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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).

  2. Feb 14, 2024 · Poltergeist 2's Reverend Kane, played by Julian Beck, is an iconic horror villain despite Beck's battle with stomach cancer during filming. Beck's health condition added to the eerie appearance of Reverend Kane, making him even more terrifying on screen.

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0065191Julian Beck - IMDb

    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 ...

  4. Mar 11, 2024 · Julian Beck’s enduring influence and legacy were officially recognized in 2004, when he was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame, nearly two decades after his passing. This belated but well-deserved honor serves as a poignant acknowledgment of Julian’s lasting impact on the world of entertainment, solidifying his place among the most ...

  5. The Living Theatre is an American theatre company founded in 1947 and based in New York City. It is the oldest experimental theatre group in the United States. [1] [2] For most of its history it was led by its founders, actress Judith Malina and painter/poet Julian Beck.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Judith Malina (June 4, 1926 – April 10, 2015) was a German-born American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York City and Paris during the 1950s and 1960s.

  8. Sep 14, 2011 · The actor-director, poet, painter, (co-founder of “The Living Theater“), Julian Beck died on this day, September 14, 26 years ago [ 2024 – now 39 years ago]. Allen took this memorable shot a year earlier, when he made a visit to his “57th Street New York hospital room”.

  9. May 31, 2021 · On this day in horror history, Julian Beck was born in Washington Heights, New York in 1925. He is best known for his role as Kane, the malevolent preacher in the 1986 movie Poltergeist II: The...

  10. JULIAN BECK. Born in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, Julian was the son of Irving, a businessman, and Mabel Lucille (Blum) Beck. Educated at the College of the City of New York, he briefly attended Yale University, but then abandoned it to pursue writing and art.

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