Blonds, Three Ways

In ascending order of trashiness.

Keir Today...

HANDSOME KIER DULLEA, WHEN HE WAS APPEARING ON BROADWAY IN BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE

Unsettlingly blond and handsome, Keir Dullea's almost delicate beauty carried a sinister quality with it; not surprisingly, he specialized in roles calling for psycho-erotic tension. His first starring role was as a disturbed youth in David & Lisa (1962); a few years later, he gained cult fame as Carol Lynley's off-kilter, possibly incestuous brother in Bunny Lake is Missing (1965). The Fox (1967) found him romancing Anne Heywood, much to the dismay of her lesbian lover, Sandy Dennis; and he even got to portray the depraved Marquis in De Sade (1969).

Dullea is of course best known for 2001: A Space Oddysey (1968), which effectively overshadowed his past and future work; but we feel it's a shame to relegate Mr. Dullea's legacy to one film. Especially when his others include perverts, psychos, lesbians and Carol Lynley.


KIER DULLEA AS DAVID BOWMAN IN 2001: A SPACE ODDYSEY (1968)