Person    | Male  Born 3/8/1937 

Steven Berkoff

Categories: Cinema, Literature, Theatre, TV & Radio

Countries: France

Actor, playwright, author and director. Born Leslie Steven Berks in Stepney. After studying at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, he founded the London Theatre Group where he directed his own adaptations of various classics. He has adapted Poe's “Fall of the House of Usher” and “Tell-Tale Heart” for the theatre. In films and the theatre he has mainly been cast in the role of the villain.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Steven Berkoff

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Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Bust

Here is a  video of the unveiling.

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Edgar Allan Poe - N16 - Plaque 2

Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar All...

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