Personal Info
Kenneth Nelson
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Nightbreed
as Emergency Doctor
Red King, White Knight
Hellraiser
as Bill
Cuban Breeze
as Larry Steiner
Lace 2
as Interviewer at Premiere
The Lonely Lady
Hallelujah, Mary Plum
as American Newsman
The Brute
as Psychiatrist
The Boys in the Band
as Michael
The Games
as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest
