
Person
William Rice
Acting · 1931–2006 · Vermont, USA
Biography
William Rice was a member of the avant-garde art scene in the East Village in New York City for many years. A painter, film actor, and an unaffiliated scholar, Bill Rice was one of the central figures in the various bohemian enclaves that gathered and overlapped in the Lower East Side of the 1960s.
Known for

Chicago Hope
Patient #1

Coffee and Cigarettes
Bill (segment "Champagne")

Subway Riders
Mr. Gollstone

One Last Thing...
Undertaker

The Big Blue
Arthur Murray

Doomed Love
Andre

The Offenders
Dr. Moore

Jonas in the Desert
Self

Decoder
Jaeger
The Deflowering
The Professor
Filmography
- 2006Tomorrow Always Comes
- 2006Documents, Memory, for My Friend Bill Rice
- 2005One Last Thing...Undertaker
- 2004Coffee and CigarettesBill (segment "Champagne")
- 1994Chicago HopePatient #1
- 1994The DefloweringThe Professor
- 1994Jonas in the DesertSelf
- 1992Last SupperThe Provider
- 1990One Hour
- 1989RainPreacher
- 1988The Big BlueArthur Murray
- 1987Thunder 2Thomas
- 1987Her Name is Lisa
- 1986SleepwalkMan At Elevator
- 1985Stray DogsArtist
- 1985Manhattan Love SuicidesArtist (segment "Stray Dogs")
- 1984DecoderJaeger
- 1983Doomed LoveAndre
- 1982VortexFrederick Fields
- 1981Subway RidersMr. Gollstone
- 1980The Trap DoorFuller Brush Man
- 1980The OffendersDr. Moore
- 1979Letters to Dad
- 1978G-ManMax Karl
- 1978Final Reward
- —SoapSelf
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