Closeted (gay) actors formerly on the soaps - DTS: Cancelled Soaps - Soap Opera Network Communy

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• WHO WAS GAY IN THE ORIGAL "DARK SHADOWS" TV SERI?
• BOY GEE: ‘I WAS ABED EVERY DAY FOR BEG GAY THE 70S’
• GEE SANTOS STORY RAIS QUTNS ABOUT GAY REPUBLINS
• FOUR CLASSIC MOVIE ACTORS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE GAYA HOLLYWOOD HISTORY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSAUGT 24, 2017/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MGMBY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSAUGT 24, 2017 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FOUR CLASSIC MOVIE ACTORS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-24T12:00:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-24T12:00:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NEWNOWNEXT EDORS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI MONTH IS CELEBRATED NATNALLY JUNE, BUT YEAR-ROUND ’S IMPORTANT TO LET YOUNG LGBT PEOPLE, WHO MIGHT BE NFLICTED ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, KNOW THAT WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND — EVEN THE BACKGROUND OF CLASSIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE FOUR ACTORS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN WERE GAY WHO ARE WORTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD HAYDN WAS BORN GEE RICHARD HAYDN LONDON ON MARCH 10, 1905. AS A YOUNG MAN, HE WORKED AS A MIC HALL ENTERTAER AND MANAGED A BANANA PLANTATN JAMAI BEFORE JOG A TOURG BRISH THEATER TROUPE. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON FILM WAS THE TV MOVIE PRODUCTN OF RED PEPPERS 1938. HE MOVED TO AMERI AND FIRST APPEARED ON BROADWAY THE 1939 PRODUCTN OF SET TO MIC, AND FOLLOWED THAT UP WH TWO FOR THE SHOW 1940. HE MA THE FIRST OF HIS MORE THAN 50 FILMS 1941 – CHARLEY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS BETTER KNOWN FILMS CLU BALL OF FIRE, DEAR RUTH, THE LATE GEE APLEY, FOREVER AMBER, STG PRETTY, THE EMPEROR WALTZ, ALICE WONRLAND, MISS PTATATLOCK’S MILLNS, THE MERRY WDOW, JUPER’S DARLG, THE LOST WORLD, PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISI, FIVE WEEKS A BALLOON, MUTY ON THE BOUNTY, CLARENCE THE CROSS EYED LN, THE ADVENTUR OF BULLWHIP GRIFF, AND YOUNG FRANKENSTE. HE IS PERHAPS BT KNOWN FOR THE PLAYG THE ROLE OF MAX DETWEILER THE CLASSIC FILM THE SOUND OF MIC.20TH CENTURY-FOX/GETTY IMAGELEANOR PARKER AND RICHARD HAYDN ARE GREETED BY CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE SOUND OF MIC', 1965. (PHOTO BY 20TH CENTURY-FOX/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS MANY TV APPEARANC CLU THE TWILIGHT ZONE, SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S STORYBOOK, BURKE’S LAW, THE MAN FROM UNCLE, BONANZA, BEWCHED AND MCCLOUD. HAYDN WAS ALSO A EQUENT PERFORMER ON RAD, AND A REGULAR ON THE BURNS AND ALLEN RAD SHOW. RICHARD HAYDN WAS GAY. HE LIVED A QUIET PERSONAL LIFE, AND WAS WELL-KNOWN HOLLYWOOD FOR HIS CHERISHED, AND LAVISH FLOWER GARNS WHICH HE TEND AT HIS BEVERLY HILLS HOME. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS PROVIDG THE VOICE OF BOOKWORM THE 1985 FILM THE HUGGA BUNCH. HAYDN SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME AND DIED LOS ANGEL ON APRIL 25, 1985. HE WAS 80 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAN JOHNSONSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR VAN JOHNSON (1916 - 2008) POSG ONT OF A TARTAN BACKGROUND, CIR 1955. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EMMY AWARD NOMATED SGER-DANCER-ACTOR VAN JOHNSON WAS BORN CHARL VAN DELL JOHNSON ON AUGT 25, 1916 NEWPORT, RHO ISLAND. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HIS ALHOLIC MOTHER ABANDONED HIM WHEN HE WAS A CHILD. HE WAS RAISED BY HIS FATHER, WHO VAN SCRIBED AS “CHILLY.” AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, VAN MOVED TO NYC AND JOED THE OFF-BROADWAY REVUE, ENTRE NO 1935. HE TOURED A THEATER TROUPE AND MA HIS BROADWAY BUT NEW FAC OF 1936. IN 1939, HE APPEARED THE H BROADWAY MIL, TOO MANY GIRLS AND APPEARED THE FILM VERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE APPEARED THE BROADWAY MIL, PAL JOEY, 1940/41. HE WAS LURED BACK TO HOLLYWOOD BY HIS IEND, LUCILLE BALL, AND SIGNED A SIX-MONTH NTRACT WH WARNERS. HE MA SEVERAL FILMS THERE, BUT WASN’T UNTIL HE SIGNED WH MGM, THAT HE BEME A FULL FLEDGED SUPER STAR. WH HIS TALL, ALL-AMERIN GOOD LOOKS, VAN BEME ENORMOLY POPULAR WH THE FANS. HIS MOST POPULAR FILMS CLU THE HUMAN COMEDY, A GUY NAMED JOE (DURG THE MAKG OF THIS FILM HE WAS NEARLY KILLED A R ACCINT THAT LEFT HIM WH A METAL PLATE HIS FOREHEAD AND FACIAL SRS), TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR, THE WHE CLIFFS OF DOVER, THIRTY SENDS OVER TOKYO, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY, EASY TO WED, MOTHER IS A FRHMAN, AND IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, AMONG MANY OTHERS. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LEADG MEN DURG THE WWII YEARS. HIS ACCINT PREVENTED HIM OM SERVG DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1945, HE WAS RATED #2 BOX OFFICE STAR AMERI, AND 1946, HE WAS RATED #3. VAN JOHNSON WAS GAY. HE MARRIED EVE ABBOTT WYNN ON JANUARY 25, 1947, ONE DAY AFTER HER DIVORCE OM ACTOR KEENAN WYNN. THE THREE HAD BEEN VERY CLOSE IENDS. IN 1948, THE UPLE HAD A DGHTER NAMED SCHUYLER, BUT LAGE VAN MATAED A CLOSE RELATNSHIP WH KEENAN WYNN. VAN AND EVE SEPARATED 1961, AND DIVORCED 1968. EVE JOHNSON SAID THAT THEIR MARRIAGE HAD BEEN ENGEERED BY LOUIS B. MAYER AT MGM. “THEY NEED THEIR BIG STAR TO MARRIED TO QUELL MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENC, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS — THE ONLY WOMAN HE WOULD MARRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAN WORKED STEADILY FILMS AND TV (PLAYG MORE THAN 125 ROL DURG HIS 52 YEAR REER). HE PERFORMED SUMMER STOCK AND REGNAL THEATER, AND NATNAL