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.
Early life and education He was born in Vermont and graduated from Middlebury College.
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 Rice died in Manhattan of lung cancer on January 23, 2006.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1967Young AmericansDocumentary1980The OffendersDr. Moore1980The Trap DoorFuller Brush Man1981Subway RidersMr. Gollstone1982VortexFrederick Fields1982Wild StyleTV Producer Party GuestUncredited1984DecoderJaeger1984Doomed LoveAndre1985Manhattan Love SuicidesThe Artist1986SleepwalkMan at Elevator1987Her Name Is LisaHargus Beasley1987Thunder Warrior IIThomas Rupert1988The Big BlueArthur1988Landlord BluesRoth1989RainPreacher1992Last SupperThe provider1994Jonas in the DesertDocumentary2003Coffee and CigarettesBill2005One Last Thing...Undertaker
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1996Chicago HopePatient #1Episode: "Right to Life"
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)
References
External links
"Art in Review, Bill Rice" by Holland Cotter of the New York Times