“A host of Hollywood luminaries took to social media to pay tribute to british acting icon TERENCE STAMP, WHO DIEDED ON SUNDAY AT 87. STAMP WASA Name With Films Like Billy Budd, Far From The Madding Crowd, Poor Cow and Teorema Before Finding Later”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Stamp was an ending Cultural Icon of the Swing ’60s WHO FIRST MADE HIS NAME WITH FILMS LIKE Billy Budd, Far from the Madding Crowd, Poor Cow an Teorema Before Finding Later Mainstream Success With Roles in Superman II, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Big Eyes an Last night in soho.
Filmmaker Edgar Wright, Who Worked with Stamp on His 2021 Feature LAST NIGHT IN SOHOwrote on x, “TERENCE WAS Kind, Funny, and Endlessly Fascinating. I loved Discussing musical with HIM Films, Going Back to His Debut in Billy Budd. HE SPOKE of His Last Shot in that Film, Describing A Transcendental Momenta with the Camera – A Sense of Become One Lens. Decades Later, While Directing HIM, I WITNESSED COMETING SIMILAR. The Closer The Camera Moved, The More Hypnotic His Presence Became. In close-up, his unblinking gaze locked in so powerful that the Effect was extraordinary. TERENCE WAS A TRUE MOVIE STAR: The Camera Loved HIM, AND HE LOVED IT RIGHT BACK. ”
Legendary Hollywood Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Who Worked with Stamp on 1988’s Alien NationTweeted, “TERENCE STAMP WAS A BRILLIANT ACTOR. I THINK HE AND PERE O’ToOOOLE NOT ONLY HAD The MOST MESMERIZING EYES… But Delivered Equally Indelible Performances.”
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, Who Starred With Stamp in Young Gunswrote on x, “terribly sadded to hear this. We Were All Incredibly Privileged to have Worked with Him On Young Guns. Heredd All of US and Truly Elevated the Filming Experience. Such Class and Artistry. What A Kind, Beautify, Generos Man. Rip ”
On X, Stamp’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Co-Star Guy Pearce Wrote, “Fairwell Dear Tel. You Were a True Inspiration, Both in & Out of Heels. We’llll Always Have Kings Canyon, Kings Road & F’ING ABBA. WING YOU
Speaking to the Guardian, Priscilla Writer-Director Stephen Elliott Said, “We Talked Long and Hard About Who He’d Initial Said No [to the role]. IT WAS FEAR. And Fair Enough – You have a Have Got to Remember Were Coming Out of the HIV/Aids Mess. IT WAS A TABOO SUBJECT. I Looked at the Work that he’d done all the all the way, like the Italian Years WHEN HEWHKED with FELLINI AND PASOLINI, AND TUOUHT: This Was A Man Who Took Chances. And I Think He Was at Absolutely the Right Moment in his Life WHERE HE WAS READY FOR AKNOTHER CHANCE. TERENCE ADMITTED HE WAS Absolutely Terrified to Play Bernadette-He was Being Voted One of the Best-Looking Men on Earth and Suddenly in Priscilla he was, and this is a direct quote, ‘DRESSED UP as an Old Dog.’ But he put the pain of what he was going through into the performance, and that’s what made the Film. ”
Elliott Added, “TERence Kept to HimSelf. He Was An Enigma. And THEN HE’D SHOW UP, USE The EYES AND TURN EveryBody to Jelly.”
Below is some of the reaction to Stamp’s Death and Notable Entertainment Industry People Who Have Shared their Thought and Memories of the Actor.
