“I am constantly amazed that he played the Ripper, the main antagonist in Mad Max in 1979, and Immortal Joe, the central antagonist in Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015,” he wrote on Twitter.
Gaigan called the actor "the unsung hero of Australian cinema."
Earlier it became known about the death of British actor David Prowse, known for his role as Darth Vader in the classic Star Wars trilogy.