Veteran British actor Terence Stamp revealed years before his death aged 87 that he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered in Green Park.

The Academy Award-nominated actor, who rose to fame in London in the 1960s and played Kryptonian villain General Zod in the original Superman films, died yesterday.

Stamp, who starred as a transgender woman in 1994's The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, was nominated for a Bafta for his performance.

Speaking to the Daily Mail in October 2012, Stamp said the order of service at his funeral 'would be for my friends to decide, but I expect to be cremated.'

He added: 'I don't own a home so I live on the move, but in my heart I'm a Londoner. So I guess my ashes should be scattered there, maybe in Green Park.'