Patrick George Magee (né McGee, 31 March 1922 – 14 August 1982) was a Northern Irish actor. He was noted for his collaborations with playwrights Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter, sometimes called "Beckett's favourite actor," as well as creating the role of the Marquis de Sade in the original stage and screen productions of
Marat/Sade. Known for his distinctive voice, he also appeared in numerous horror films and in two Stanley Kubrick films –
A Clockwork Orange (1971) and
Barry Lyndon (1975) – and three Joseph Losey films –
The Criminal (1960),
The Servant (1963) and
Galileo (1975). He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964 to 1970. Critic Antonia Quirke posthumously described him as "a presence so full of strangeness and charisma and difference and power," while scholar Conor Carville wr...
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