Jul 29, 1941

Manchester, England

David Warner once described his childhood as "messy". His father changed jobs
often and moved from town to town. David attended eight schools and "failed his
exams at all of them". His parents separated when he was a teenager and he only
saw his mother again seven years later - on her deathbed. After a series of odd
jobs, he was accepted at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts (RADA) where he was
very unhappy. After RADA, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and
got the part o... ... (read more...) f Blifil in Tom Jones (1963). With the title role in Morgan: A
Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and a two-year stint as Hamlet with the RSC,
Warner became a star at 24.