The Best of Terence Stamp

1938-2025

                                        What I wanted more than anything was a long career                  

     1)   The Limey                                  Stephen Soderbergh                     1999

     2)   Poor Cow                                           Ken Loach                             1967 

     3)   The Hit                                            Stephen Frears                         1984 

     4)   The Adventures of Priscilla...      Stephan Elliott                           1994 

     5)   Far From the Madding Crowd    John Schlesinger                        1967

     6)   Modesty Blaise                               Joseph Losey                          1966

     7)   The Collector                                 William Wyler                           1965

     8)   Teorema                                      Pier Paolo Pasolini                      1969

     9)   Billy Budd                                       Peter Ustinov                          1962

    10)  Legal Eagles                                    Ivan Reitman                          1986

He had an immense onscreen presence. That great stone face with his piercing ice blue eyes was suited for romantic leads and, especially in his dotage, villainy. I tend to prefer him in films where his acting talents were needed rather than films that coasted on his beauty. He could have been even bigger, but preferred to trade in super-stardom for sanity. After his hiatus, he alternated between playing roles that interested him and playing roles that paid the piper. He made a lot of crap to pay the bills, but I also enjoyed his appearances in The Company of Wolves, Prince of Shadows, Big Eyes, Bowfinger, Red Planet, Wall Street, Valkyrie, Young Guns, Spirits of the Dead, and Last Night in Soho.