{"id":18502,"date":"2026-08-28T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=18502"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:40:40","slug":"beloved-ted-lasso-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-anthony-head-dies-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=18502","title":{"rendered":"Beloved \u2018Ted Lasso\u2019 and \u2018Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u2019 Star Anthony Head Dies at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Head, the British actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em> and Rupert Mannion in <em>Ted Lasso<\/em>, has died at 72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughters, Emily Head and Daisy Head, confirmed that their father \u201cpassed away peacefully from complications related to pneumonia while surrounded by his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a career spanning more than four decades, Head became a beloved figure in television, film, and theater. His portrayal of Giles made him a fan favorite, while his role in <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> introduced him to a new generation of viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also appeared in <em>Merlin<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Little Britain<\/em>, <em>The Iron Lady<\/em>, and <em>Repo! The Genetic Opera<\/em>, along with numerous stage productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His daughters remembered him as an extraordinary father and said it was an honor to witness the impact he and his work had on so many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Head is survived by his daughters and his brother, actor and singer Murray Head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rest in peace, Anthony Head. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=bNlqDgWdA08%3Fsi%3DBFWIIquAahZfums1\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Head, the British actor best known for playing Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso, has died at 72. His daughters, Emily Head and Daisy Head, confirmed that their father \u201cpassed away peacefully from complications related to pneumonia while surrounded by his family.\u201d In a career spanning more &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18505,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502\/revisions\/18505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}