Hurt shot to international stardom, however, on TV where he was allowed to display his true, fearless range. Forbush and the Penguins (1971), the unappetizing son of a baron in The Pied Piper (1972) and a repeat of his title stage role as Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974). At the same time he gained more prominence in a spray of film and support roles such as a junior officer in Before Winter Comes (1968), the title highwayman in Sinful Davey (1969), a morose little brother in In Search of Gregory (1969), a dim, murderous truck driver in 10 Rillington Place (1971), a skirt-chasing, penguin-studying biologist in Mr. A somber, freckled, ravaged-looking gent, Hurt found his more compelling early work in offbeat theatrical characterizations with notable roles such as Malcolm in 'Macbeth' (1967), Octavius in 'Man and Superman' (1969), Peter in 'Ride a Cock Horse' (1972), Mike in ''The Caretaker' (1972) and Ben in 'The Dumb Waiter' (1973). His movie debut occurred that same year with a supporting role in the 'angry young man' British drama The Wild and the Willing (1962), followed by small roles in Appuntamento in Riviera (1962), Людина на всі часи (1966) and The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967). Accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1960, John made his stage debut in 'Infanticide in the House of Fred Ginger' followed by 'The Dwarfs.' Elsewhere, he continued to build upon his 60's theatrical career with theatre roles in 'Chips with Everything' at the Vaudeville, the title role in 'Hamp' at the Edinburgh Festival, 'Inadmissible Evidence' at Wyndham's and 'Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs' at the Garrick.

Martin's School of Art, his focus invariably turned from painting to acting. First enrolled at the Grimsby Art School and St. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend Arnould Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman and mathematician, his quiet shyness betrayed an early passion for acting. One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England.

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