German actor Udo Kier has died at the age of 81, it has been confirmed. His career spanned seven decades, through which time he worked for several notable directors , and became particularly beloved for his work in the horror genre.

While Kier’s earliest acting roles began his career in the late 1960s, his break came in the early ‘70s. In 1973, he starred for filmmaker Paul Morrissey in Andy Warhol’s Flesh For Frankenstein , as Baron Von Frankenstein; a year later, he re-teamed with Morrissey for 1974’s Blood For Dracula , playing Count Dracula. In 1977, he played a brief role in Dario Argento’s Suspiria . He later returned to vampire mythology as elder bloodsucker Gitano Dragonetti in 1998’s Blade , and his horror career continued into the 2000s when he appeared in Rob Zombi

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