Richard Edward Frank (January 4, 1953 â€" August 27, 1995) was an
American actor. He was perhaps best known as Father Vogler in the 1984
movie Amadeus. Frank had numerous guest appearances in television
shows, with a regular role in the sitcom Anything but Love.Born in
Boston, Frank was a graduate of Juilliard's acting school. In
addition, Frank appeared in numerous theater productions, including
Hang on to Me at the Guthrie Theater, which was directed by Peter
Sellers, as well as many productions in Los Angeles, mostly at the
Taper. He created the Struggling Actor's Coloring Book and dozens of
paintings, which are now in private collections. He was noted by
colleagues for his intelligence and endless wit.Frank played infamous
lawyer and informal powerbroker Roy Cohn in the first ever performance
of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America. Cohn, who in real life, also
died from AIDS-related complications.By 1993, Frank had already gone
public with his affliction with AIDS. He continued working heavily in
television as long as his health allowed. In the wake of his public
disclosure, Frank was asked to guest-star in a very special and
true-to-life role in the fourth season Life Goes On episode
"Bedfellows". Frank played Chester, the hospital roommate of Jesse
McKenna (Chad Lowe), while both were admitted for illnesses related to
their AIDS statuses. Chester has a more advanced stage of AIDS, and is
not expected to live much longer; Jesse has to convince Chester at one
point not to take his life by jumping off the hospital roof. Chester
does lose his battle with AIDS before the episode's end, but not
before passing on wisdom to Jesse for his own dealings with his
illness.
American actor. He was perhaps best known as Father Vogler in the 1984
movie Amadeus. Frank had numerous guest appearances in television
shows, with a regular role in the sitcom Anything but Love.Born in
Boston, Frank was a graduate of Juilliard's acting school. In
addition, Frank appeared in numerous theater productions, including
Hang on to Me at the Guthrie Theater, which was directed by Peter
Sellers, as well as many productions in Los Angeles, mostly at the
Taper. He created the Struggling Actor's Coloring Book and dozens of
paintings, which are now in private collections. He was noted by
colleagues for his intelligence and endless wit.Frank played infamous
lawyer and informal powerbroker Roy Cohn in the first ever performance
of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America. Cohn, who in real life, also
died from AIDS-related complications.By 1993, Frank had already gone
public with his affliction with AIDS. He continued working heavily in
television as long as his health allowed. In the wake of his public
disclosure, Frank was asked to guest-star in a very special and
true-to-life role in the fourth season Life Goes On episode
"Bedfellows". Frank played Chester, the hospital roommate of Jesse
McKenna (Chad Lowe), while both were admitted for illnesses related to
their AIDS statuses. Chester has a more advanced stage of AIDS, and is
not expected to live much longer; Jesse has to convince Chester at one
point not to take his life by jumping off the hospital roof. Chester
does lose his battle with AIDS before the episode's end, but not
before passing on wisdom to Jesse for his own dealings with his
illness.
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