Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died.

The news that the actor, fashion icon and great survivor of the Swinging Sixties Terence Stamp has died at the age of 87 is somehow impossible to believe.

Stamp first came to prominence when he took on the titular role in the 1962 film “Billy Budd.”