Acting · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA · Born March 24, 1930
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.
MovieNightbreed
1990
as Emergency Doctor
MovieRed King, White Knight
1989
MovieHellraiser
1987
as Bill
TVHold the Dream
1987
as Marriot Watson
MovieCuban Breeze
1986
as Larry Steiner
TVEdge of Darkness
1985
as Grogan
MovieLace 2
1985
as Interviewer at Premiere
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Jack
TVLace
1984
as New York Hotel Manager
MovieThe Lonely Lady
1983
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Auctioneer
MovieHallelujah, Mary Plum
1980
as American Newsman
MovieThe Brute
1977
as Psychiatrist
TVPlayhouse
1974
as American Newsman
MovieThe Games
1970
as Frat Boy in Drinking Contest
MovieThe Boys in the Band
1970
as Michael
The Aldrich Family
1949
as Henry Aldrich
