Billy Budd in the 1962 movie of that name for which he earned an Oscar nomination. He then became well known as part of the swinging 60s in London often seen dating a number of well known models and actors, including Julie Christie. His 1965 movie as a creepy loner in the psychological thriller "The Collector" who captures a girl and keeps her captive in his basement turned out to be somewhat prophetic as similar kidnappings were later discovered in Austria and the USA. For that role he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. But probably most remember him as the supervillain General Zod in some of the early "Superman" movies. Having played the role of Alfie in the play of that name on Broadway, he was considered for the movie role. But the Broadway play flopped and Stamp decided not to take the role. It was then given to his flatmate, Michael Caine. Stamp took part in a number of other notable movies, but more often in secondary roles. The actor died yesterday at the age of 87.
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