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Keir Dullea (pronounced ''Keer Doo-LAY'') (born .

Born in Cleveland, Ohio , he was raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City where his parents ran a bookstore. He made his film debut in 1961 's '' The Hoodlum Priest '', in which he played a Juvenile Delinquent , though he had an earlier role as the German pilot in a 1960 television adaptation of '' Mrs. Miniver ''. He played a number of emotionally disturbed youths in films such as '' David And Lisa '' (1962) and '' Bunny Lake Is Missing '' (1965). After "2001," he portrayed the Marquis de Sade with John Huston in the movie "De Sade" ( 1969 ). Despite, or perhaps due to, the great success of ''2001'', he has had difficulty reproducing a similar success on film, though he has had a long and successful career on stage in New York City and in regional theaters.

Dullea's other notable roles include Devon in the short-lived 1973 Science Fiction series '' The Starlost ,'' Clayton Anderson Jr. in '' Madam X ,'' and Paul Renfield in '' The Fox ''.


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Dullea, along with his wife, founded the Theater Artists Workshop Of Westport in 1983 .


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