A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton

Nigel Williams
1982-11-09


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69 min

Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.

Cast

Name Character Team
Nigel Williams Narrator/Interviewer (voice) Unowned
John Lahr Self - Biographer Unowned
Leonie Orton Self - Sister Unowned
Douglas Orton Self - Brother Unowned
Eleanor Salvoni Self - Neighbour Unowned
Aldo Salvoni Self - Neighbour Unowned
Richard O'Donoghue Self - RADA Administrator Unowned
Margaret Whiting Self - Friend Unowned
Richard Braine Self - Publisher Unowned
Charles Monteith Self - Publisher Unowned
Jim Connell Self - Special Services Librarian, Islington Unowned
Sidney Porett Self - Principal Law Clerk, Islington Council Unowned
Margaret Ramsey Self - Theatrical Agent Unowned
Kenneth Williams Self Unowned
Charles Marowitz Self - First West End Director of Loot Unowned
Kenneth Cranham Self Unowned
Peter Willes Self - TV Producer of Orton's Plays Unowned
Paul Moriarty Truscott - Loot Unowned
Dinah Stabb Fay - Loot Unowned
Paul Shearer Hal - Loot Unowned
Nicholas Lyndhurst Dennis - Loot Unowned
Keith Marsh McLeavy - Loot Unowned
Una Brandon-Jones Mother - Loot Unowned