Actor Ben Cross died at the age of 72. He gained fame through films such as "The Hour of the Winner" or "Star Trek".
The film world mourns the loss of British actor Ben Cross. As the friend of the Austrian director Robert Dornhelm (72) of the newspaper "Kurier" is said to have confirmed, Cross died on Tuesday morning in Vienna. He was 72 years old.
After a few smaller productions, Cross made his film debut in 1977 in the war film "The Bridge of Arnhem" alongside Anthony Hopkins (82) and Sean Connery (89). The big breakthrough came in 1981 with the sports drama "The Hour of the Winner", in which Cross Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams mimed. The film won an Oscar for Best Picture. In 2007 Cross served as Ambassador Sarek, Spock's father, in J.J. Abrams' (54) Star Trek reboot with.