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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).
Feb 14, 2024 · Julian Beck played the iconic villain Reverend Kane in Poltergeist 2, but he was dying of stomach cancer during filming. He passed away before post-production was completed, and his lines were re-recorded by a sound-alike.
Julian Beck was a pioneer of experimental theatre and performance art, who co-founded The Living Theatre with his wife Judith Malina in 1947. He also appeared in films such as The Cotton Club, Poltergeist II and 9½ Weeks, and died of cancer in 1985.
Julian Beck. Actor: Poltergeist II: The Other Side. A bold, innovative, avant-garde figure in theatre who helped revolutionized the style of playwriting and acting in the 1950s and 1960s, actor/writer/producer/directer Julian Beck was certainly a odd-looking sort with his baleful, hollow eyes, stark and skullish features and near-bald dome ...
Sep 17, 1985 · Julian Beck, whose Living Theater expanded the frontiers of theatrical innovation for nearly 40 years, died of cancer Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 60 years old and lived...
Sep 14, 2011 · A tribute to Julian Beck, the actor-director, poet, painter, and co-founder of The Living Theater, who died on September 14, 1985. See photos, videos, and quotes from Beck and his wife Judith Malina, and learn about their radical theater works.
May 31, 2021 · Julian Beck was a stage actor who played the evil preacher Kane in the 1986 horror movie Poltergeist II: The Other Side. He died of cancer in 1985 and his voice was replaced by Corey Burton in post-production.