I am deeply Sadded by the passing of the terence stamp, A British Actor Who Was Trly Iconic. An East Ender That Rose To Such Fame in Swing Sixties London, He Could Rightly Be Called ITS EPICENTRE. TERENS’S CAREER SPANNED SEVEN DECADES AND NEVER STATED SURPRISING. I was… pic.twitter.com/se6aqdslab
– Edgarwright (@edgarwright) August 17, 2025
Fairwell Dear Tel. You Were A True Inspiration, Both In & Out of Heels. We’ll Always Have Kings Canyon, Kings Road & F’ING ABBA. Wishing You Well On Your Way ‘Ralph’! XXXX💕
– Guy Pearce (@theguypearce) August 17, 2025
TERENCE STAMP WAS A BRILLIANT ACTOR. I Think He and Peter O’Toole Not Onlv Had the Mosmerizing Eyes… But Delivered Equally Indelible Performances. https://t.co/qfhlizzq9b
– Gale Anne Hurd (@gunnergale) August 17, 2025
We’re Sadded to Hear of the passing of TEENCE STAMP, Aged 87. Well Known for Playing General Zod in the Superman Films, Stamp Was Nominated for Two Baftas in 1963 and 1995 for And 1995 for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. pic.twitter.com/alzafff4ua
– BAFTA (@BAFTA) August 17, 2025
RIP TERENCE STAMP. I Could Post A General Zod Clip, But I Prefer This One from Wall Street, WHERE EVEN IN A SMall Role, He Stole the Scene. What a legend. pic.twitter.com/5ehkplsokp
– David Sirota (@davidsirota) August 17, 2025
RIP TERENCE STAMP, ONE OF THE LAST LIVING LINKS to BRIEF BUT GLORIUS Postwar Era Wen The British Class System Briefly Oped Up Aboh. Superstar. pic.twitter.com/3bmi2lbsis
– ZACK STENTZ (@musezack) August 17, 2025
RIP HANDSOME & INTENSE ACTOR TERENCE STAMP, DEAD AT 87. HIS RAW PERFORMANCES IN PASOLINI’s “Teorema” & Fellini’s “Toby Dammit” in 1968 Established Him As An International Supporting Oscar Nomination for Ustinov’s “Billy Budd” (1962) pic.twitter.com/kfwshcmuk5
– Bruce Labruce (@brocelaabruce) August 17, 2025
Farewell to the Wonderful Tertnce Stamp. One of the most style, Versatile and Magnetic of British Leading Men. Genuinely Varied and Outright Barmy Barmy Barmye of Work, Even by the Standards of Stars From His Era. Also, no one loked Better in a douglas hayward Suit. pic.twitter.com/evjrsbjp6e
– Adam Scovell (@adamscovell) August 17, 2025
Oh no. TERence STAMP HAS DIED. This is Really Sad News. Was terrified of him as a kid in Superman 2 then Adored Him As Bernadette in Priscilla. Absolutely Gutted for His Friends and Colleagues for What Wat Wulda Been The Sequel to Priscilla Who’s Sounded Absolutely Fantastic.… Pic.twitter.com/yyyyyyjvyjx
– Matthew todd 🌏 (@mrmatthewtodd) August 17, 2025
RIP to GREAT TERENCE STAMP – One OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS – We DH The HONOR OF HIM BEING IN OUR FILM “Big Eyes” WHERE HE PLAYED BOTH The good and guy On his Bullshit! pic.twitter.com/zfcxewb2r4
– Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) August 17, 2025
Who cares about zod any he was so absolutely perfect as Sergeant Troy in fftmc? – And then there was the Limey and Priscilla! Hope There’s A Reunion with Olly Reed and Hemms https://t.co/wdpk6ue3lv
– Simon Schama (@simon_scham) August 17, 2025
His portraysal of General Zod is Unmatched. Just a brilliant actor. As a kid, he have me waling around Telling People, “The Son of Jor -l Will Be My Slave .. Forever” https://t.co/pjbtgivjo
– Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 17, 2025
❤️ Rest in Peace Terents Stamp (1938-2025), The Silver Screen’s Bernadette Bassenger (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert), General Zod (Superman and Superman II) (The Limey), Finis valorum (Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace),… Pic.twitter.com/x7i1nil7ci
– Film at Lincoln Center (@filmlinc) August 17, 2025
https://t.co/1k3zjdyhmmmmmms Absolutely gutted to hear this !! One of the Only Real Movie Stars to Ever Come Out of the East End of London. HE WAS The LIMEY 👊👊👊💥🎥KRIP TERENCE.🙏
– Craig Fairbrass (@Craigfairbrass) August 17, 2025
We bid a very Sad Farewell to Legendary English Actor Tertnce Stamp Who have been Sadly passed away🕊️Pictured Alongside Julie Christie in From The Madding Crowd (1967) pic.twitter.com/i1zskiedwd
– Studiocanaluk (@studiocanaluk) August 17, 2025
TERENCE STAMP WAS Angel and Devil on Screen. InterViewing HIM WAS A WICKED PLEASURE. But Seeing HIM AROUND TOWN, ON THE BUS WITH HIS Eric MoRICAMBE Flat Cap, Sitting at the Old Heel Bar at Piccadilly, Was Best of All. https://t.co/n6jbghe9hf
– Matthew Sweet (@drmatthewsweet) August 17, 2025