ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBBCBritish actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72.
Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in hit teen sci-fi show Buffy in the late 1990s.
He went on to have a recurring role in sketch show Little Britain, play king Uther Pendragon in the BBC's Merlin, and appear as former football club owner Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso.
His other credits included The Iron Lady, Persuasion, The Inbetweeners and Manchild.
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