Anthony Stewart Head, the English actor who portrayed the Watcher and school librarian Rupert Giles on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, has died, his family said on Friday. He was 72.
Head’s daughters, Emily and Daisy, told the Press Association that their “extraordinary father” had “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.”
“It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many,” their statement, according to the Independent, continued. “We know how dearly he will be missed by friends, colleagues, and fans of the shows he was in – he loved his job very much, and he always considered himself incredibly lucky, to have been able to work alongside such exceptionally talented people, in such wonderful productions, across a career that spanned several decades.”
Head died two months after his longtime partner, animal welfare advocate Sarah Fisher, died suddenly at 61. At the time, Emily and Daisy called the death “immensely shocking.”
Anthony Head in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
(20th Century Fox Film Corp/Everett Collection)
Head began his career in theater, appearing on the West End in the ’90s as “sweet transvestite” Frank N. Furter in the West End revival of The Rocky Horror Show at London’s Piccadilly Theatre. He joined the cast of The WB’s Buffy, the Vampire Slayer in 1997 as a mentor to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy Summers, and appeared on the show as a regular until the show’s sixth season.
In 2020, Head joined the cast of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso as former football team owner Rupert Mannion. He became a series regular during Season 3.
Head also starred in the 2008 horror opera Repo! The Genetic Opera, opposite Alexa Vega and Paris Hilton. The film returned to theaters for a one-day run in May.
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