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Sir John Hurt, CBE, was an English actor, whose career spanned for more than 50 years. For Disney, he voiced the Horned King in The Black Cauldron, voiced Mr. Narrator in The Tigger Movie, played Peter Strezylk in Night Crossing, and voiced Felix in Valiant.

Many of his most recognized roles include Richard Rich in A Man for All Seasons, Caligula in I, Claudius, Max in Midnight Express, Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man, Kane in Alien, Prof. Boom in Hellboy media, Mr. Ollivander in the Harry Potter film series, and Harold Oxley in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

He also played the War Doctor, a canonical incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, for the series' 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor; though it was the only incarnation not to be parodied in The Muppets Take the 02. Additionally, he voiced Claudandus/Pascal in Felidae, and also Hazel in the 1978 animated film Watership Down and General Woundwort in the animated series version.

He died 3 days after his 77th birthday.

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  • Hurt was at one point considered for the role of Jafar in Aladdin, along with several other actors that were also considered. But the role was eventually given to Jonathan Freeman.[1]

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