Joe Orton
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1933, Leicester - England - UK
- Died
- August 9, 1967
- Movies
- 6
John Kingsley Orton, known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967 by his partner, was short but highly influential. During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2017 | Joe Orton Laid Bare | Himself (archive) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2017 | Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) | Writer |
| 1987 | What the Butler Saw | Writer |
| 1973 | The Ruffian on the Stair | Writer |
| 1968 | Funeral Games | Writer |
| 1968 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Writer |
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