Terence Stamp didn’t just walk onto the screen. He smoldered through it, those piercing blue eyes and chiseled cheekbones carving a place in cinema history as indelible as London’s East End, where he was born. The actor, who died on Aug. 17 at 87, was the very pulse of the Swinging Sixties: a working-class kid who became a cultural icon, only to defy the ephemerality of fame with a career that spanned six decades, morphing from heartthrob to one of the most versatile character actors of his time. With roles ranging from the angelic Billy Budd to the tyrannical General Zod, Stamp didn’t just act — he inhabited, leaving an imprint as sharp as his tailored suits.
Born on July 22, 1938, in Stepney, London,
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