The Boys in the Band
1970
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Robert La Tourneaux (August 10, 1940 – June 3, 1986) was an American actor best known for his role of Cowboy, the good-natured but dim hustler hired as a birthday present for a gay man, in the original Off-Broadway production and 1970 film version of The Boys in the Band.
Actor: The Boys in the Band. Robert La Tourneaux was born on 22 November 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Boys in the Band (1970), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971) and The Doctors (1963). He died on 3 June 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
May 17, 2018 · La Tourneaux, who played the naive working-class sex worker among a sea of middle-class men, fared the worst. He told reporters that Boys had been the kiss of death as an out gay actor.
Biography. The openly gay La Tourneaux initially blamed his being typecast as a gay hustler for his inability to receive worthwhile roles. After the film version of The Boys in the Band was released La Tourneaux's career declined and in 1978 he was performing his one-man cabaret act in a male-porno house in Times Square.
Oct 2, 2020 · Robert La Tourneaux as Cowboy Tex La Tourneaux was the good-natured but dim hustler Cowboy Tex who's hired for Harold as a birthday present. Sadly, after The Boys in the Band , La...
Robert La Tourneaux (November 22, 1941 - June 3, 1986) was an American actor. He was best known for his role of Cowboy, the good-natured but dim hustler hired as a birthday present for a gay...
The ensemble cast, all of whom also played the roles in the play's initial stage run in New York City, includes Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Frederick Combs, Laurence Luckinbill, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, and Reuben Greene.
