TV, Stage Actor Richard Frank Dies At 42

Richard Frank, critically acclaimed stage actor who achieved his greatest popularity as Jules Bennett on the television series “Anything but Love,” has died. He was 42.

Frank, who usually portrayed gay roles, died Sunday at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles of the complications of AIDS.

A versatile actor equally comfortable with Shakespeare and modern works, Frank earned praise for a “thermonuclear” performance when he originated the role of attorney Roy Cohn in the landmark play “Angels in America - Millennium Approaches” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.