TOURS CLUDG THE MIL, SHOW BOAT. HE RETURNED TO BROADWAY FOR COME ON STRONG (1962), MATG DANCE (1965), AND 1986, THE MIL LA CAGE AUX FOLL, WHICH HE ALSO TOURED. VAN LIVED ON MANHATTAN’S EAST SI UNTIL 2002 WHEN HE MOVED TO AN ASSISTED RE FACILY NYACK, NEW YORK. VAN JOHNSON DIED ON DECEMBER 12, 2008 NYACK AT THE AGE OF 92. AT THIS TIME OF HIS ATH, HE WAS LONG TRANGED OM HIS ONLY CHILD. HE WAS LARGER THAN LIFE, UTTERLY CHARMG, HILAR, VERY FLIRTY, AND A TE MOVIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN MEGNA WAS BORN JOHN INGOLIA ON NOVEMBER 9, 1952 QUEENS, NEW YORK CY. HIS FATHER WAS A PHARMACIST AND HIS MOTHER WAS A NIGHTCLUB SGER. HE WAS THE HALF BROTHER OF CONNIE STEVENS. JOHN MA HIS ACTG BUT 1958 ON BROADWAY THE MIL GREEENWILLOW. THE FOLLOWG YEAR HE STARRED ALL THE WAY HOME. HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM APPEARANCE WAS THE CLASSIC 1962 MOTN PICTURE TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD PLAYG THE ROLE OF THE “TOOTHY” SUMMER VISOR, DILL HARRIS.UNIVERSAL/GETTY IMAGROSEMARY MURPHY STG WH MARY BADHAM, PHILLIP ALFORD AND JOHN MEGNA A SCENE OM THE FILM 'TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD', 1962. (PHOTO BY UNIVERSAL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS MANY TV APPEARANC CLU TARGET: THE CORPTORS, NAKED CY, THE ALED HCHCK HOUR, DR. KILDARE, BEN CASEY, STAR TREK, I SPY, THE DANNY THOMAS HOUR, THE BLUE KNIGHT, AND POLICE WOMAN. HE APPEARED THE PROVOTIVE MA-FOR-TV MOVI I WANT TO KEEP MY BABY, AND THE BOY THE PLASTIC BUBBLE. HE STARRED AS “LTLE ADAM” A SERI OF TNAL SHORT ANIMATED FILMS TLED THE BIG WORLD OF LTLE ADAM THAT WERE PRODUCED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN’S OTHER FILMS CLU HH…HH SWEET CHARLOTTE, BLD FOLD, FOLLOW THE BOYS, THE GODFATHER PART II, GO TELL THE SPARTANS, SUNNY SI, BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS, SMOKEY AND THE BAND II, AND THE CANNONBALL RUN. AS A YOUNG MAN, JOHN GRADUATED OM CORNELL UNIVERSY ITHA, NEW YORK. HE MAJORED PERFORMG ARTS. IN HIS LATER LIFE, HE TGHT ENGLISH, SPANISH AND HISTORY THE LOS ANGEL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE WAS THE FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROF THEATER GROUP, L.A. ARTS. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS THE 1984 TV MOVIE THE RATGS GAME. JOHN WAS GAY. HE NTRACTED HIV, AND DIED OF AIDS RELATED ILLNS ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1995 AT MIDWAY HOSPAL LOS ANGEL. MEGNA WAS 42 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON WALBROOKGENERAL FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON WALBROOK WAS BORN ADOLF ANTON WILHELM WOHLBCK VIENNA, ATRIA ON NOVEMBER 19, 1896. HE ME OM A FAY OF ENTERTAERS, CLUDG CIRC PERFORMERS. ANTON STUDIED WH MAX REHARDT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WORKED ATRIAN THEATER AND FILM. IN 1936, HE TRAVELED TO HOLLYWOOD TO RE-SHOOT SOME SCEN FOR THE 1937 FILM, THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY. ANTON WALBROOK WAS GAY. HE DID NOT RETURN TO ATRIA, BUT BEE HIS MOTHER WAS JEWISH, HE QUALIFIED FOR THE NUREMBERG LAWS AS “HALF-JEWISH,” AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO SETTLE ENGLAND WHERE HE LATER FED A SOLID FILM REER. HIS FIRST FILM WAS MARTEN 1915. HE MA 19 FILMS ATRIA AND GERMANY, BEFORE MAKG HIS TRANSN TO AMERIN AND BRISH FILMS.GENERAL FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS LATER FILMS CLU THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY, VICTORIA THE GREAT, GASLIGHT, DANGERO MOONLIGHT, 49TH PARALLEL, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, THE MAN OM MOROC, THE QUEEN OF SPAS, LA RON, KG FOR ONE NIGHT, SAT JOAN, AND I ACCE!, AMONG OTHERS. HE IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG THE ROLE OF BORIS LEMONTOV THE 1948 DANCE CLASSIC THE RED SHO. IN THE LATE 1950S, HE RETIRED OM FILMS AND WORKED ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE AND TELEVISN. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS THE GERMAN TV MOVIE, ROBERT UND ELISABETH 1966. ANTON WALBROOK DIED GARATSHSEN, BAVARIA, GERMANY ON AUGT 9, 1967 AFTER SUFFERG A HEART ATTACK. WALBROOK WAS 70 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VERSN OF THIS ARTICLE ORIGALLY APPEARED ON WE ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• ‘OPENLY GAY’ REP.-ELECT GEE SANTOS DIDN’T DISCLOSE DIVORCE WH WOMANCATCH ME IF YOU CANSANTOS RAN HIS MPAIGN AS AN OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN. SCE HE WAS ELECTED, A NUMBER OF KEY BGRAPHIL TAILS HAVE STARTED TO CMBLE. HERE’S THE LATT ONE.ROGER SOLLENBERGERSENR POLIL REPORTERUPDATED DEC. 22, 2022 12:07PM EST / PUBLISHED DEC. 22, 2022 4:54AM EST EXCLIVEPHOTO ILLTRATN BY THOMAS LEVSON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYREPUBLIN NGRSMAN-ELECT GEE SANTOS IS UNR NEW SCTY AFTER A NEW YORK TIM REPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK UNVERED A STRG OF APPARENT OUTRIGHT FABRITNS AT THE HEART OF SOME OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FACTS OF HIS LIFE, BUT THAT BACKSTORY MAY ALSO BE NOTABLE FOR WHAT SANTOS DID NOT CLU—A PUBLICLY UNDISCLOSED MARRIAGE.SANTOS, WHO CLAIMS HE HAS “NEVER EXPERIENCED DISCRIMATN THE REPUBLIN PARTY,” BROKE BARRIERS THIS YEAR WHEN HE BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NON-CUMBENT GOP NDIDATE ELECTED TO CONGRS.BUT ACRDG TO URT RERDS OBTAED BY THE DAILY BEAST, SANTOS APPEARS TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A PREVLY UNACKNOWLEDGED SEPT. 2019 DIVORCE WH A WOMAN QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK. THE DIVORCE—WHICH SANTOS HAS NOT DISCSED PUBLICLY—ADDS NEW UNCERTATY TO HIS ALREADY SHAKY BGRAPHIL AND POLIL CLAIMS.