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Kenneth Nelson est un Acteur Américain né le 24 mars 1930 à Rocky Mount (Etats-Unis)
Kenneth Nelson (March 24, 1930 – October 7, 1993) was an American actor.
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Nelson appeared in several television series in the late 1940s, Captain Video and His Video Rangers and The Aldrich Family among them. He was cast in his first Broadway show, Seventeen, a musical adaptation of the Booth Tarkington novel that opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 21, 1951 and ran 182 performances.
In 1960, Nelson was cast in an off-Broadway show entitled The Fantasticks, which eventually became the world's longest-running musical with 17,162 performances. In 1962, he was hired to understudy Anthony Newley in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off when it transferred from the West End, eventually assuming the lead role when the star departed the show. From there, he went to another London import, Half a Sixpence, in 1965.
In 1968, Nelson accepted the lead in the controversial and groundbreaking off-Broadway production of The Boys in the Band, the first play to explore the milieu of gay life in New York City in a verbally frank manner. He and the rest of the cast went on to appear in the 1970 film version directed by William Friedkin.
Also in 1970 Nelson returned to Broadway in the lead role in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, a musical adaptation of The Teahouse of the August Moon. It was a critical and commercial disaster, closing after only 19 performances. In 1974, he played a leading role in the highly successful revue Cole at London's Mermaid Theatre. In 1985 he played sinister nuclear entrepreneur Jerry Grogan in Edge of Darkness, the seminal BBC thriller series written by Troy Kennedy Martin, and had roles in the Clive Barker horror films Hellraiser (1987) and Nightbreed (1990).
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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Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 24 mars 1930 à Rocky Mount (Etats-Unis)
Mort 7 octobre 1993 (à 63 ans) à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Naissance 24 mars 1930 à Rocky Mount (Etats-Unis)
Mort 7 octobre 1993 (à 63 ans) à Londres (Royaume-uni)
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Nelson appeared in several television series in the late 1940s, Captain Video and His Video Rangers and The Aldrich Family among them. He was cast in his first Broadway show, Seventeen, a musical adaptation of the Booth Tarkington novel that opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 21, 1951 and ran 182 performances.
In 1960, Nelson was cast in an off-Broadway show entitled The Fantasticks, which eventually became the world's longest-running musical with 17,162 performances. In 1962, he was hired to understudy Anthony Newley in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off when it transferred from the West End, eventually assuming the lead role when the star departed the show. From there, he went to another London import, Half a Sixpence, in 1965.
In 1968, Nelson accepted the lead in the controversial and groundbreaking off-Broadway production of The Boys in the Band, the first play to explore the milieu of gay life in New York City in a verbally frank manner. He and the rest of the cast went on to appear in the 1970 film version directed by William Friedkin.
Also in 1970 Nelson returned to Broadway in the lead role in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, a musical adaptation of The Teahouse of the August Moon. It was a critical and commercial disaster, closing after only 19 performances. In 1974, he played a leading role in the highly successful revue Cole at London's Mermaid Theatre. In 1985 he played sinister nuclear entrepreneur Jerry Grogan in Edge of Darkness, the seminal BBC thriller series written by Troy Kennedy Martin, and had roles in the Clive Barker horror films Hellraiser (1987) and Nightbreed (1990).
