London (AFP) — British actor Terence Stamp, who perfected the role of the brooding villain and starred in “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”, has died aged 87, UK media cited his family announcing on Sunday.

“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,” media quoted the family saying.

From Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Theorem” to George Lucas’s “Star Wars”, the “swinging sixties” icon captivated audiences in both arthouse films and Hollywood with his magnetic presence, making more than 60 films during his genre-spanning career.

The London actor from a working-class background, born on July 22, 1938 had his first breakthrough in the role of a dashing young sailor hanged for ki

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