Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the ...

John Hurt, a British actor who was famous for roles in films such as Alien, V for Vendetta and The Elephant Man, has died at the age of 77. Charles McDonald, his agent, confirmed his death to the ...

LOS ANGELES - The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in “The Elephant Man,” terrify them in “Alien,” and spoof that very same scene in “Spaceballs,” has died. He was 77.

John Hurt starred in 205 films and, of those, has died 45 times. Of course, his most famous on-screen death came in the form of the iconic (and gruesome) chest-bursting scene in Alien (1979). Fun fact ...

John Hurt, the Oscar-nominated actor from such films as Alien, The Elephant Man and V for Vendetta, has died. According to various media reports, he succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Friday (January ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...