John Hurt's Most Memorable Roles
John Hurt has died at age 77. Here's a look back at some of his best performances.
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John Hurt (1940-2017)
Credit: 20th Century Fox
Before Winter Comes (1969)
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In Search of Gregory (1969)
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Sinful Davey (1969)
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
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I, Claudius (1976)
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East of Elephant Rock (1978)
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Midnight Express (1978)
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Heaven's Gate (1980)
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The Elephant Man (1980)
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Night Crossing (1982)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
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The Field (1990)
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, 1993
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Rob Roy (1995)
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Love and Death on Long Island, 1997
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You're Dead... (1999)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Credit: Peter Mountain
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Hellboy (2004)
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The Proposition (2005)
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V for Vendetta (2005)
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Beyond the Gates (2005)
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The Oxford Murders (2008)
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Immortals (2011)
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
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The Last Panthers (2015)
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Jackie (2016)
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