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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-03-24 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

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.

Known For

Acting

1990

Nightbreed as Emergency Doctor

1989

1987

Hellraiser as Bill (uncredited)

1986

Cuban Breeze as Larry Steiner

1985

Lace 2 as Interviewer at Premiere

1984

Lace as New York Hotel Manager

1983

1980

Hallelujah, Mary Plum as American Newsman

1977

The Brute as Psychiatrist

1970

The Games as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest