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Known for his “heartbreak blue eyes,” he starred in “Billy Budd” and “The Collector,” and had a memorable role in “Superman” and “Superman II.”
By Anita Gates
Terence Stamp, the magnetic British actor whose film roles included a naïve 18th-century merchant seaman in “Billy Budd,” a violent 19th-century swordsman in “Far From the Madding Crowd,” a tyrant from another planet in “Superman” and a transgender nightclub entertainer in “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” died on Sunday. He was 87.
