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Anthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ actor, dies at 72

British actor Anthony Head, known to generations of American TV viewers through polar opposite characters named Rupert on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died, his family said Friday. Head “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family,” according to a statement from the actor’s daughters to the Press Association news agency. U.S. television watchers best know him as the father-like mentor Rupert Giles of the supernatural show “Buffy the...

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‘He was the best of us’: Heartfelt tributes paid to Buffy star Anthony Head, dead at 72

Best known for his role as Giles on the cult TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Anthony Head died at the age of 72. Over the weekend, his co-stars and friends paid heartfelt tributes to a performer who will be sorely missed. Anthony Head, the celebrated British actor best known for roles in the cult TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, died at the age of 72, his family revealed on Friday (5 June).

Anthony Head obituary

Stage and screen actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in the US television series Buffy the Vampire SlayerAnthony Head found fame as half of the Gold Blend couple in commercials that captured the imagination of the British public in the late 1980s and 90s. They paved the way to success for him on US television in the supernatural horror series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), playing the “watcher” and mentor of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s title character. As the prim English librarian...