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Terence Henry Stamp (July 22, 1938 – August 17, 2025) was an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the “master of the brooding silence” by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
Terence Stamp
Paul Atreides
for Paul Atreides in Dune (1965 adaptation)
Suggested by mikeypascual
I know that jacobking1 already made a Dune adaptation story for the 1960's but I wasn't sure if he'd want to use Denis Villeneuve's films as the reference for what the characters should look like, so I made this for whether you use the book (which I mostly will), David Lynch's film, Denis Villeneuve's films, or something else as the reference. As for the story which many of you already probably know...Paul Atreides' father Leto is appointed governor of Arrakis by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV and Paul is seen as the Lisan al-Gaib by the planet's local Fremen and after their old enemies House Harkonnen take over the planet with the emperor's aid, Paul leads the Fremen against them and the emperor. Evidently, a film adaptation of this book would work better in multiple parts.
