Buffy the Vampire Slayer stars are mourning the lack of Anthony Head, whose death was revealed Friday by his two daughters in a press release they gave to the Press Affiliation within the U.Okay. The actor died from issues of pneumonia. He was 72.
The British actor was finest recognized for his position as Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers’ (performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar) mentor and surrogate father determine all through all seven seasons of the sequence, making his debut within the pilot episode. Head was a primary solid member for the primary 5 seasons and later appeared in a recurring visitor star capability. Head has additionally appeared in Jack Ryan, Bridgerton and Ted Lasso.
Following the information of his demise, Gellar took to Instagram to share a tribute. “‘Tell Giles I figured it out and I’m OK.’ Well I don’t have it figured out and I’m not OK. But I know I’m the lucky one because I knew you,” she wrote alongside a carousel of photographs. “Thank you to Daisy and Emily who not only shared their dad with me, but with the world.”
James Marsters, who performed Buffy’s love curiosity Spike, penned a message writing, “There’s a hole in the world. Anthony Head has passed on from us. He was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast. He was the best of us. I was lucky to have known, and learned from him. He left the world a better place for his presence. Thank you Tony for all you gave.”
“RIP. He was so kind and generous of a soul,” David Boreanaz, who performed Angel, one other love curiosity of Buffy, who would additionally get his personal spinoff sequence, wrote to his Instagram Story.
In a while Friday, Boreanaz shared a throwback photograph of the 2 smiling, writing, “This is how I met Anthony, in laughter and smile always. And this is how I will remember him always. All kindness and a soul that was inspiring to me. Thank you brother. RIP.”
Emma Caulfield, who performed former demon Anya Jenkins, shared a narrative to recollect the actor on her Instagram, writing, “This was taken on the London Underground in 2011. I went to visit my friend Tony on the set of The Iron Lady. We had lunch, hit up a record store, had dinner and drinks and laughed until our sides hurt. It was a perfect day. There were many of these moments with this amazing human who I was lucky enough to call my friend for 27 years. He was kind and wise and a guide in troubled times. You were so loved.”
And Charisma Carpenter, who performs Cordelia Chase within the Buffy sequence in addition to Angel, shared a tribute to her social media. “Tony brought life to a character who, for so many, was the father figure they needed but didn’t have at home. Fans far and wide are surely grieving, and for that, I am deeply sorry,” Carpenter’s Instagram post reads partly. “I was not as close to Tony as some of the others from the cast were, and it pains me that I have to say ‘were.’ Even so, I am still feeling affected by this loss, and my heart is truly with my fellow classmates who remained close to him and his family to this day. I’m holding them all in my thoughts and sending love.”
See the tributes, under.
