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{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person
| image = Keith Prentice.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|21}}
| birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|9|27|1940|2|21}}
| death_place = [[Kettering, Ohio]], U.S.
| occupation = [[Theatre|Stage]], [[film]], [[television]] [[actor]]
| years_active = 1959–1992
}}

'''Keith Prentice''' (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992) was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and [[The Boys in the Band (1970 film)|film version]] of ''[[The Boys in the Band (play)|The Boys in the Band]]''. He also appeared on the TV [[soap opera]] ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' during the series' final months in 1971. For a number of years, his picture was displayed on the [[Nescafé|Taster's Choice]] coffee label.

Prentice studied in [[New York City]] at the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]. His stage musical credits include ''[[Sail Away (musical)|Sail Away]]'', ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon (musical)|Paint Your Wagon]]'', and ''[[The King and I]]''. In 1968, he appeared [[off-Broadway]] in the play ''The Boys in the Band'', a once controversial play featuring gay characters at a dramatic birthday party the summer before the [[Stonewall riots]]. He also appeared in the 1970 film version of the play.<ref>{{cite news | author=Canby, Vincent| authorlink=Vincent Canby | title=The Boys in the Band (1970) | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=3&res=9E00E6D8173EE034BC4052DFB566838B669EDE | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=18 March 1970 | accessdate=2008-10-13}}</ref>

In 1971, Prentice joined the cast of ''Dark Shadows'' playing Morgan Collins in the show's 1841 plot with parallel time. He also appeared as Nils Fowler in the 1972 film ''[[The Legend of Nigger Charley]]'' and had a small role in the 1980 film ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' which, like ''The Boys in the Band'', was directed by [[William Friedkin]].

In 1982, Prentice co-founded Kettering Theatre Under the Stars in [[Kettering, Ohio]], and directed summer shows there until he died of [[AIDS]]-related cancer on September 27, 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR101893.html |title=Keith Prentice |publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 8, 1992 |accessdate=2008-03-05 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/159649 Turner Classic Movies Film Article: ''The Boys in the Band''], Retrieved 18 May 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.collinwood.net/cast/prentice.htm Dark Shadows Journal Online: Keith Prentice], Retrieved 18 May 2012</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1970|| ''[[The Boys in the Band (1970 film)|The Boys in the Band]]'' || Larry ||
|-

|1980|| ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' || Joey ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0696017}}
*{{IBDB name}}
*{{iobdb name|22561}}

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:American gay actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Dayton, Ohio]]
[[Category:AIDS-related deaths in Ohio]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Ohio]]
[[Category:20th-century American LGBTQ people]]

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