“I AM OPENLY GAY, HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WH MY SEXUAL INTY THE PAST , AND I N TELL YOU AND ASSURE YOU, I WILL ALWAYS BE AN ADVOTE FOR LGBTQ FOLKS,” SANTOS TOLD USA TODAY OCTOBER, RPONDG TO CRICISM ABOUT HIS SUPPORT FOR FLORIDA’S SO-LLED “DON’T SAY GAY BILL” SIGNED TO LAW THIS YEAR BY GOP GOV. RON DESANTIS. LS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS DIVORCE WAS FALIZED, SANTOS FILED THE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK TO LNCH HIS 2020 MPAIGN. AND WHILE HIS 2022 MPAIGN B MENTNS HIS HBAND, WHO ACRDG TO SANTOS LIV WH HIM AND THEIR FOUR DOGS ON LONG ISLAND, HE’S KEPT THIS PREV MARRIAGE OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE ENTIRELY.IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT SANTOS, WHO CLAIMS HE HAS “NEVER EXPERIENCED DISCRIMATN THE REPUBLIN PARTY,” HAS BEEN LIVG FORTABLY AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN FOR, AS HE SAYS, MORE THAN A . PEOPLE GET MARRIED FOR UNTLS REASONS. BUT SANTOS’ SUATN IS CUR BEE HE NEVER DISCLOSED HIS DIVORCE TO VOTERS, AND NEVER RENCILED HIS PRR MARRIAGE TO A WOMAN—WHICH END JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HE TABLISHED HIS FIRST NGRSNAL MPAIGN—WH HIS CLAIMS OF BEG AN OUT AND PROUD GAY REPUBLIN.SANTOS, 34, MA HIS FIRST BID FOR CONGRS 2020, LOSG TO REP. TOM SUOZZI (D-NY) BEFORE TOPPLG DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT ROBERT ZIMMERMAN THIS YEAR. BUT FOLLOWG A NEW YORK TIM VTIGATN THAT SUGGTED SANTOS HAD FICTNALIZED KEY ELEMENTS OF HIS RUME, HE’S ALREADY FACG LLS TO RIGN, AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE ETHICS VTIGATN.THE LLEG SANTOS SAYS HE ATTEND DON’T HAVE A RERD OF HIM; CIGROUP AND GOLDMAN SACHS DON’T EHER, THOUGH HE CLAIMED TO WORK THERE; THE IRS HAS NO RERD OF HIS NONPROF; HE STILL FAC “UNROLVED” LEGAL TROUBLE BRAZIL; HIS PAST BS VENTUR APPEAR FLIMSY; AND EVEN HIS ADDRS WAS LLED TO QUTN.IN RPONSE TO THE TIM REPORT, SANTOS’ ATTORNEY JOSEPH MURRAY RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT, WHILE STOPPG SHORT OF NYG THE ACCATNS, PATED HIS CLIENT AS A VICTIM, BEE HE “REPRENTS THE KD OF PROGRS THAT THE LEFT IS SO THREATENED BY—A GAY, LATO, IMMIGRANT AND REPUBLIN WHO WON A BIN DISTRICT OVERWHELMG FASHN BY SHOWG EVERYDAY VOTERS THAT THERE IS A BETTER OPTN THAN THE BROKEN PROMIS AND FAILED POLICI OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.” THE TIM STORY SET OFF A RAPID-FIRE ROUND OF CRICISM THAT EXTEND NOT JT TO THE NGRSMAN-ELECT, BUT TO DEMOCRATIC OPPOSN REARCHERS, REPUBLIN VETTERS, AND MEDIA WHO HAD NOT LLED ATTENTN TO THE NOW-GLARG HOL HIS STORY BEFORE THE ELECTN.WHILE THOSE TAILS WENT LARGELY UNNOTICED DURG THE MPAIGN, THE TIM VTIGATN PROMPTED REPORTERS AND TER SLTHS AROUND THE UNTRY TO DIG EPER TO SANTOS’ PAST—OR WHAT THEY ULD FD OF .IT’S UNCLEAR WHY SANTOS HAS NOT DISCLOSED HIS APPARENT MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, BUT DON’T F WELL WH HIS CURRENT BGRAPHY.HE HAS PREVLY TOLD U.S. AND BRAZILIAN MEDIA THAT HE WAS ENGAGED TO A MAN, A FELLOW BRAZILIAN WHOM SANTOS HAS INTIFIED AS A PHARMACIST, AND HIS MPAIGN B CLAIMS HE LIV ON LONG ISLAND WH HIS HBAND. (THE DAILY BEAST ULD FD NO PUBLIC RERD OF THE MAN’S WORK THAT FIELD, NOR ULD WE FD A MARRIAGE RERD.)BUT NEW YORK URT RERDS SHOW THAT, 2019, SOMEONE NAMED GEE DEVOLR SANTOS, WH A SEND IAL OF “A,” FALIZED AN UNNTTED DIVORCE WH UADLA SANTOS VIEIRA SANTOS. PUBLIC RERDS SEARCH ONLY REVEAL ONE PERSON THE UNED STAT WH THAT NAME.UADLA SANTOS AND GEE SANTOS DID NOT REPLY TO LLS OR QUTNS SENT VIA TEXT MSAGE TO NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WH THEM. (A ED FOR A $750,000 HOE PURCHASE UNN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THIS JUNE LISTS UADLA SANTOS AS THE BUYER, AND SAYS SHE IS MARRIED; SHE IS THE ONLY PURCHASER LISTED ON THE PROPERTY DOCUMENTS.)GEE SANTOS, WHOSE MIDDLE NAME IS ANTHONY, SOMETIM DEVOLR, HIS LATE MOTHER’S MAIN NAME. HE RPORATED TO HIS MPAIGN—“DEVOLR SANTOS FOR CONGRS”—AS WELL AS HIS OWN SUPPOSED FANCIAL SERVIC PANY, THE DEVOLR ORGANIZATN. SANTOS HAS SHIFTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT BATNS OF THOSE FOUR NAM OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIM EMBRACG HIS FATHER’S SANTOS SURNAME, OTHER TIM GOG BY HIS MOTHER’S DEVOLR.SANTOS’ MOTHER DIED 2016, ACRDG TO AN ONLE CROWDFUNDG MPAIGN SANTOS LNCHED TO RAISE MONEY TO VER “THE STS OF THE WAKE.” THE GOFUNDME PAGE LISTS “ANTHONY D SANTOS” AS THE BENEFICIARY—AND ANTHONY DEVOLVER OF SUNNYSI, NEW YORK, AS THE ANIZER—AND THE FUNDRAISG MPAIGN REMAS OPEN.SANTOS’ MPAIGN B PAGE CLAIMS HIS MOTHER WAS “THE FIRST FEMALE EXECUTIVE AT A MAJOR FANCIAL STUTN,” THOUGH THE SPECIFIC STUTN IS UNNAMED. THE B ALSO SAYS “GEE’S MOTHER WAS HER OFFICE THE SOUTH TOWER” ON THE MORNG OF SEPT. 11, 2001.“SHE SURVIVED THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF THAT DAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS LATER”—ABOUT 15 YEARS LATER.AND ON WEDNDAY, JEWISH OUTLET THE FORWARD ADD STILL MORE TRIGUE, SUGGTG SANTOS MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN UNTTHFUL WHEN HE CLAIMED DURG THE MPAIGN—CLUDG ON HIS WEBSE—TO HAVE JEWISH ANCTRY. THE REPORT LED G HOE MORY LEAR HAKEEM JEFI TO CLARE HIS FUTURE LLEAGUE A “PLETE AND UTTER D.”BUT THE DIVORCE REVELATN, AND THE APPARENT SECRECY AROUND , PLIT A CENTRAL PIECE OF THE IMAGE SANTOS HAS BURNISHED AS A DYNAMIC AND CULTURALLY REVOLUTNARY FIGURE.IN AN ELECTN SEASON WHERE MANY OF HIS FELLOW NSERVATIV SPOUTED NONSENSIL ALLEGATNS OF PEDOPHILIA AMONG DEMOCRATS, TARGETED BENIGN DRAG BNCH AS EPICENTERS FOR “GROOMG,” AND FLAMED A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY AND ANTI-TRANS MOVEMENT—AS ATTACKS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY SKYROCKETED—SANTOS MA HISTORY AS THE FIRST NON-CUMBENT GAY REPUBLIN TO EVER BE ELECTED TO CONGRS.BUT AFTER ACHIEVG THAT VICTORY, AND JT TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS BARRIER-BREAKG GURATN, SANTOS’ RELATNSHIP WH THE TTH IS FACG TTS HE SOMEHOW DODGED FOR TWO MPAIGNS.SUBSCRIBE TO THE PAY DIRT NEWSLETTER HERE TO FOLLOW THE MOVEMENT OF THE DIRTY DOLLARS FLUENCG OUR PUBLIC POLICY. ROGER SOLLENBERGER

