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Julian Beck

Acting Born May 31, 1925 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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)

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Known for

Film

Inherit the Wind

as J. J. Johnston
Film

Nine 1/2 Weeks

as Dinner Guest
Film

Candy

as Hippie (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Miami Vice (1984) as J. J. Johnston
  • Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) as Dinner Guest
  • Candy (1968) as Hippie (uncredited)
  • The Cotton Club (1984) as Sol Weinstein
  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) as Kane
  • Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) as Self
  • Oedipus Rex (1967) as Tiresias
  • Love and Anger (1969) as Dying Man (segment "Agonia")
  • Signals Through the Flames (1983) as Himself
  • Visa de censure n° X (1976) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Living & Glorious (1965) as Self
  • All Star Video (1985) as Self
  • Narcissus (1957)
  • The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1981)
  • Street Songs (1983)
  • J. & J. & Co. (1967)
  • The Lost Paths (1967) as Himself
  • Paradise Now (1970)
  • Notes for Jerome (1978) as Self
  • Emergency: The Living Theatre (1968) as Self
  • Rite of Guerrilla Theater (1969)
  • If the Unconscious Revolts (1967)
  • Amore, amore (1966)
  • Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika (1969)