Kenneth Nelson
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.
Movie Appearances
Hellraiser
as Bill
1987
The Boys in the Band
as Michael
1970
Cuban Breeze
as Larry Steiner
1986
The Lonely Lady
1983
Lace 2
as Interviewer at Premiere
1985
Red King, White Knight
1989
The Games
as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest
1970
The Brute
as Psychiatrist
1977
Nightbreed
as Emergency Doctor
1990
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
as American Newsman
1980
