Actor
Patrick Magee
Born 31 March 1922 · Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK — died 14 August 1982
Patrick Magee (1922–1982) was a Northern Irish actor with a distinctive, gravelly voice. He was closely associated with Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter on stage and radio, and became a familiar presence in British horror films. Stanley Kubrick cast him in A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.
Key films
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Kubrick's dystopian classic, with Magee as the writer Frank Alexander, one of his best-remembered screen roles.
Barry Lyndon (1975)
His second Kubrick collaboration, a period epic in which he played the Chevalier de Balibari.
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967)
Screen version of Peter Brook's production, in which Magee played the Marquis de Sade.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman's Poe adaptation, an example of his work in Gothic horror.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 63
- 1960The Criminal · as BarrowsActor
- 1961Rag Doll · as FlynnActor
- 1961Never Back Losers · as Ben BlackActor
- 1962A Prize of Arms · as RSM HicksActor
- 1962The Boys · as Mr. LeeActor
- 1963The Servant · as People in Restaurant: BishopActor
- 1963Dementia 13 · as Justin CalebActor
- 1963The Young Racers · as Sir William DragonetActor
- 1963The Very Edge · as SimmondsActor
- 1963Operation Titian · as Dr. MorisijusActor
- 1963Ricochet · as Inspector CummingsActor
- 1964Zulu · as Surgeon ReynoldsActor
- 1964The Masque of the Red Death · as AlfredoActor
- 1964Seance on a Wet Afternoon · as WalshActor
- 1965The Skull · as Police SurgeonActor
- 1965Die, Monster, Die! · as Dr. HendersonActor
- 1965Portrait in Terror · as Mauricio ZaroniActor
- 1966Blood Bath · as Linda's Husband (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1967The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade · as Marquis de SadeActor
- 1968Anzio · as Gen. StarkeyActor
- 1968The Birthday Party · as Shamus McCannActor
- 1968Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher · as ManiacActor
- 1969Hard Contract · as AlexiActor
- 1969Destiny of a Spy · as John FlackActor
- 1970Cromwell · as Hugh PetersActor
- 1970You Can't Win 'Em All · as The General - AtaturkActor
- 1970King Lear · as CornwallActor
- 1971A Clockwork Orange · as Mr. AlexanderActor
- 1971The Trojan Women · as MenelausActor
- 1972Tales from the Crypt · as George CarterActor
- 1972Asylum · as Dr. Lionel RutherfordActor
- 1972Demons of the Mind · as FalkenbergActor
- 1972Young Winston · as General Bindon BloodActor
- 1972The Fiend · as MinisterActor
- 1972Pope Joan · as Elder MonkActor
- 1972Thrills Galore · as MichaelActor
- 1972Krapp's Last Tape · as KrappActor
- 1973And Now the Screaming Starts! · as Dr. WhittleActor
- 1973The Final Programme · as Dr. BaxterActor
- 1973Lady Ice · as Paul BoothActor
- 1973The Monkey's Paw · as Sergeant MorrisActor
- 1974Simona · as Simone's FatherActor
- 1974Luther · as Luther's FatherActor
- 1974King Lear · as King LearActor
- 1974A Killer in Every Corner · as Prof. Marcus CarnabyActor
- 1975Barry Lyndon · as The ChevalierActor
- 1975Galileo · as Cardinal BellarminActor
- 1976Beasts: What Big Eyes · as Leo RaymountActor
- 1977Telefon · as General StrelskyActor
- 1979The Bronte Sisters · as Reverend BrontëActor
- 1979Churchill and the Generals · as Gen. Sir Archibald WavellActor
- 1979The Last Window Cleaner · as MuldooneyActor
- 1980Hawk the Slayer · as PriestActor
- 1980Rough Cut · as Ernst MuellerActor
- 1980Sir Henry at Rawlinson End · as Reverend SloddenActor
- 1980The Flipside of Dominick Hide · as Caleb LineActor
- 1980The Sleep of Death · as MarquisActor
- 1981Chariots of Fire · as Lord CadoganActor
- 1981The Black Cat · as Prof. Robert MilesActor
- 1981The Monster Club · as Innkeeper (Luna's Father)Actor
- 1981The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne · as GeneralActor
- 1982Another Flip for Dominick · as Caleb LineActor
- 1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told · as Archival FootageActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.