Neal Cassady
Actor
- Born
- February 8, 1926 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Died
- February 4, 1968 (age 41)
Neal Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.
He served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the 1957 version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray. Cassady also appeared in Allen Ginsberg's poems, and in several other works of literature by other writers.
Known for
Acting4
- 2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place as Self
- 2011Love Always, Carolyn as Self (archive footage)
- 1972Cassady in the Backhouse as Himself
- 1966The Acid Test as Self
Behind the camera1
- 1997The Last Time I Committed Suicide Book