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Kenneth Nelson
Acting Born Mar 24, 1930 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA 17 credits
Biography
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 appear in West End productions of such American musicals as Show Boat, Annie and 42nd Street.
Nelson spent much of the later part of his career in small roles on television and in movies.
Nelson died in 1993 of AIDS-related complications in London.
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Full filmography
- Playhouse (1974) as American Newsman
- Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) as Auctioneer
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984) as Jack
- Lace (1984) as New York Hotel Manager
- Hellraiser (1987) as Bill
- The Aldrich Family (1949) as Henry Aldrich
- Edge of Darkness (1985) as Grogan
- Nightbreed (1990) as Emergency Doctor
- Hold the Dream (1987) as Marriot Watson
- The Boys in the Band (1970) as Michael
- Lace 2 (1985) as Interviewer at Premiere
- The Lonely Lady (1983)
- The Brute (1977) as Psychiatrist
- The Games (1970) as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest
- Red King, White Knight (1989)
- Cuban Breeze (1986) as Larry Steiner
- Hallelujah, Mary Plum (1980) as American Newsman