Frederick Combs

Combs is best known for originating the role of Donald in the play The Boys in the Band and then later in the 1970 film of the same name He performed extensively in theater including Franco Zeffirellis 1963 production of The Lady of the Camellias He also appeared on Broadway as Geoffrey in Shelagh Delaneys play A Taste of Honey in 1960 alongside Joan Plowright and Billy Dee Williams produced by David Merrick and toured with the show starring Hermione Baddeley through 1961 He died in Los Angeles in 1992 of an AIDSrelated illness at the age of 56