Patrick Magee(1922-1982)
- Actor
Born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Patrick Magee is a classic example of
how certain actors rate the stage far more highly than the screen.
He was a favorite actor of
Samuel Beckett, one of whose greatest
plays, 'Krapp's Last Tape', was written specifically for him.
He did outstanding work on film, most notably in
Stanley Kubrick's
Orange mécanique (1971) as
the crippled writer Mr. Alexander, and in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975),
as the chevalier. He also appeared in
Joseph Losey's
The Servant (1963),
Peter Brook's
Marat/Sade (1967) and
William Friedkin's
The Birthday Party (1968).
He also appeared in films by such cult directors as
Roger Corman,
Lucio Fulci and
Walerian Borowczyk.
