Gunnar Hansen, actor behind iconic 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' villain Leatherface, dies at 68,Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the aboriginal "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," died Saturday of pancreatic blight at his home in Maine, his abettor said. He was 68.
Hansen starred in the 1974 blur that has become a archetypal a part of horror-movie aficionados and spawned a alternation of sequels. In the movie, accompany visiting their grandfather's abode are bolter by Leatherface, a chain-saw wielding maniac.
Hansen's appearance in the cine "is one of the a lot of iconic angry abstracts in the history of cinema," said his agent, Mike Eisenstadt, who accepted the death.
In 2013, Hansen appear his book "Chain Saw Confidential," which gave readers a behind-the-scenes attending at how the blur was made, Eisenstadt said.
Hansen lived in Maine for about 40 years, area he formed as an amateur and writer, Eisenstadt said.At the time of his death, Hansen was at plan on a blur alleged "Death House," his abettor said. Hansen was a biographer and ambassador of the film, which the Internet Cine Database says is about how a abstruse government ability becomes arena aught for the a lot of alarming bastille breach in the history of mankind. The blur is appointed to appear out next year, Eisenstadt said.
Hansen was built-in in Reykjavik, Iceland. He came to the U.S. and advised at the University of Texas, area he majored in English and Scandinavian Studies, Eisenstadt said.
Hansen starred in the 1974 blur that has become a archetypal a part of horror-movie aficionados and spawned a alternation of sequels. In the movie, accompany visiting their grandfather's abode are bolter by Leatherface, a chain-saw wielding maniac.
Hansen's appearance in the cine "is one of the a lot of iconic angry abstracts in the history of cinema," said his agent, Mike Eisenstadt, who accepted the death.
In 2013, Hansen appear his book "Chain Saw Confidential," which gave readers a behind-the-scenes attending at how the blur was made, Eisenstadt said.
Hansen lived in Maine for about 40 years, area he formed as an amateur and writer, Eisenstadt said.At the time of his death, Hansen was at plan on a blur alleged "Death House," his abettor said. Hansen was a biographer and ambassador of the film, which the Internet Cine Database says is about how a abstruse government ability becomes arena aught for the a lot of alarming bastille breach in the history of mankind. The blur is appointed to appear out next year, Eisenstadt said.
Hansen was built-in in Reykjavik, Iceland. He came to the U.S. and advised at the University of Texas, area he majored in English and Scandinavian Studies, Eisenstadt said.
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