How old was John Hurt in his first movie: The Wild and the Willing?
John Hurt was 21 in The Wild and the Willing when he played the character 'Phil Corbett'.
That was over 62 years ago in 1962.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
In 2017 he died aged 77, starring in 192 films in his career, 191 of those after The Wild and the Willing was first released. If he were alive today he would be 84.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Wild and the Willing, I think John Hurt looks:
Did you know?
- Director Ralph Thomas has worked with John Hurt just once in his career.
- John Hurt's first movie was as 'Phil Corbett' in The Wild and the Willing, released in 1962 when he was 21
- The Wild and the Willing scores 5.7 out of 10 on TMDB.
