Robert Joel
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Robert Joel was an American
actor
. He was born Robert Joel McLane, and was sometimes credited under the name Robert McLane. He grew up on a farm in South Carolina and graduated from Furman University. He starred in Blue Summer (1973) with Bo White
and again with White in A Very Natural Thing
(1974).
Joel played the lead, David, a gay ex-monk, who finds love in New York City. His other co-stars were Curt Gareth, Jay Pierce, and Vito Russo, who went on to write The Celluloid Closet
. Joel also appeared in Russ Meyer's Up! (1976), Little Murders (1971), Barbara (1970), Arthur Kopit's Indians on Broadway, and a 1971 PBS television drama, They. He died of AIDS in 1992.
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. He was born Robert Joel McLane, and was sometimes credited under the name Robert McLane. He grew up on a farm in South Carolina and graduated from Furman University. He starred in Blue Summer (1973) with Bo White
Bo White
Bo White is an American actor who appeared in Christopher Larkin's 1974 groundbreaking film, A Very Natural Thing, the gay alternative to Love Story...
and again with White in A Very Natural Thing
A Very Natural Thing
A Very Natural Thing is a 1974 film about a gay man named David who leaves a monastery to become a public school teacher by day, whilst looking for true love in a gay bar by night. It was one of the first films about gay relationships intended for mainstream, commercial distribution. The original...
(1974).
Joel played the lead, David, a gay ex-monk, who finds love in New York City. His other co-stars were Curt Gareth, Jay Pierce, and Vito Russo, who went on to write The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet is a 1996 American documentary film directed and written by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The film is based on the 1981 book of the same name written by Vito Russo, and on previous lecture and film clip presentations given in person by Russo 1972–82.Russo researched the...
. Joel also appeared in Russ Meyer's Up! (1976), Little Murders (1971), Barbara (1970), Arthur Kopit's Indians on Broadway, and a 1971 PBS television drama, They. He died of AIDS in 1992.