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Born | New York City, U.S. | May 31, 1925
Died | September 14, 1985 New York City, U.S. | (aged 60)
Resting place | Cedar Park Cemetery, New Jersey |
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Years active | 1943–1985 |
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Children | 2 |
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). The Living Theatre and its founders were the subject of the documentary film Signals Through the Flames (1983).