Heathcote Williams
English poet, actor and dramatist (1941-2017) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 75
John Henley Heathcote-Williams, known as Heathcote Williams, was an English poet, actor, political activist and dramatist.
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Mike Figgis Directed Stormy Monday and The Browning Version
Dyson Lovell Produced Alice in Wonderland and The Odyssey
Sally Potter Directed The Tango Lesson (1997)
Liz Smith Also in City of Ember and Little Dorrit
Murray Melvin Also in Little Dorrit and Slipstream
Paloma Baeza Also in The Odyssey and Lover’s Prayer- Rudolf van den Berg Directed Cold Light of Day (1996)
Thom Hoffman Also in Cold Light of Day and Orlando
John Benfield Also in Lover’s Prayer and Cousin Bette
Peter Eyre Also in The Tango Lesson and Orlando
Christine Edzard Directed Little Dorrit (1988)
Gary Kurtz Produced Slipstream (1989)
Tom Hanks Produced City of Ember (2008)
Whoopi Goldberg Also in Alice in Wonderland and Alegría
Ridley Scott Produced The Browning Version (1994)
Ben Kingsley Also in Alice in Wonderland and Slipstream
David Schwimmer Also in Hotel (2001)
Robbie Coltrane Also in Alice in Wonderland and Slipstream
Geraldine Chaplin Also in The Odyssey and Cousin Bette
Toby Stephens Also in Orlando and Cousin Bette
Derek Jarman Directed The Tempest (1991)
Andrew G. Vajna Produced Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Perdita Weeks Also in Cold Light of Day (1996)
David Leland Directed Wish You Were Here (1988)
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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 American political establishment and the election of President Donald Trump; its publication date was the day of Trump's inauguration. In June 2015 he published a book-length investigative poem about the "Muslim Gandhi", Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Badshah Khan.
