Bill Rice (actor)
American actor
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William Rice (October 17, 1931 – January 23, 2006) was an American actor, artist, and member of the avant-garde art scene in Manhattan's East Village for many years.
October 17, 1931
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| Born | William Rice October 17, 1931 Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 2006 (aged 74) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Middlebury College |
| Occupations | Actor, artist |
Early life and education
He was born in Vermont and graduated from Middlebury College.
Career
After graduating from Middlebury, Rice moved into an apartment on Third Avenue in Manhattan in 1953. 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 on the Lower East Side of the 1960s. Among his diverse achievements, Rice worked with noted Gertrude Stein expert Ulla Dydo on Gertrude Stein: The Language That Rises: 1923–1934 (2003), an essential study of the author's writing process, using her notebooks and manuscripts.[1]
Death
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Young Americans | N/a | Documentary |
| 1980 | The Offenders | Dr. Moore | |
| 1980 | The Trap Door | Fuller Brush Man | |
| 1981 | Subway Riders | Mr. Gollstone | |
| 1982 | Vortex | Frederick Fields | |
| 1982 | Wild Style | TV Producer Party Guest | Uncredited |
| 1984 | Decoder | Jaeger | |
| 1984 | Doomed Love | Andre | |
| 1985 | Manhattan Love Suicides | The Artist | |
| 1986 | Sleepwalk | Man at Elevator | |
| 1987 | Her Name Is Lisa | Hargus Beasley | |
| 1987 | Thunder Warrior II | Thomas Rupert | |
| 1988 | The Big Blue | Arthur | |
| 1988 | Landlord Blues | Roth | |
| 1989 | Rain | Preacher | |
| 1992 | Last Supper | The provider | |
| 1994 | Jonas in the Desert | N/a | Documentary |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Bill | |
| 2005 | One Last Thing... | Undertaker |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Patient #1 | Episode: "Right to Life" |
Works
- by Bill Rice, Evocation I and Evocation II, BOMB Magazine (Fall, 1984)
- by Bill Rice, Travel Sketchbook and Hamburg, 1982, BOMB Magazine (Winter, 1983)
