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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

6.4

Emergency Doctor

Nightbreed

1990

6.0

Red King, White Knight

1989

6.9

Bill

Hellraiser

1987

0.0

Larry Steiner

Cuban Breeze

1986

8.1

Grogan

Edge of Darkness

1985

0.0

Interviewer at Premiere

Lace 2

1985

6.4

Jack

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

7.1

New York Hotel Manager

Lace

1984

4.4

The Lonely Lady

1983

7.0

Auctioneer

Reilly: Ace of Spies

1983

Credits

Nightbreed

as Emergency Doctor

1990

6.4

Red King, White Knight

1989

6.0

Hellraiser

as Bill

1987

6.9

Cuban Breeze

as Larry Steiner

1986

0.0

Edge of Darkness

as Grogan

1985

8.1

Lace 2

as Interviewer at Premiere

1985

0.0

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Jack

1984

6.4

Lace

as New York Hotel Manager

1984

7.1

The Lonely Lady

1983

4.4

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Auctioneer

1983

7.0

Hallelujah, Mary Plum

as American Newsman

1980

0.0

The Brute

as Psychiatrist

1977

5.1

Playhouse

as American Newsman

1974

7.0

The Games

as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest

1970

7.1

The Boys in the Band

as Michael

1970

7.0