I remember this actor appearing on Temperature’s Rising, an old comedy show from 1971 to ‘73. In this episode he played a character who was in fact gay and in fact told one character...”come on are you saying I’m a fag? Yes I am,”
I remember the episode generated not too little controversey as this was the first time homosexuality had been openly explored in such a bold way on a comedy show shown in the roughly 8;30pm 9 o’clock time frame!