WHO WAS GAY IN THE ORIGAL "DARK SHADOWS" TV SERI?

Joel Crothers was gay, sadly died om AIDS the 1980's I Anonymoreply 3March 8, 2012 1:06 PM. Dark Shadows and Edge of Night were two of gayt sets NYC the 60s and 70s and that is sayg a Anonymoreply 5March 8, 2012 1:20 PM.

BOY GEE: ‘I WAS ABED EVERY DAY FOR BEG GAY THE 70S’

Oh honey that show was so gay the shadows were Anonymoreply 8March 8, 2012 5:34 PM. Love this homoerotic scene between two flamg gay actors tryg to stay character as their hetero characters. Not gay - Mch Ryan, Dennis Patrick, John Karlen, David Selby, Chris Pennock, Robert Rodan, David Heney, Roger Davis.

I'm up to episo 800 and all the many people said here to be gay, the on I've seen so far, don't have an effemate manner as far as I n tell.... If 's te they were gay I suppose a big factor gettg sted was that they seemed there behd the scen people at DS known to be who had fluence on actor selectn? Also open about beg gay at that time:Chris Bern Don Brise Louis Edmonds Jonathan Frid Anthony Gee Geofey Stt Keh Prenticeby Anonymoreply 66January 6, 2013 2:39 PM.

Folks often say that Patsy Stone on AbFab is "really a gay man", but I've often felt that Angelique was a character gay guys would intify wh? What do matter who was gay and who wasnt sce you werent go to sleep wh any of them.

GEE SANTOS STORY RAIS QUTNS ABOUT GAY REPUBLINS

I haven't seen someone go to such extrem to "" people love to see what you have to say about the number of gay men and lbians the Edge of Night st the late 70s/early Anonymoreply 84April 24, 2013 10:11 PM.

