Neal Cassady

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Neal Cassady

Acting February 8, 1926

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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 M…

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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.

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  1. 2011
  2. 2011
    Love Always, Carolyn

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1997
  4. 1972
    Cassady in the Backhouse

    Movie Himself

  5. 1966
    The Acid Test

    Movie Self