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Pictures: Buffy star Anthony Head who spiced up 1980s coffee ads

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The 72-year-old´s career stretched from West End musicals and television adverts to pantomime, comedy and supernatural drama.

Received: 15:39:06 on 5th June 2026

Actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72.

His career began on stage but he gained wider fame when he became the face of the suave, attractive neighbour in the 1980s television coffee ads for Nescafe Gold Blend opposite actress Sharon Maughan.

In 1997, Head took on the role of Buffy Summers’ mentor Rupert Giles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar, bringing him to the attention of a new younger audience.