Reuben Greene

Reuben Greene (born November 24, 1938) is an American film, theater and television actor. He is perhaps best known for originating the role of Bernard in the play The Boys in the Band[1][2] and then later playing the same character in the 1970 film of the same name.[3][4]

Reuben Greene
Born(1938-11-24)November 24, 1938
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationActor

The African-American actor Greene mostly worked as an actor in theater and sometimes commercials. Besides Boys in the Band, his only film and television credits are the role of Dr. James Hudson on the 1969 CBS soap opera Where the Heart Is[5] and a short role as Franklyn in the 1976 Elaine May film Mikey and Nicky.

The New York Daily News reported Greene living in Queens, New York in a 1996 interview.[5] His last known interview was with the Windy City Times around 2000, in which he stated that he was not gay despite his involvement in Boys in the Band.[6] In 2010 filmmaker Crayton Robey screened his making-of The Boys In the Band documentary Making the Boys at the Tribeca Film Festival[7] and claimed in an interview with The Washington Blade that Greene's current whereabouts remain unknown.[8]

According to a message on the discussion page of his Wikipedia article and an Ancestry.com tree, Reuben Greene died of a heart attack on 10 February 2012 in New York City. Still there is not any official verification or information about his possible death available.

References
  1. Lortel.org
  2. "The Lavender Screen". google.com.
  3. New York Daily News
  4. Canby, Vincent (18 March 1970). "The Boys in the Band (1970)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  5. Riedel, Michael (June 23, 1996). "BOYS TO MEN SUCCESSES AND SORROWS: WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE ORIGINAL 'BAND' MEMBERS". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  6. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Two-cast-members-on-The-Boys-in-the-Band/32575.html
  7. Tribecafilm.com Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "All about 'Boys'". Washington Blade.

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