Person
Frederick Combs
Acting · 1935–1992 · Virginia, USA
Biography
Combs is best known for originating the role of Donald in the play The Boys in the Band and then later in the 1970 film of the same name. He performed extensively in theater including Franco Zeffirelli's 1963 production of The Lady of the Camellias. He also appeared on Broadway as Geoffrey in Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey in 1960, alongside Joan Plowright and Billy Dee Williams, produced by David Merrick. and toured with the show starring Hermione Baddeley through 1961. He died in Los Angeles in 1992 of an AIDS-related illness at the age of 56.
Known for

The Boys in the Band
Donald

David
Ken Curtis

The Users
Editor

The Silent Lovers
Howard Strickling

Another Woman's Child
Doctor
Bad Marien's Last Year
Boyfriend
Filmography
- 1988DavidKen Curtis
- 1983Another Woman's ChildDoctor
- 1980The Silent LoversHoward Strickling
- 1978The UsersEditor
- 1971Bad Marien's Last YearBoyfriend
- 1970The Boys in the BandDonald
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