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Kenneth Nelson

Kenneth Nelson

Actor · 1930 – 1993 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies9

  • Movie6.9

    Hellraiser

    1987 · 3K votes

  • Movie6.4

    Nightbreed

    1990 · 560 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Boys in the Band

    1970 · 118 votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Games

    1970 · 9 votes

  • Movie4.6

    The Lonely Lady

    1983 · 20 votes

  • Movie

    Lace 2

    1985

  • Movie
  • Movie6.4

    Red King, White Knight

    1989 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Brute

    1977 · 16 votes

Series7

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.0

    Reilly: Ace of Spies

    1983 · 25 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV7.2

    Lace

    1984 · 23 votes

  • TV8.1

    Edge of Darkness

    1985 · 54 votes

  • TV4.4

    Hold the Dream

    1987 · 7 votes

  • TV