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AS A YOUNG MAN, HE WORKED AS A MIC HALL ENTERTAER AND MANAGED A BANANA PLANTATN JAMAI BEFORE JOG A TOURG BRISH THEATER TROUPE. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON FILM WAS THE TV MOVIE PRODUCTN OF RED PEPPERS 1938. HE MOVED TO AMERI AND FIRST APPEARED ON BROADWAY THE 1939 PRODUCTN OF SET TO MIC, AND FOLLOWED THAT UP WH TWO FOR THE SHOW 1940. HE MA THE FIRST OF HIS MORE THAN 50 FILMS 1941 – CHARLEY’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS BETTER KNOWN FILMS CLU BALL OF FIRE, DEAR RUTH, THE LATE GEE APLEY, FOREVER AMBER, STG PRETTY, THE EMPEROR WALTZ, ALICE WONRLAND, MISS PTATATLOCK’S MILLNS, THE MERRY WDOW, JUPER’S DARLG, THE LOST WORLD, PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISI, FIVE WEEKS A BALLOON, MUTY ON THE BOUNTY, CLARENCE THE CROSS EYED LN, THE ADVENTUR OF BULLWHIP GRIFF, AND YOUNG FRANKENSTE. HE IS PERHAPS BT KNOWN FOR THE PLAYG THE ROLE OF MAX DETWEILER THE CLASSIC FILM THE SOUND OF MIC.20TH CENTURY-FOX/GETTY IMAGELEANOR PARKER AND RICHARD HAYDN ARE GREETED BY CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE SOUND OF MIC', 1965. (PHOTO BY 20TH CENTURY-FOX/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS MANY TV APPEARANC CLU THE TWILIGHT ZONE, SHIRLEY TEMPLE’S STORYBOOK, BURKE’S LAW, THE MAN FROM UNCLE, BONANZA, BEWCHED AND MCCLOUD. HAYDN WAS ALSO A EQUENT PERFORMER ON RAD, AND A REGULAR ON THE BURNS AND ALLEN RAD SHOW. RICHARD HAYDN WAS GAY. HE LIVED A QUIET PERSONAL LIFE, AND WAS WELL-KNOWN HOLLYWOOD FOR HIS CHERISHED, AND LAVISH FLOWER GARNS WHICH HE TEND AT HIS BEVERLY HILLS HOME. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS PROVIDG THE VOICE OF BOOKWORM THE 1985 FILM THE HUGGA BUNCH. HAYDN SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME AND DIED LOS ANGEL ON APRIL 25, 1985. HE WAS 80 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAN JOHNSONSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTOR VAN JOHNSON (1916 - 2008) POSG ONT OF A TARTAN BACKGROUND, CIR 1955. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EMMY AWARD NOMATED SGER-DANCER-ACTOR VAN JOHNSON WAS BORN CHARL VAN DELL JOHNSON ON AUGT 25, 1916 NEWPORT, RHO ISLAND. HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HIS ALHOLIC MOTHER ABANDONED HIM WHEN HE WAS A CHILD. HE WAS RAISED BY HIS FATHER, WHO VAN SCRIBED AS “CHILLY.” AFTER GRADUATG OM HIGH SCHOOL, VAN MOVED TO NYC AND JOED THE OFF-BROADWAY REVUE, ENTRE NO 1935. HE TOURED A THEATER TROUPE AND MA HIS BROADWAY BUT NEW FAC OF 1936. IN 1939, HE APPEARED THE H BROADWAY MIL, TOO MANY GIRLS AND APPEARED THE FILM VERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE APPEARED THE BROADWAY MIL, PAL JOEY, 1940/41. HE WAS LURED BACK TO HOLLYWOOD BY HIS IEND, LUCILLE BALL, AND SIGNED A SIX-MONTH NTRACT WH WARNERS. HE MA SEVERAL FILMS THERE, BUT WASN’T UNTIL HE SIGNED WH MGM, THAT HE BEME A FULL FLEDGED SUPER STAR. WH HIS TALL, ALL-AMERIN GOOD LOOKS, VAN BEME ENORMOLY POPULAR WH THE FANS. HIS MOST POPULAR FILMS CLU THE HUMAN COMEDY, A GUY NAMED JOE (DURG THE MAKG OF THIS FILM HE WAS NEARLY KILLED A R ACCINT THAT LEFT HIM WH A METAL PLATE HIS FOREHEAD AND FACIAL SRS), TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR, THE WHE CLIFFS OF DOVER, THIRTY SENDS OVER TOKYO, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY, EASY TO WED, MOTHER IS A FRHMAN, AND IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, AMONG MANY OTHERS. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LEADG MEN DURG THE WWII YEARS. HIS ACCINT PREVENTED HIM OM SERVG DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1945, HE WAS RATED #2 BOX OFFICE STAR AMERI, AND 1946, HE WAS RATED #3. VAN JOHNSON WAS GAY. HE MARRIED EVE ABBOTT WYNN ON JANUARY 25, 1947, ONE DAY AFTER HER DIVORCE OM ACTOR KEENAN WYNN. THE THREE HAD BEEN VERY CLOSE IENDS. IN 1948, THE UPLE HAD A DGHTER NAMED SCHUYLER, BUT LAGE VAN MATAED A CLOSE RELATNSHIP WH KEENAN WYNN. VAN AND EVE SEPARATED 1961, AND DIVORCED 1968. EVE JOHNSON SAID THAT THEIR MARRIAGE HAD BEEN ENGEERED BY LOUIS B. MAYER AT MGM. “THEY NEED THEIR BIG STAR TO MARRIED TO QUELL MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENC, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS — THE ONLY WOMAN HE WOULD MARRY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAN WORKED STEADILY FILMS AND TV (PLAYG MORE THAN 125 ROL DURG HIS 52 YEAR REER). HE PERFORMED SUMMER STOCK AND REGNAL THEATER, AND NATNAL TOURS CLUDG THE MIL, SHOW BOAT. HE RETURNED TO