Ben Cross' Death

The movie actor Ben Cross died at the age of 72. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Actor who starred as athlete Harold Abrahams in the British film Chariots of Fire. In 2004, he appeared in Exorcist: The Beginning and in 2009, he played Sarek in Star Trek.

He married Penny Cross in 1977. The couple had two children before divorcing in 1992.

Quotes

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You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.

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I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can’t stay home just because they have a head cold.

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I read a lot of scripts, so I know by page 25 if I like it or not.