Kurt Bieber

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Kurt Bieber (January 5, 1929 – December 31, 2015)^[1] born Kermit Henry Bieber in Allentown, Pennsylvania was an American actor and male model who was photographed by Cris Alexander as the character Letch Feeley in Patrick Dennis' illustrated autobiographical novel Little Me.^[2] which became a Broadway musical hit in 1962.

Bieber served in the military during the Korean war. Upon discharge he moved to New York City to study drama, dance and voice with the American Theatre Wing. He then appeared in summer stock companies of several plays and musicals including Wish You Were Here (musical), Wonderful Town, Can-Can (musical) and On The Town (musical). He made his Broadway debut as a sailor in the original cast of The World of Suzie Wong in 1958 with William Shatner. In 1960, he appeared in a regional production of The Teahouse of the August Moon (play) with Red Buttons.

Starting in the late 1960's, Bieber became a model for Colt Studio Group. He also appeared in several commercials and in the movies Cruising as a club goer and in Midnight Cowboy as a Times Square street hustler. Kurt Bieber spoke about his movie experiences in the February 1980 issue of Mandate magazine in an article titled 'Exclusive: The Men of Cruising'. Some of his Colt studio photos once again appeared in the June 1980 issue of Mandate in an article titled 'Whatever Happened To Letch Feeley?'^[3]