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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.299 |
Birthday | 1934-06-11 |
Place of Birth | Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK |
Also Known As | Orlando, The Incredible Orlando, El Increíble Orlando, ジャック・バーケット, |
1978
Jubilee
5.891/64
Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
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Jubilee
1970
The Looking Glass Murders
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Made for Scottish TV and airing in 1970, "The Looking Glass Murders" is a filmed version of the mime improv play "Pierrot in Turquoise", which Lindsay...
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The Looking Glass Murders
Good Bye G.O.D.
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"Good-bye G.O.D." was a play written specially for Jack Birkett, 'The INCREDIBLE ORLANDO', to be performed with its author, composer Carlos Miranda. C...
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Good Bye G.O.D.
1985
The Bride
5.338/74
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed w...
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The Bride
1986
Caravaggio
6.165/139
A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous pai...
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Caravaggio
1979
The Tempest
5.976/21
Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brot...
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The Tempest
1992
Moon Child
5.8/14
Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journ...
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Moon Child
1990
The Garden
5.7/26
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a cro...
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The Garden
1981
Troilus & Cressida
8/1
The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal...
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Troilus & Cressida
1988
El vent de l’illa
6.2/6
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