Name Frederick Combs Role Film actor | Movies The Boys in the Band Siblings Sandra Flanigan | |
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Died September 19, 1992, Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
Frederick Combs (October 11, 1935 – September 19, 1992) was an American film, theater and television actor, playwright and director.
Combs is best known for originating the role of Donald in the play The Boys in the Band and then later in the 1970 film of the same name.
He performed extensively in theater including Franco Zeffirelli's 1963 production of The Lady of the Camellias.
He died in Los Angeles in 1992 of an AIDS-related illness at the age of 56.
Filmography
Actor
1988
David (TV Movie) as
Ken Curtis
1983
Another Woman's Child (TV Movie) as
Doctor
1980
The Silent Lovers (TV Movie) as
Howard Strickling
1979
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Mini Series) as
Reporter
- Part VII (1960-1967) (1979) - Reporter
1978
The Users (TV Movie) as
Editor
1971
Bad Marien's Last Year (Short) as
Boyfriend
1970
The Boys in the Band as
Donald
1967
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Elevator Operator
- The Night of the Turncoat (1967) - Elevator Operator
1965
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Robert Kraft
- Fires of the Mind (1965) - Robert Kraft
Miscellaneous
1988
David (TV Movie) (dialogue coach: Actors Lab LA)
Archive Footage
2011
Making the Boys (Documentary) as
Donald
References
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