Background
He was born Robert Joel McLane, and was sometimes credited under the name Robert McLane.
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Robert Joel
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He grew up on a farm in South Carolina and graduated from Furman University.
Career
He starred in Blue Summer (1973) with Bo White and again with White in A Very Natural Thing (1974). Joel played the lead, David, a gay ex-monk, who finds love in New York City. His other co-stars were Curt Gareth, Jay Pierce, and Vito Russo, who went on to write The Celluloid Closet.
Joel also appeared in Russian Meyer"s Up! (1976), Little Murders (1971), Barbara (1970), Arthur Kopit"s Indians on Broadway, and a 1971 Public Broadcasting Service television drama, They.
He died of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1992.
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Born
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September 30, 1992 (aged 48) -
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United States