Keith McDermott

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| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Ohio University

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Keith McDermott (born September 28, 1953) is an American actor, theater director, and writer.

Life and career

McDermott was born September 28, 1953, in Houston, Texas, the son of Betty Ray (Rees) and James E. McDermott.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Keith-McDermott.html|title=Keith McDermott Biography (1953-)}} McDermott graduated from Ohio University Theatre School. In the 1970s, he lived with author Edmund White in New York City, and appeared as Alan Strang in Equus on Broadway opposite Richard Burton.{{cite web |last1=Reddish |first1=David |title=Actor Keith McDermott spills on two of Hollywood's biggest gay icons |url=https://www.queerty.com/actor-keith-mcdermott-spills-two-hollywoods-biggest-gay-icons-20190805 |website=Queerty |access-date=3 September 2020 |date=5 August 2019}} He directs theater productions, and is particularly known for his direction of Off-Off-Broadway comedies penned by avant garde playwright Jim Neu. McDermott appeared in the Hollywood movie Without a Trace, as well as in numerous independent films, including as half the title role in Ignatz & Lotte and a small but very important role in the cult horror Tourist Trap. His novel Acqua Calda was inspired by his long-term friendship and collaboration with director Robert Wilson, and his memoir of former long-time boyfriend Joe Brainard appeared in the anthology Loss Within Loss. His other memoir and fiction has appeared in periodicals, as well as in the anthology Boys Like Us.

Filmography

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|+ Television and Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

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rowspan="2"|1979

|Tourist Trap

|Woody

|(Film)

How the West Was Won

|Everett

|(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Rustler"

1983

|Without a Trace

|Philippe

|(Film)

1995

|Ignatz & Lotte

|Ignatz

|(Film){{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Emanuel |title=Ignatz and Lotte: Dissatisfied Married Couple |url=https://emanuellevy.com/review/ignatz-lotte-2/ |access-date=27 June 2021 |date=January 16, 2006}}

1999

|A Slipping-Down Life

|Paul Ogle

|(Film)

2008

|Birds of America

|Man in Street

|(Film)

2013

|I Fell Into a Black Hole While Searching For My Double

|Keith

|(Film)

2013-2014

|Off-Awful

|Rupert

|(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Acting Class" and "Cocktail Hour"

2014

|Recourse

|Dr. Brown

|(Short Film)

2017

|Human Resources

|Bill

|(Film)

2018

|Bennifer

|Bennifer

|(Short)

Theater

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! Year

! Title

! Author

! Notes

1974

|Equus

|Alan Strang

|At the Plymouth Theatre{{cite web |title=Equus - 7 |url=http://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/equus-7/ |website=Theatregold |access-date=26 June 2021 |language=en}}

1979

|A Meeting by the River

|Tom

1980

|Harold and Maude

|Harold

Bibliography

Acqua Calda, Carroll & Graf Publishers
Lessons from Our Fathers, Durban House Publishing, due Oct 2006

References

[http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn_429/acceptinglifesinvitation.html Review and photo at gaycitynews.com]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060616202550/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_3_35/ai_n13500798 Interview]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061025010640/http://innerart.com/artbits/artbits9710.html Bio bits at Innerart.com]