BROADWAY FOR COME ON STRONG (1962), MATG DANCE (1965), AND 1986, THE MIL LA CAGE AUX FOLL, WHICH HE ALSO TOURED. VAN LIVED ON MANHATTAN’S EAST SI UNTIL 2002 WHEN HE MOVED TO AN ASSISTED RE FACILY NYACK, NEW YORK. VAN JOHNSON DIED ON DECEMBER 12, 2008 NYACK AT THE AGE OF 92. AT THIS TIME OF HIS ATH, HE WAS LONG TRANGED OM HIS ONLY CHILD. HE WAS LARGER THAN LIFE, UTTERLY CHARMG, HILAR, VERY FLIRTY, AND A TE MOVIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN MEGNA WAS BORN JOHN INGOLIA ON NOVEMBER 9, 1952 QUEENS, NEW YORK CY. HIS FATHER WAS A PHARMACIST AND HIS MOTHER WAS A NIGHTCLUB SGER. HE WAS THE HALF BROTHER OF CONNIE STEVENS. JOHN MA HIS ACTG BUT 1958 ON BROADWAY THE MIL GREEENWILLOW. THE FOLLOWG YEAR HE STARRED ALL THE WAY HOME. HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM APPEARANCE WAS THE CLASSIC 1962 MOTN PICTURE TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD PLAYG THE ROLE OF THE “TOOTHY” SUMMER VISOR, DILL HARRIS.UNIVERSAL/GETTY IMAGROSEMARY MURPHY STG WH MARY BADHAM, PHILLIP ALFORD AND JOHN MEGNA A SCENE OM THE FILM 'TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD', 1962. (PHOTO BY UNIVERSAL/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS MANY TV APPEARANC CLU TARGET: THE CORPTORS, NAKED CY, THE ALED HCHCK HOUR, DR. KILDARE, BEN CASEY, STAR TREK, I SPY, THE DANNY THOMAS HOUR, THE BLUE KNIGHT, AND POLICE WOMAN. HE APPEARED THE PROVOTIVE MA-FOR-TV MOVI I WANT TO KEEP MY BABY, AND THE BOY THE PLASTIC BUBBLE. HE STARRED AS “LTLE ADAM” A SERI OF TNAL SHORT ANIMATED FILMS TLED THE BIG WORLD OF LTLE ADAM THAT WERE PRODUCED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN’S OTHER FILMS CLU HH…HH SWEET CHARLOTTE, BLD FOLD, FOLLOW THE BOYS, THE GODFATHER PART II, GO TELL THE SPARTANS, SUNNY SI, BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS, SMOKEY AND THE BAND II, AND THE CANNONBALL RUN. AS A YOUNG MAN, JOHN GRADUATED OM CORNELL UNIVERSY ITHA, NEW YORK. HE MAJORED PERFORMG ARTS. IN HIS LATER LIFE, HE TGHT ENGLISH, SPANISH AND HISTORY THE LOS ANGEL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE WAS THE FOUNDG DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROF THEATER GROUP, L.A. ARTS. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS THE 1984 TV MOVIE THE RATGS GAME. JOHN WAS GAY. HE NTRACTED HIV, AND DIED OF AIDS RELATED ILLNS ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1995 AT MIDWAY HOSPAL LOS ANGEL. MEGNA WAS 42 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON WALBROOKGENERAL FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANTON WALBROOK WAS BORN ADOLF ANTON WILHELM WOHLBCK VIENNA, ATRIA ON NOVEMBER 19, 1896. HE ME OM A FAY OF ENTERTAERS, CLUDG CIRC PERFORMERS. ANTON STUDIED WH MAX REHARDT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WORKED ATRIAN THEATER AND FILM. IN 1936, HE TRAVELED TO HOLLYWOOD TO RE-SHOOT SOME SCEN FOR THE 1937 FILM, THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY. ANTON WALBROOK WAS GAY. HE DID NOT RETURN TO ATRIA, BUT BEE HIS MOTHER WAS JEWISH, HE QUALIFIED FOR THE NUREMBERG LAWS AS “HALF-JEWISH,” AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO SETTLE ENGLAND WHERE HE LATER FED A SOLID FILM REER. HIS FIRST FILM WAS MARTEN 1915. HE MA 19 FILMS ATRIA AND GERMANY, BEFORE MAKG HIS TRANSN TO AMERIN AND BRISH FILMS.GENERAL FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS LATER FILMS CLU THE SOLDIER AND THE LADY, VICTORIA THE GREAT, GASLIGHT, DANGERO MOONLIGHT, 49TH PARALLEL, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, THE MAN OM MOROC, THE QUEEN OF SPAS, LA RON, KG FOR ONE NIGHT, SAT JOAN, AND I ACCE!, AMONG OTHERS. HE IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG THE ROLE OF BORIS LEMONTOV THE 1948 DANCE CLASSIC THE RED SHO. IN THE LATE 1950S, HE RETIRED OM FILMS AND WORKED ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE AND TELEVISN. HIS FAL ACTG ROLE WAS THE GERMAN TV MOVIE, ROBERT UND ELISABETH 1966. ANTON WALBROOK DIED GARATSHSEN, BAVARIA, GERMANY ON AUGT 9, 1967 AFTER SUFFERG A HEART ATTACK. WALBROOK WAS 70 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VERSN OF THIS ARTICLE ORIGALLY APPEARED ON WE ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Also, he played the gay football player the TV movie "Alexanr: The Other Si Of Dawn" on Dark Shadows, Edge Of Night and played a closeted gay a movie.... Even now, never crossed my md to thk who was or wasn't gay, except for Frid, only bee I never saw anythg about him wh a woman or anyone for that matter.

