"He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come," his family said in a statement to Reuters.

Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died.

Stamp would become one of the biggest figures of 1960s London, romantically linked to model Jean Shrimpton and actresses Julie Christie - his “Far From the Madding Crowd” co-star - and Brigitte Bardo...