William "Bill" Rice
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.
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William "Bill" Rice
- Name
- Bill Rice
- Birth Name
- William Rice
- Born
- October 17, 1931
- Birthplace
- Vermont, U.S.
- Died
- January 23, 2006 (aged 74)
- Place of death
- Manhattan, New York, U.S.
- Education
- Middlebury College
- Occupation
- Actor, artist
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Bill Rice • Birth Name — William Rice • Born — October 17, 1931 • Birthplace — Vermont, U.S. • Died — January 23, 2006 (aged 74) • Place of death — Manhattan, New York, U.S. • Education — Middlebury College • Occupation — Actor, artist
Early life and education
Early life and education
He was born in Vermont and graduated from Middlebury College.
Career
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.
Death
Death
Rice died in Manhattan of lung cancer on January 23, 2006.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Chicago Hope — Patient #1 — Episode: "Right to Life"
Works
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)
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1931
William "Bill" Rice born at Vermont.
2006
William "Bill" Rice died at Manhattan.
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1967 — Young Americans — 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 — Documentary • 2003 — Coffee and Cigarettes — Bill • 2005 — One Last Thing... — Undertaker
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