Profiles of actors with gay (or homophobic content), or who were gay in real life. Most were active during my childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, roughly 1965-1995, a few earlier or later. For profiles of contemporary actors (with n*de photos), check out Bodybuilders, Handsome/H*ng, and Teen Idols on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.
Mackenzie Astin: Bisexual-inclusive
Mae West: Gay diva of the 1930s
Mario David: Bodybuilder turned gay-vague comedian
Mark Harmon
Mark Lester after Oliver
Mark Spitz and the rise of the Speedo
The Marx Brothers: Bisexual Groucho and hunky Chico
Mason Gamble: Dennis the Menace turned quiet, shy outsider
Mat Botuchis
Mae West: Gay diva of the 1930s
Mario David: Bodybuilder turned gay-vague comedian
Mark Harmon
Mark Lester after Oliver
Mark Spitz and the rise of the Speedo
The Marx Brothers: Bisexual Groucho and hunky Chico
Mason Gamble: Dennis the Menace turned quiet, shy outsider
Mat Botuchis
Matt Dillon
Matthew Broderick's Gay Fans
Matthew Laborteaux
Michael J. Fox: My first friend in West Hollywood
Matthew Lawrence: Middle of the 1990s bodybuilding brothers
Maxwell Caulfield: Responding to gay rumors with homophobia
Michael Burns: The banned beefcake photo
Michael Callan: A gay guy and his pretend wife
Michael Forest: Playing a god of masculine beauty
Michael J. Fox
Michael Landon, Little Joe/Gay Ally
Michael Sarrazin, in the most homophobic movie of all time
Mickey Rooney: Gay-vague teen hunk of the 1940s
Mike Henry's Tarzan
Miles O'Keeffe: A new, sensitive Tarzan
Mitch Gaylord: Hunk of the month
Milton Berle: Television's first drag queen
Mitch Vogel: The bulge and biceps of Bonanza
Moises Arias: Quirky, androgynous, gay positive
Moosie Drier: The boy named Moosie
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Nicholas Cortland: Model/actor/ gay icon of the 1970s
Nicholas D'Agosto: Hustler, s*x researcher, cheerleader
Nicholas Hout: A gay adolescence
Nick Roux: Underwear model turned Disney boyfriend
Noah Fleiss: 1990s child star homophobia
Noah Hathaway
Nolan Gould Beefcake, Part 1
Nolan Gould Beefcake, Part 2
EvNolan Gould Beefcake, Part 3.
Omar Sharif and his grandson
Patrick Duffy
Paul Michael Glaser: From Starsky to AIDS Activist
Paul Petersen: his family values
Peter Barton's powers
Peter Brown: Buddy-bonding cowboy of the 1950s
Peter Coe: The edge of gay Hollywood
Peter Falk: When Colombo played gay
Peter MacNichol: Not a teen idol
Peter Parros: Hookups with the hunk from Knight Rider
Philip McKeon after Alice
Philipp Danne: Teen horror hunk from Germany
Phillip Van Dyke
Pietro Boselli: The engineer who became a model
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Ramon Novarro and the gay hustlers
Reb Brown: Man-mountain from the future
Ricardo Montalban and Hispanic beefcake
Richard Benjamin: Not just about girls
Richard Bennett, the unknown bodybuilder
Richard Chamberlain: King of the miniseries
Richard Denning: The Hunk from the Back Lagoon
Richard Gere
Richie Brose: 1980s beefcake star opens a restaurant
Rick Schroder
River Phoenix: Running on empty
Robert Blake, friendly enemy
Robert Clark: From The Zach Files to gay teenager
Robert Conrad dares you
Robert De Niro's 15 gayest movies
Robert Ellis: Gay best friend of 1950s sitcoms
Robert Redford on gay rights
Robert Stack
Rocky Graziano and Paul Newman: somebody up there likes me
Roddy McDowall: Hiding in plain sight
Roger Mobley: A macho life
Ron Glass: The gay-vague cop at the gym
Ronnie Burns: George and Gracie's gay son
Ronnie Scribner: Generation X teen idol
Ross Lynch and his brothers: gay-positive or homophobic?
Rupert Grint's biceps drive girls mad
Russell Johnson: The professor and his gay son
Ryan Cooley: Queer as folk
Ryan O'Neal
Ryan Ochoa and the gay boyz you like
Ryan Potter: Gay Asian superhero
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SabuSean Astin
Sal Mineo
Samson Burke
Santo
Stephen Parr
Scott Baio
Scott Garrison
Scott Grimes
Scott Jacoby
Steve Antin
Sid Caesar
Smothers Brothers
Skip Homeier
Steve Burton
Steve Bond
Steve Cochran
Steve Guttenberg
Steve McQueen
Steve Reeves
Steve Sandor
Steve Sandvoss
Steven Ford
Sylvester Stallone
T-V
Ted Wass
Three Stooges
Tim and Rick Rossovich
Tim Considine
Tim Robbins
Timothy Leary
Tom Avni
Tom Cruise
Tommy Kirk
Tommy Knight
Tommy Rettig
Tony Dow
Toran Caudell
Torgerson Twins
Uriah Shelton
Van Patten Brothers
Vince Edwards
Victor McLaglen
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Wally Cox
Walter Cartier
Wesley Eure
Wil Horneff
Wil Wheaton
Will Estes
