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Julian Beck

Biography

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)

Known For

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
Love and Anger
Love and Anger
Notes for Jerome
Notes for Jerome
The Lost Paths
The Lost Paths

Filmography

2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self
1986 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Kane
1986 Nine 1/2 Weeks
as Dinner Guest
1985 Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
as J. J. Johnston
1985 All Star Video
as Self
1984 The Cotton Club
as Sol Weinstein
1984 Miami Vice
as J. J. Johnston
1983 Signals Through the Flames
as Himself
1981 The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
as
1978 Notes for Jerome
as Self
1976 Visa de censure n° X
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970 Paradise Now
as
1969 Rite of Guerrilla Theater
as
1969 Love and Anger
as Dying Man (segment "Agonia")
1969 Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika
as
1968 Candy
as Hippie (uncredited)
1968 Emergency: The Living Theatre
as Self
1968 Après la Passion selon Sade
as
1967 If the Unconscious Revolts
as
1967 Oedipus Rex
as Tiresias