A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982)
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
Year
1982
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
9 November 1982
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Nigel Williams
Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
J
John Lahr
Self - Biographer
L
Leonie Orton
Self - Sister
D
Douglas Orton
Self - Brother
E
Eleanor Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
A
Aldo Salvoni
Self - Neighbour
R
Richard O'Donoghue
Self - RADA Administrator
M
Margaret Whiting
Self - Friend
R
Richard Braine
Self - Publisher
C
Charles Monteith
Self - Publisher
J
Jim Connell
Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington
S
Sidney Porett
Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council
M
Margaret Ramsey
Self - Theatrical Agent
Kenneth Williams
Self
C
Charles Marowitz
Self - First West End Director of Loot
Kenneth Cranham
Self
Peter Willes
Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays
Paul Moriarty
Truscott - Loot
D
Dinah Stabb
Fay - Loot
P
Paul Shearer
Hal - Loot
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Dennis - Loot
Keith Marsh
McLeavy - Loot
Una Brandon-Jones
Mother - Loot
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