C-3PO WAS BASED ON GEE LUS’S “GAY FRIEND”

"Well, he was when he fucked my old gay iend, and when he died of Anonymoreply 98November 9, 2013 4:03 AM.

Judh Colls(the 1897 equivalent of Eliz Stoddard) seems really dykey to me, while her brother Carl is fairly obvly gay. Joel Crothers was gay but the 1960s and 1970s, girliends were vented to hi homosexualy. It so sad how the actors and really most gay people had to hid who they were to the extent of fake lovers and wiv/hbands.

‘OPENLY GAY’ REP.-ELECT GEE SANTOS DIDN’T DISCLOSE DIVORCE WH WOMANCATCH ME IF YOU CANSANTOS RAN HIS MPAIGN AS AN OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN. SCE HE WAS ELECTED, A NUMBER OF KEY BGRAPHIL TAILS HAVE STARTED TO CMBLE. HERE’S THE LATT ONE.ROGER SOLLENBERGERSENR POLIL REPORTERUPDATED DEC. 22, 2022 12:07PM EST / PUBLISHED DEC. 22, 2022 4:54AM EST EXCLIVEPHOTO ILLTRATN BY THOMAS LEVSON/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYREPUBLIN NGRSMAN-ELECT GEE SANTOS IS UNR NEW SCTY AFTER A NEW YORK TIM REPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK UNVERED A STRG OF APPARENT OUTRIGHT FABRITNS AT THE HEART OF SOME OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FACTS OF HIS LIFE, BUT THAT BACKSTORY MAY ALSO BE NOTABLE FOR WHAT SANTOS DID NOT CLU—A PUBLICLY UNDISCLOSED MARRIAGE.SANTOS, WHO CLAIMS HE HAS “NEVER EXPERIENCED DISCRIMATN THE REPUBLIN PARTY,” BROKE BARRIERS THIS YEAR WHEN HE BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NON-CUMBENT GOP NDIDATE ELECTED TO CONGRS.BUT ACRDG TO URT RERDS OBTAED BY THE DAILY BEAST, SANTOS APPEARS TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A PREVLY UNACKNOWLEDGED SEPT. 2019 DIVORCE WH A WOMAN QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK. THE DIVORCE—WHICH SANTOS HAS NOT DISCSED PUBLICLY—ADDS NEW UNCERTATY TO HIS ALREADY SHAKY BGRAPHIL AND POLIL CLAIMS.“I AM OPENLY GAY, HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WH MY SEXUAL INTY THE PAST , AND I N TELL YOU AND ASSURE YOU, I WILL ALWAYS BE AN ADVOTE FOR LGBTQ FOLKS,” SANTOS TOLD USA TODAY OCTOBER, RPONDG TO CRICISM ABOUT HIS SUPPORT FOR FLORIDA’S SO-LLED “DON’T SAY GAY BILL” SIGNED TO LAW THIS YEAR BY GOP GOV. RON DESANTIS. LS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS DIVORCE WAS FALIZED, SANTOS FILED THE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK TO LNCH HIS 2020 MPAIGN. AND WHILE HIS 2022 MPAIGN B MENTNS HIS HBAND, WHO ACRDG TO SANTOS LIV WH HIM AND THEIR FOUR DOGS ON LONG ISLAND, HE’S KEPT THIS PREV MARRIAGE OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE ENTIRELY.IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT SANTOS, WHO CLAIMS HE HAS “NEVER EXPERIENCED DISCRIMATN THE REPUBLIN PARTY,” HAS BEEN LIVG FORTABLY AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN FOR, AS HE SAYS, MORE THAN A . PEOPLE GET MARRIED FOR UNTLS REASONS. BUT SANTOS’ SUATN IS CUR BEE HE NEVER DISCLOSED HIS DIVORCE TO VOTERS, AND NEVER RENCILED HIS PRR MARRIAGE TO A WOMAN—WHICH END JT 12 DAYS BEFORE HE TABLISHED HIS FIRST NGRSNAL MPAIGN—WH HIS CLAIMS OF BEG AN OUT AND PROUD GAY REPUBLIN.SANTOS, 34, MA HIS FIRST BID FOR CONGRS 2020, LOSG TO REP. TOM SUOZZI (D-NY) BEFORE TOPPLG DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT ROBERT ZIMMERMAN THIS YEAR. BUT FOLLOWG A NEW YORK TIM VTIGATN THAT SUGGTED SANTOS HAD FICTNALIZED KEY ELEMENTS OF HIS RUME, HE’S ALREADY FACG LLS TO RIGN, AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE ETHICS VTIGATN.THE LLEG SANTOS SAYS HE ATTEND DON’T HAVE A RERD OF HIM; CIGROUP AND GOLDMAN SACHS DON’T EHER, THOUGH HE CLAIMED TO WORK THERE; THE IRS HAS NO RERD OF HIS NONPROF; HE STILL FAC “UNROLVED” LEGAL TROUBLE BRAZIL; HIS PAST BS VENTUR APPEAR FLIMSY; AND EVEN HIS ADDRS WAS LLED TO QUTN.IN RPONSE TO THE TIM REPORT, SANTOS’ ATTORNEY JOSEPH MURRAY RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT, WHILE STOPPG SHORT OF NYG THE ACCATNS, PATED HIS CLIENT AS A VICTIM, BEE HE “REPRENTS THE KD OF PROGRS THAT THE LEFT IS SO THREATENED