The character was the villain of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 sci-fi novel, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, as well as the 1982 Scott film upon which it was loosely inspired. Batty was a synthetic ...

With the news that the veteran actor Rutger Hauer died last week at the age of 75 has come a peculiar alignment in the stars. Hauer was best known for his iconic role as Roy Batty, the homicidal ...

Rutger Hauer, the versatile Dutch leading man of the ’70s who went on star in the 1982 “Blade Runner” as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness. He was 75.

NEW YORK (AP) - Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75. Hauer ...

ROTTERDAM (Reuters Life!) - Ask any American who Rutger Hauer is and they'll likely remember his hallmark role as the artificial human Roy Batty in 1982's "Blade Runner." But for 30 young directors, ...

Rutger Hauer, a dashing Dutch actor who battled Harrison Ford in the science-fiction classic "Blade Runner" and excelled in bad-guy roles, died July 19 after a short illness, his longtime agent Steve ...