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Head with daughter Daisy Head in 2019, pic by Prphotos
Birth Name: Anthony Stewart Head
Date of Birth: 20 February, 1954
Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, U.K.
Date of Death: 1 June, 2026
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish
Anthony Head was an English actor and singer. He starred as Rupert Giles on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer . His roles also included the films Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981), A Prayer for the Dying , I’ll Be There , Fat Slags , Imagine Me & You , Scoop (2006), Sparkle (2007), The Magic Door , Repo! The Genetic Opera ; The Great Ghost Rescue , The Inbetweeners Movie , Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance , The Iron Lady , Underdogs , Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters , Convenience (2013), Flying Home , Despite the Falling Snow , A Street Cat Named Bob , Batman: Gotham by Gaslight , School’s Out Forever , Let the Wrong One In , and Upgraded ; the made-for-tv movies Royce (1994), Roger Roger , And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself , and Persuasion (2007); the mini-series Lillie (1978); the series Love in a Cold Climate , Howards’ Way , VR.5 , Manchild , Little Britain , True Horror with Anthony Head , Monarch of the Glen , Sold , Heroes Unmasked , Doctor Who Confidential , The Invisibles , Merlin , Free Agents , Dancing on the Edge , Warehouse 13 , You, Me & Them ; Dominion , Yonderland , Guilt , Still Star-Crossed , The Split , Vanity Fair , Motherland , The Stranger , Ted Lasso , and The Canterville Ghost ; and the video game Destroy All Humans! 2 ; as well as many works on stage.
Anthony was the son of Helen Shingler, an actress, and Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head, a documentary filmmaker, and founder of Verity Films, a documentary production company. His older brother, Murray Head, was an actor and singer. He was married to Sarah Fisher, until her death. The couple had two children, actresses Emily Head and Daisy Head .
Anthony’s paternal grandfather was John Laurence Head (the son of John George Head and Sarah Maria Salmon). Anthony’s grandfather John was born in Hendon, Middlesex, England. Anthony’s great-grandfather John was the son of George Head and Elizabeth Heath. Sarah was the daughter of Henry Robert Salmon and Maria Hall.
Anthony’s paternal grandmother was Gladys Annie Grant (the daughter of Lt. Gen. Seafield Falkland Murray Treasure Grant and Mary Anne Stewart). Gladys was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Seafield was born in Mumbai, India, the son of Lt. Col. Charles St. John Grant and Anna Maria Treasure. Anthony’s great-grandmother Mary Anne was of Scottish origin, the daughter of Charles Stewart and Agnes Maxwell Rutherford, who was born in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland.
Anthony’s maternal grandfather was Cyril Lionel Shingler (the son of James Shingler and Emily Clowes). Cyril was born in Chelsea, London, England. James was the son of William Shingler and Elizabeth. Emily was the daughter of Joseph Clowes and Rosannah Arrowsmith.
Anthony’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Pratt (the daughter of Alfred Pratt and Sarah Ellen Swords). Mildred was born in Hampstead, London, England. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Swords.
Sources: Genealogy of Anthony Head – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Anthony’s parents – https://www.wikitree.com