Woody1960
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Who is the guy with Tennessee Williams?
Frank Merlo (1921-1963) (a gay US Navy veteran)The Morgan Library & Museum (source)
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"Little Horse" was Tennessee Williams’ pet name for Frank Merlo, the man with whom he shared his life for 14 years.
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When they first met in Provincetown in 1947, they had a "fantastic hour in the dunes" and began a serious relationship the following year.
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"Photograph of Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo on the beach," photograph. Tennessee Williams Collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Frank Merlo was born in 1921 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Rustler's Round-Up (1946), Western Terror (1940) and Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (1941), and uncredited small roles in several films, including Suddenly, Last Summer (as someone in a crowd watching an operation).
He died on 21 September 1963 in the USA.