Where to watch Jack Birkett in the UK
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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…
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- The Bride (1985) as Blind Man
- Caravaggio (1986) as The Pope
- Jubilee (1978) as Borgia Ginz (as Orlando)
- The Tempest (1979) as Caliban, a savage and deformed slave
- Moon Child (1989) as Invalid
- Troilus & Cressida (1981) as Thersites
- The Garden (1990) as Pontius (Orlando)
- Rising Stars (1979) as Self
- The Looking Glass Murders (1970) as Harlequin
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1984) as Titania
- El vent de l’illa (1988) as Gobernador
- Flowers (1982) as Mimosa/Black Bird
- Good Bye G.O.D. as G.O.D.
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Most-watched Jack Birkett films currently: The Bride (1985), Caravaggio (1986), Jubilee (1978), The Tempest (1979), Moon Child (1989).
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Selected TV credits: Rising Stars (1979).
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