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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Cabal (1990)
, 1h42Réalisé par Clive Barker
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Fantastique, Fantasy, Action, Horreur, Romance
Thèmes Tueur en série, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Anne Bobby, Hugh Quarshie, Doug Bradley
Rôle Emergency Doctor
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Aaron Boone est un jeune homme qui ne se fait pas à la société. Chaque nuit, il rêve d'un endroit peuplé de monstres en tout genre : "le Midian". Boone, ayant un passé perturbé, est suivi de très près par le docteur Philip Decker. Or, ce dernier est un tueur en série. Profitant des troubles de son patient, il rend Boone persuadé d'être le coupable. Pris de panique, Boone tente de se suicider, en vain. Il finit à l'hôpital psychiatrique où il fait la connaissance d'un individu qui lui révèle l'endroit exact du Midian. Après avoir assisté à l'automutilation de ce dernier, Boone s'enfuit en direction du Midian. Sur place, il découvre un vieux cimetière mystérieux. Boone s'y installe et, une fois la nuit tombée, fait la rencontre de deux des créatures qui peuplent Midian. Après en avoir été chassé par les deux mutants, Boone est rapidement encerclé par la police et finit par succomber à ses blessures après avoir été fusillé. Une fois mort, Boone revient d'entre les morts et se réfugie parmi la population de Midian. Mais Decker, convaincu que Boone a rejoint la cité Midian, décide de partir à sa poursuite afin d'éradiquer Boone et ses habitants.
Red King, White Knight (1989)
, 1h45Réalisé par Geoff Murphy
Genres Drame, Thriller, Romance
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Tom Skerritt, Max von Sydow, Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Neil Dudgeon, Barry Corbin
Note57%
The CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for 10 years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policy makers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna, a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
Hellraiser : Le Pacte (1987)
, 1h34Réalisé par Clive Barker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horreur
Thèmes Religion, Sexualité, BDSM
Acteurs Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Ashley Laurence, Oliver Smith, Doug Bradley
Rôle Bill (uncredited)
Note68%
Frank Cotton, un homme en quête de plaisirs inconnus, fait l’acquisition d’une mystérieuse boîte. Il y découvre un enfer rempli de souffrance et de plaisir... Plus tard, son frère vient emménager dans la maison de Frank. Pendant le déménagement, une simple coupure et des gouttes de sang sur le plancher réussiront à ramener Frank à la vie. Sous la forme d’un cadavre, il va forcer sa belle-sœur à lui amener des victimes dans le but de se régénérer. Mais les diaboliques cénobites, maîtres des souffrances de l’enfer, vont très vite se rendre compte de la résurrection de Frank...
The Lonely Lady (1983)
, 1h32Réalisé par Peter Sasdy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Horreur
Thèmes Sexualité, Homosexualité, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Bibi Besch, Joseph Cali, Jared Martin, Anthony Holland
Note31%
Jerilee Randall (Pia Zadora) is an innocent schoolgirl living in the San Fernando Valley area of California with dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. Shortly after winning a trophy for her creative writing, she meets Walt (Kerry Shale), the son of famous screenwriter Walter Thornton (Lloyd Bochner), at a party. She goes home with him, along with some other friends, and during a late evening pool party, one of Jerilee's friends (played by Ray Liotta in one of his first roles) beats her, slaps her and then sexually assaults her with a garden hose nozzle.
Les Garçons de la bande (1970)
, 1h55Réalisé par William Friedkin
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie dramatique
Thèmes Sexualité, Homosexualité, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice
Rôle Michael
Note75%
Un soir Michael reçoit ses amis à l'occasion de l'anniversaire d'Harold qui se fait attendre. Il y a Emory qui assume pleinement son homosexualité, Hank qui divorce de sa femme et vit avec Larry, un gay libertin, Donald l'amant de Michael, Bernard un libraire, Cowboy Tex un jeune prostitué, cadeau pour Harold et Alan ami de la fac de Michael, hétérosexuel. Harold un gay juif flamboyant arrive enfin. Après un orage violent qui oblige les garçons a se réfugier dans le salon, Michael propose un jeu particulier, chacun devra appeler la personne qu'il a le plus aimée dans sa vie. Certaines vérités sur chacun apparaissent au grand jour, des règlements de compte aussi.
The Games (1970)
, 1h40Réalisé par Michael Winner
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Sport, Athlétisme, Jeux olympiques
Acteurs Michael Crawford, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Elaine Taylor, Stanley Baker
Rôle Frat Boy in Drinking Contest
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