Heathcote Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-11-15 (76 years old)

Deathday

2017-07-01

Place of Birth

Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK

Heathcote Williams

Biography

John Henley Heathcote-Williams (15 November 1941 – 1 July 2017), known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist. He wrote a number of book-length polemical poems including Autogeddon, Falling for a Dolphin and Whale Nation, which in 1988 was described by Philip Hoare as "the most powerful argument for the newly instigated worldwide ban on whaling." Williams invented his idiosyncratic "documentary/investigative poetry" style which he put to good purpose bringing a diverse range of environmental and political matters to public attention. His last published work, American Porn was a critique of the Amer...

Acting

2006

Basic Instinct 2

as Jakob Gerst

1987

Little Dorrit

as Dr. Haggage

1996

The Cold Light of Day

as Stephan Nuslauer

1995

Blue Juice

as Shaper

1989

Here Is the News

as Dr. Boyle

2001

Hotel

as Bosala

1979

The Tempest

as Prospero, the Right Duke of Milan

1995

The Steal

as Jeremiah

1988

Stormy Monday

as Peter Reed

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Mr. Eaglet

2000

Honest

as Professor

1992

Orlando

as Nick Greene / Publisher

2006

1999

Toy Boys

as Mr. Chambers

1994

1970

Malatesta

as Josef Solokow

2008

City of Ember

as Sadge Merrall

2004

The Reckoning

as Undertaker

2001

All Forgotten

as Dr. Looshin

2001

Revelation

as New Age Man

1999

Miss Julie

as Servant

1999

The Escort

as Ann's Father

1998

The Legend of 1900

as Doctor Klauserman

1998

Cousin Bette

as Nucingen

1997

The IMAX Nutcracker

as 'Uncle' Drosselmeier

1997

2018

Signal to Noise

as The Director

Production

1990

2023

Whale Nation

as Author

1974

Wet Dreams

as Director

1970

Malatesta

as Writer

2001

Hotel

as Adaptation

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