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- Birth nameRobert Patrick O'Connor
- Robert Patrick was born on September 27, 1937 in Kilgore, Texas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for High Tide (1994), Kennedy's Children (1982) and Tricks of the Trade (1968). He died on April 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Author of over sixty published plays, including "Kennedy's Children" and "T-Shirts", and a novel about the origins of underground and gay playwrighting, "Temple Slave".
- Only openly gay person ever awarded the International Thespian Society's Founders Award for "services to theatre and to youth."
- Only playwright to have two weekends designated in his honor by Manhattan Borough Presidents (for his pioneering play about gay teenagers, "Blue Is For Boys" in 1983 and 1986).
- Received the Robert Chesley Lifetime Award for Gay Playwrighting (1997)
- Had over 300 productions in Manhattan's Off-Off Broadway theatres in the 1960s. Was called by play publisher Samuel French Inc. "New York's most produced playwright" (1972).
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