Ron Vawter
Ron Vawter (born December 9, 1948 in Latham (New York) , † April 16, 1994 on a flight from Zurich to New York) was an actor who played minor character roles in several, sometimes large, film productions .
Vawter was a founding member of the Wooster Group in 1975 . By 1994, at the age of 45, Vawter starred in most of the group's productions. In addition to his work in the Wooster Group , Vawter has regularly appeared in films such as Philadelphia , The Silence of the Lambs and Sex, Lies and Video .
The climax of his theater career was his solo Roy Cohn / Jack Smith (1993, directed by Gregory Mehrten). Vawter, himself known to have AIDS , played in two monologues the conservative and covertly homosexual US politician Roy Cohn (1927–1986), who had always acted against communists and homosexuals in the United States, and the camp artist Jack Smith . Both died of AIDS. The legend has grown up around the performance that the descendants of Jack Smith were so touched by Vawter's portrayal of the deceased that they presented him with the urn with the ashes of Jack Smith and Vawter always a small part of Smith's ashes of make-up for the following performances with the help of which he transformed himself into him. Vawter was openly gay . He died of a heart attack .
Filmography (selection)
- 1983: Born in Flames
- 1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
- 1990: Internal Affairs - Trust him, he's a cop (Internal Affairs)
- 1991: The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs)
- 1991: The moon over Plymouth (Plymouth)
- 1993: Philadelphia
Web links
- Ron Vawter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "Roy Cohn / Jack Smith" credits on the Wiener Festwochen homepage
- Wooster Group website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vawter, Ron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Latham (New York) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1994 |
| Place of death | between Zurich and New York |