Who was the absent father in the HBO film Gey Gardens?
Phelan Beale Phelan Beale (May 23, 1881 – June 12, 1956) was an American attorney and sportsman in New York City who was married to Edith Ewing Bouvier, an aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Beale is probably best remembered as the absent father chronicled in the Grey Gardens saga portrayed in a 1975 movie documentary, 2006 Broadway musical, and 2009 HBO Film, all of which were named for his home in East Hampton, New York.
B. D. Wong Bradley Darryl "BD" Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in "M. Butterfly", becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He has since gained more notability for playing the roles on "", Father Ray Mukada on "Oz", Dr. John Lee on "Awake", Dr. Henry Wu in the first "Jurassic Park" film as well as the fourth entry, "Jurassic World", and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film "Seven Years in Tibet". As of August 13, 2017, Wong is the host of the new HLN medical documentary series "Something's Killing Me With BD Wong".