Home >

Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

Birthday: 1920-10-22 | Place of Birth:

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration of the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs under controlled conditions. Leary conducted experiments under the Harvard Psilocybin Project during American legality of LSD and psilocybin, resulting in the Concord Prison Experiment and the Marsh Chapel Experiment. Leary's colleague, Richard Alpert, was fired from Harvard University on May 27, 1963 for giving psilocybin to an undergraduate student. Leary was planning to leave Harvard when his teaching contract expired in June, the following month. He was fired, for "failure to keep classroom appointments", with his pay docked on April 30. (Wikipedia)

...

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
My Psychedelic Love Story

as    Self (archive footage)

2016
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary

as    Self (archive footage)

1999
Conceiving Ada

as    Sims

1993
Stuff

as    Himself

1992
Roadside Prophets

as    Salvadore

1990
Fatal Skies

as    Buddy

1990
Cyberpunk

as    Himself

1981
Nice Dreams

as    Self

1979