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Jack Birkett Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

    Jack Birkett was born on June 11, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He was an actor, mime artist, dancer and singer, a contemporary of Lindsey Kemp and a key member of his troupe. Often billed

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    The Garden

    Pontius (Orlando) ( Actor )

    ... 1990

    Moon Child

    Invalid ( Actor )

    ... 1989

    Caravaggio

    The Pope ( Actor )

    ... 1986

Fullname:

Jack Birkett

Date of Birth:

Jun 11, 1934

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

May 10, 2010

Biography of

Jack Birkett

    Jack Birkett was born on June 11, 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He was an actor, mime artist, dancer and singer, a contemporary of Lindsey Kemp and a key member of his troupe. Often billed as Orlando, or The Incredible Orlando, Birkett was born to a Romani family and worked as an arrist's model for David Hockney before finding work as a stage hand at Leeds' Grand Theatre in 1950. He began to lose his sight in 1966, he then gradually became completely blind and was so for more than the last three decades his life. A regular cohort of the arthouse filmmaker Derek Jarman, Birkett appeared in Jubilee, The Tempest, Caravaggio and The Garden for the director. He retired from performing in the 1990s, living with his partner the Spanish artist and writer Nyako Nakar in Barcelona and London. He died on May 10, 2010 in London, aged 75.

Filmography of

Jack Birkett

Found 7 Movies in total

The Garden

Pontius (Orlando) ( Actor )

... 1990

Moon Child

Invalid ( Actor )

... 1989

Caravaggio

The Pope ( Actor )

... 1986

The Bride

Blind Man ( Actor )

... 1985

Troilus & Cressida

Thersites ( Actor )

... 1981

The Tempest

Caliban, a savage and deformed slave ( Actor )

... 1979

Jubilee

Borgia Ginz (as Orlando) ( Actor )

... 1978