BY—A GAY, LATO, IMMIGRANT AND REPUBLIN WHO WON A BIN DISTRICT OVERWHELMG FASHN BY SHOWG EVERYDAY VOTERS THAT THERE IS A BETTER OPTN THAN THE BROKEN PROMIS AND FAILED POLICI OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.” THE TIM STORY SET OFF A RAPID-FIRE ROUND OF CRICISM THAT EXTEND NOT JT TO THE NGRSMAN-ELECT, BUT TO DEMOCRATIC OPPOSN REARCHERS, REPUBLIN VETTERS, AND MEDIA WHO HAD NOT LLED ATTENTN TO THE NOW-GLARG HOL HIS STORY BEFORE THE ELECTN.WHILE THOSE TAILS WENT LARGELY UNNOTICED DURG THE MPAIGN, THE TIM VTIGATN PROMPTED REPORTERS AND TER SLTHS AROUND THE UNTRY TO DIG EPER TO SANTOS’ PAST—OR WHAT THEY ULD FD OF .IT’S UNCLEAR WHY SANTOS HAS NOT DISCLOSED HIS APPARENT MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, BUT DON’T F WELL WH HIS CURRENT BGRAPHY.HE HAS PREVLY TOLD U.S. AND BRAZILIAN MEDIA THAT HE WAS ENGAGED TO A MAN, A FELLOW BRAZILIAN WHOM SANTOS HAS INTIFIED AS A PHARMACIST, AND HIS MPAIGN B CLAIMS HE LIV ON LONG ISLAND WH HIS HBAND. (THE DAILY BEAST ULD FD NO PUBLIC RERD OF THE MAN’S WORK THAT FIELD, NOR ULD WE FD A MARRIAGE RERD.)BUT NEW YORK URT RERDS SHOW THAT, 2019, SOMEONE NAMED GEE DEVOLR SANTOS, WH A SEND IAL OF “A,” FALIZED AN UNNTTED DIVORCE WH UADLA SANTOS VIEIRA SANTOS. PUBLIC RERDS SEARCH ONLY REVEAL ONE PERSON THE UNED STAT WH THAT NAME.UADLA SANTOS AND GEE SANTOS DID NOT REPLY TO LLS OR QUTNS SENT VIA TEXT MSAGE TO NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WH THEM. (A ED FOR A $750,000 HOE PURCHASE UNN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THIS JUNE LISTS UADLA SANTOS AS THE BUYER, AND SAYS SHE IS MARRIED; SHE IS THE ONLY PURCHASER LISTED ON THE PROPERTY DOCUMENTS.)GEE SANTOS, WHOSE MIDDLE NAME IS ANTHONY, SOMETIM DEVOLR, HIS LATE MOTHER’S MAIN NAME. HE RPORATED TO HIS MPAIGN—“DEVOLR SANTOS FOR CONGRS”—AS WELL AS HIS OWN SUPPOSED FANCIAL SERVIC PANY, THE DEVOLR ORGANIZATN. SANTOS HAS SHIFTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT BATNS OF THOSE FOUR NAM OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIM EMBRACG HIS FATHER’S SANTOS SURNAME, OTHER TIM GOG BY HIS MOTHER’S DEVOLR.SANTOS’ MOTHER DIED 2016, ACRDG TO AN ONLE CROWDFUNDG MPAIGN SANTOS LNCHED TO RAISE MONEY TO VER “THE STS OF THE WAKE.” THE GOFUNDME PAGE LISTS “ANTHONY D SANTOS” AS THE BENEFICIARY—AND ANTHONY DEVOLVER OF SUNNYSI, NEW YORK, AS THE ANIZER—AND THE FUNDRAISG MPAIGN REMAS OPEN.SANTOS’ MPAIGN B PAGE CLAIMS HIS MOTHER WAS “THE FIRST FEMALE EXECUTIVE AT A MAJOR FANCIAL STUTN,” THOUGH THE SPECIFIC STUTN IS UNNAMED. THE B ALSO SAYS “GEE’S MOTHER WAS HER OFFICE THE SOUTH TOWER” ON THE MORNG OF SEPT. 11, 2001.“SHE SURVIVED THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF THAT DAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS LATER”—ABOUT 15 YEARS LATER.AND ON WEDNDAY, JEWISH OUTLET THE FORWARD ADD STILL MORE TRIGUE, SUGGTG SANTOS MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN UNTTHFUL WHEN HE CLAIMED DURG THE MPAIGN—CLUDG ON HIS WEBSE—TO HAVE JEWISH ANCTRY. THE REPORT LED G HOE MORY LEAR HAKEEM JEFI TO CLARE HIS FUTURE LLEAGUE A “PLETE AND UTTER D.”BUT THE DIVORCE REVELATN, AND THE APPARENT SECRECY AROUND , PLIT A CENTRAL PIECE OF THE IMAGE SANTOS HAS BURNISHED AS A DYNAMIC AND CULTURALLY REVOLUTNARY FIGURE.IN AN ELECTN SEASON WHERE MANY OF HIS FELLOW NSERVATIV SPOUTED NONSENSIL ALLEGATNS OF PEDOPHILIA AMONG DEMOCRATS, TARGETED BENIGN DRAG BNCH AS EPICENTERS FOR “GROOMG,” AND FLAMED A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY AND ANTI-TRANS MOVEMENT—AS ATTACKS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY SKYROCKETED—SANTOS MA HISTORY AS THE FIRST NON-CUMBENT GAY REPUBLIN TO EVER BE ELECTED TO CONGRS.BUT AFTER ACHIEVG THAT VICTORY, AND JT TWO WEEKS BEFORE HIS BARRIER-BREAKG GURATN, SANTOS’ RELATNSHIP WH THE TTH IS FACG TTS HE SOMEHOW DODGED FOR TWO MPAIGNS.SUBSCRIBE TO THE PAY DIRT NEWSLETTER HERE TO FOLLOW THE MOVEMENT OF THE DIRTY DOLLARS FLUENCG OUR PUBLIC POLICY. ROGER SOLLENBERGER

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