Patrick Magee(1922-1982)
- Actor
Born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Patrick Magee is a classic example of
how certain actors rate the stage far more highly than the screen.
He was a favorite actor of
Samuel Beckett, one of whose greatest
plays, 'Krapp's Last Tape', was written specifically for him.
He did outstanding work on film, most notably in
Stanley Kubrick's
A Clockwork Orange (1971) as
the crippled writer Mr. Alexander, and in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975),
as the chevalier. He also appeared in
Joseph Losey's
The Servant (1963),
Peter Brook's
Marat/Sade (1967) and
William Friedkin's
The Birthday Party (1968).
He also appeared in films by such cult directors as
Roger Corman,
Lucio Fulci and
Walerian Borowczyk.
