Rutger Hauer Of 'Blade Runner' Dead At Age 75 | HuffPost Entertainment

Dutch actor Rutger Hauer , perhaps best known for playing the replicant renegade leader in the sci-fi classic Blade Runner opposite Harrison Ford, has died in the Netherlands after an undisclosed illness. He was 75.

Hauer died July 19. His family requested that the announcement not be made until after his services on Wednesday, his agent told outlets .

Hauer will be remembered partially for roles in vampire works such as Dracula 3D (2012), the 2004 TV miniseries Salems Lot, the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie (1992) and the HBO series True Blood (2013-14).

He also had a turn as a corporate villain who knew Bruce Waynes father in Batman Begins (2005).

But it was his part as the murderous Roy Batty in Blade Runner that proved most memorable. In a famous scene with Fords Rick Deckard in the 1982 sci-fi noir, Batty spoke of tears in rain. It was an improvised line that at the time irritated the films screenwriter, David Webb Peoples.

Later, Peoples conceded to The Hollywood Reporter that it was a beautiful contribution.

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