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Julian Beck (1925–1985)

Actor | Miscellaneous Crew | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

A bold, innovative, avant-garde figure in theatre who helped revolutionized the style of playwriting and acting in the 1950s and 1960s, actor/writer/producer/directer Julian Beck was certainly a odd-looking sort with his baleful, hollow eyes, stark and skullish features and near-bald dome capped by long fringes of stringy hair along the side... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 60) in New York City, New York, USA
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Filmography

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1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Kane
 
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
Dinner Guest
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
J. J. Johnston
– The Prodigal Son (1985) … J. J. Johnston
 
1984 The Cotton Club
Sol Weinstein
 
1969 Love and Anger
Dying Man (segment "Agonia")
 
1968 Candy
 
1968 If Unconscious Revolts (short)
 
1968 Emergency (short)
 
1967 Oedipus Rex
Tiresias
 
1967 Visa de censure n° X (short)
 
1963 The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
 
1958 Narcissus
Narration (voice)
 
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1964 The Brig (original play designer)
 
1958 Narcissus (first assistant director)
 
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1983 Signals Through the Flames (documentary)
 
1970 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
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2004 Resist!: To Be with the Living (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Wrote a personal journal of his theatrical experiences, particularly those with his Living Theatre Company, in his book "The Life of the Theatre: The Relation of the Artist to the Struggle of the People," published in 1972 by City Lights Books.

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Personal Quote:

LSD carried with it a certain messianic vision, a certain understanding of the meaning of freedom, of the meaning of the as yet unattainable but nevertheless to be obtained erotic fantasy, political fantasy, social fantasy--a sense of oneness, a sense of goodness, a marvelous return to the Garden of Eden morality... See more »

Trivia:

In addition to being an actor, playwright, and theatrical impresario, Beck also was a poet and an abstract impressionist painter. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini