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Ken Kesey

Cast & creator

Ken Kesey

1935-09-17 (died at 66) La Junta, Colorado, USAIMDb

Best known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, History 101, Great Drives

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," Kesey said in a 1999 interview with Robert K. Elder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Kesey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

31

film credits

Series

2

television credits

Career

24

1966–2020 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Novel · 1975

History 101

History 101

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Great Drives

Self · 1996

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Sissy's Daddy · 1994

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion

Novel · 1971

Across film & television

Filmography (33)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Novel

History 101

History 101

Self (archive footage)

Great Drives

Self

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Sissy's Daddy

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion

Novel

Completely Cuckoo

Completely Cuckoo

Self

The Source

The Source

Self

Hippies

Hippies

Self (archive footage)

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Self

Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey

Self (archive footage)

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley

Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley

Self

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Shocking Truth

Self (archive footage)

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Self

Ricochet River

Ricochet River

Baseball Announcer

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

Self (archive footage)

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Oz

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Director

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Twister: A Musical Catastrophe

Writer

The Beatles Revolution

Self

The Net

The Net

Self (archive footage)

LSD: The Beyond Within

LSD: The Beyond Within

Self

Toestanden

Toestanden

Writer

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Himself

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Writer

Go Further

Go Further

Self

Edge City: The Story of the Merry Pranksters

Self

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

Intrepid Traveler and His Merry Band of Pranksters Search for a Cool Place

Director

Tripping

Tripping

Self

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place

Self

The Acid Test

The Acid Test

Self

The Acid Test

The Acid Test

Director

Gökboet

Gökboet

Novel