Hell of a time for the actor who played Winston Smith in the 1984 version of 1984 to die. Hell of a time for the actor who played Winston Smith in the 1984 version of 1984 to die. Related Posts:Map of the most common surname in each country in Europe, color…People complaining about a non-binary actor being cast as Desire…A former Doctor is joining the cast of another time travel epic,…When you drown the government in the bathtub, people die