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• 1930-03-24

Nelson was the original Boy in the popular Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks but he made his mark as Michael, the self-hating homosexual in play The Boys in the Band.After reprising the role for the 1971 London production of The Boys in the Band, he decided to stay in England, and went on to appe

• 1938-09-04

Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 – August 24, 1988) was an American actor. Frey received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1971 musical film Fiddler on the Roof. He made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine and received

• 1937-10-10

Peter White (October 10, 1937 – November 1, 2023) was an American actor. He starred as Alan in The Boys in the Band, the lawyer who stumbles into the gay mens birthday party. White had the distinction of playing the only straight character in The Boys in the Band. He later joined the cast of All M

• 1936-10-13

Cliff Gorman was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version.Gorman and his wife cared for his fellow The Boys in the Band cast member Robert La Tourneaux in the last few

• 1935-10-11

Combs is best known for originating the role of Donald in the play The Boys in the Band and then later in the 1970 film of the same name.He performed extensively in theater including Franco Zeffirellis 1963 production of The Lady of the Camellias. He also appeared on Broadway as Geoffrey in Shelagh

• 1938-11-24

Reuben Greene is an American film, theater and television actor. He is perhaps best known for originating the role of Bernard in the play The Boys in the Band and then later playing the same character in the 1970 film of the same name.An African-American, Greene mostly worked as an actor in theater,

• 1934-11-21

Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, directing, and starring in stage productions. He is probably best known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of Un

• 1940-02-21

Keith Prentice was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and film versions of The Boys in the Band. Prentice also appeared on the TV soap Dark Shadows during the series final months in 1971. For a number of years, his picture wa

• 1940-08-10

The openly gay La Tourneaux initially blamed his being typecast as a gay hustler for his inability to receive worthwhile roles. After the film version of The Boys in the Band was released La Tourneauxs career declined and in 1978 he was performing his one-man cabaret act in a male-porno house in Tim