Reuben Greene is an American

United States

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 film

Film

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, theater and television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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. Greene, born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, landed the role of Dr. James Hudson on the 1969 CBS

CBS

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 soap opera Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series)

Where the Heart Is is an American soap opera telecast on the CBS television network from September 8, 1969 to March 23, 1973. Created by Lou Scofield and Margaret DePriest, the program ran for 25 minutes, the remaining five minutes of its timeslot ceded to a CBS news break.Scofield and DePriest...

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Greene is perhaps best known for originating the role of Bernard in the play The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band is a 1970 American drama film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay by Mart Crowley is based on his Off Broadway play of the same title, Crowley penned a sequel to the play years later entitled The Men From The Boys...

and then later in the 1970 film of the same name.

In addition to theater and work in commercials Greene was also featured in the 1976 Elaine May

Elaine May

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 film Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky is a 1976 film written and directed by Elaine May. Using three cameras that she sometimes left running for hours, May captured spontaneous interaction between Peter Falk and John Cassavetes...

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The New York Daily News reported Greene living in Queens, New York in a 1996 interview. In 2010 filmmaker Crayton Robey screened his making-of

Making-of

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 The Boys In the Band documentary Making the Boys at the Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

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 and stated in an interview with The Washington Blade

The Washington Blade

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that Greene's current whereabouts remain unknown.

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