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Julian Beck

Actor / Poet / Writer / Playwright / Theatre Director | * 05/31/1925 († 60, 09/14/1985) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Julian Beck (May 31, 1925 – September 14, 1985) was an American actor, stage director, poet, and painter. He is best known for co-founding and directing the Living Theatre, as well as his role as Reverend Henry Kane, the malevolent preacher in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). The Living Theatre and its founders were the subject of the documentary film Signals Through the Flames (1983). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Music

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An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relati ...

Nine 1/2 Weeks

R

1986 | 3.1/5 | 1h 57min
Romance / Love, Drama
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In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, gi ...

Oedipus Rex

NR

1967 | 3.3/5 | 1h 44min
Drama
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Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide. ...

The Cotton Club

R

1984 | 3.3/5 | 2h 7min
Crime, Drama
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The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a gh ...

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

PG-13

1986 | 3.0/5 | 1h 31min
Horror, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Julian Beck

Guggenheim Fellowship
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Movies with Julian Beck as Actor(15)

as Kane1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Dinner Guest1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
as himself1985 All Star Video
as Sol Weinstein1984 The Cotton Club
as himself1983 Signals Through the Flames
1981 The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
as himself1978 Notes for Jerome
as (archive footage) (uncredited)1976 Visa de censure n° X
as Dying Man (segment "Agonia")1969 Love and Anger
as Hippie (uncredited)1968 Candy
1968 Après la Passion selon Sade
as Tiresia1967 Oedipus Rex
as himself1967 The Lost Paths
1967 If the Unconscious Revolts
as himself1965 Living & Glorious

TV Shows/Series with Julian Beck as Actor(1)

as himself2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Full Name: Julian Beck
Born: Sunday, 05/31 1925 (May) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 09/14 1985 (September) in New York City (aged: 60)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Judith Malina
Julian Beck frequently works together with these people:
Judith Malina (11x, Actress)
Alfredo Leonardi (7x, Crew)
Pierre Clémenti (5x, Actor)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (5x, Crew)
Ron Rice (4x, Crew)
Jonas Mekas (4x, Crew)
Taylor Mead (4x, Actor)
Francis Ford Coppola (3x, Crew)
Marco Bellocchio (3x, Crew)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (3x, Crew)
Petra Vogt (3x, Actress)
Peter von Becker (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:337216, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024