Heathcote Williams Biography (1941-)

Born November 15, 1941, in Helsby, Cheshire, England; son of Heathcote Williams (a lawyer). Addresses: Office: c/o Curtis Brown, 168 Regent St., London W1R 5TB, England.; Agent: Judy Daish Associates, 83 Eastbourne Mews, London W2 6LQ, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: November 15, 1941; Helsby, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Prospero, The Tempest, World Northal, 1980
Night Shift, 1982
Dr. Holroyd, Wish You Were Here (also known as Too Much), Atlantic Releasing, 1987
Peter Reed, Stormy Monday, Atlantic Releasing, 1988
Dr. Haggage, Little Dorrit (also known as Little Dorrit's Story and Nobody's Fault), Cannon Screen Entertainment, 1988
Man on the stairs, Slipstream, Atlantic Releasing, 1989
Nick Greene and a publisher, Orlando, Adventure Pictures, 1993
Jeremiah, The Steal, Poseidon Pictures, 1994
Stephan Nuslauer, In the Cold Light of Day (also known as The Cold Light of Day), Meteor Film Productions, 1994
Dr. Lake, The Browning Version, Paramount, 1994
Shaper, Blue Juice, Skreba Films, 1995
Looking for Richard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Jeff, Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis, Goldcrest Films, 1997
Builder, The Tango Lesson (also known as La leccion de tango, La lecon de tango, and Tango-Fieber), Sony Pictures Classics, 1997
"Uncle" Drosselmeier, The IMAX Nutcracker, IMAX Corp./Sands Films,1997
Nucingen, Cousin Bette, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (also known as The Legendof 1900, The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean, and A Pianiston the Ocean), 1998, dubbed version, Fine Line, 1999
A servant, Miss Julie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1999
Ann's father, Mauvaise passe (also known as The Escort andThe Wrong Blonde), Gloria/Pathe, 1999
Professor, Honest, Winchester Films, 2000
Dr. Loeshin, All Forgotten (also known as Lover's Prayer),Seven Hills Productions, 2000
Bosola, Hotel, 2001, Innovation Film Group, 2003
The tourist, Revelation, First Look Home Entertainment, 2001
Bekai Basu, The Love Doctor, British Broadcasting Corp., 2001
Roger Stark, Dream (also known as Nightmare: A Fraction of a Dream), Finalcut Entertainment, 2002
Film Work
Director
Wet Dreams, 1974
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Laocoon, The Odyssey (also known as Homer's Odyssey, DieAbenteuer des Odysseus, and Odissea), NBC, 1997
Movies

Marcello, Alegria, CTV (Canada), 1998
Mr. Eaglet, Alice in Wonderland, NBC, 1999
Specials
Josef Solokow, Malatesta, BBC (England), 1969
W.S.H. (also known as Weird Shit Happens), BBC, 1994
Episodic
Older guest, "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2," Friends, NBC,1998
Rizouli, "Contact," Dinotopia, ABC, 2002
RECORDINGS
Albums
The Poetry Olympics, Volume 1, All Round Records, 1982
Audio Books
Narrator (with others) The New Testament: Selections from the Bible, Naxos AudioBooks, 1997
WRITINGS
Plays
The Local Stigmatic, produced at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, then London, 1966, later Boston, MA, 1967, and Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1969, published in Traverse Plays, edited by Jim Haynes, Penguin, 1966, published with AC/DC as AC/DC and The Local Stigmatic: Two Plays, Viking, 1973
AC/DC, produced at Royal Court Theatre, London, 1970, then ChelseaTheatre Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1971, published byCalder & Boyars, 1972, published with The Local Stigmatic as AC/DC and The Local Stigmatic: Two Plays, Viking, 1973
(With W. Gaskill and M. Stafford-Clark) The Speakers (based on Williams's novel of the same title), produced in Birmingham, England, 1974, published with Remember the Truth Dentist, Calder & Boyars, 1980
(With B. Flagg) Remember the Truth Dentist, produced at Royal Court Theatre, 1974, published with The Speakers, Calder & Boyars, 1980
A Christmas Pantomine Play, produced in London, England, 1975
(With T. Allen) Very Tasty--A Pantomime, produced in London, 1975
An Invitation to the Official Lynching of Michael Abdul Malik, produced in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1975
Anatomy of a Space Rat, produced in 1976
Playpen, produced at Royal Court Theatre, 1977
The Immortalist, produced in London, 1977, published by J. Calder,1978
Hancock's Last Half-Hour, produced in London, 1977, then PAF Playhouse, Huntington Station, NY, 1978, published in Ten of the Best British Short Plays, edited by Ed Berman, Interaction, 1977
Severe Joy, published by Calder & Boyars, 1979
"At It," in Breach of the Peace, produced at Bush Theatre, London,1982, then produced alone, Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, both 1983
Whales, produced in Liverpool, England, and London, both 1986
Screenplays
(With Eddie Constantine and Vladimir Pucholt) Crash, 1980
The Local Stigmatic, Chal Productions, 1986
Also wrote The Extraordinary Episodes of William Beckford.
Teleplays
Specials
(With Eddie Constantine and Vladimir Pucholt) Malatesta, BBC (England), 1969
(With others) What the Dickens!, Channel Four (England), 1984
Autogeddon, 1991
Also wrote The Caliph of Fonthill, BBC.
Novels
The Speakers, Hutchinson, 1964, Grove, 1967
Poetry
Autogeddon, Zweitausendeins, 1985, Arcade, 1991
Whale Nation, Crown, 1988
Falling for a Dolphin, J. Cape, 1988, Crown, 1989
Sacred Elephant, Crown, 1989
Other
Manifestoes, Manifesten (nonfiction), Cold Turkey Press, 1975
Elephants (comic book), Knockabout Comics, 1981
Contributor to periodicals, including Beast, Guardian, New Statesman, and Whole Earth Review.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Dramatists, 6th edition, St. James Press, 1999

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