Bill Rice (actor)

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.

Bill Rice
Born	William Rice October 17, 1931 Vermont, U.S.
Died	January 23, 2006 (aged 74) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education	Middlebury College
Occupation(s)	Actor, artist

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 in 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.^[1]

Death

Rice died in Manhattan of lung cancer on January 23, 2006.^[2][3]

Filmography

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
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Chicago Hope	Patient #1	Episode: "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

1. Yau, John (Jul–Aug 2011). "Bill Rice: Paintings & Works on Paper". The Brooklyn Rail.
2. Levin, Sara G. (February 2006). "Bill Rice, 74, cult film actor, artist and writer". The Villager. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
3. Cotter, Holland (January 29, 2006). "Bill Rice, 74, Downtown Artist, Actor and Impresario, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

External links

• Bill Rice at IMDb
• "Art in Review, Bill Rice" by Holland Cotter of the New York Times