
William Rice was a member of the avant-garde art scene in the East Village in New York City for many years. A painter, film actor, and an unaffiliated scholar, Bill Rice was one of the central figures in the various bohemian enclaves that gathered and overlapped in the Lower East Side of the 1960s.

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · as Bill (segment "Champagne")

Subway Riders
1981 · as Mr. Gollstone

One Last Thing...
2005 · as Undertaker

The Big Blue
1988 · as Arthur Murray

Jonas in the Desert
1994 · as Self

Decoder
1984 · as Jaeger

The Offenders
1980 · as Dr. Moore

Last Supper
1992 · as The Provider

Sleepwalk
1986 · as Man At Elevator

The Deflowering
1994 · as The Professor

Thunder 2
1987 · as Thomas

Rain
1989 · as Preacher

Vortex
1982 · as Frederick Fields

Manhattan Love Suicides
1985 · as Artist (segment "Stray Dogs")

Final Reward
1978

Doomed Love
1983 · as Andre

One Hour
1990

Letters to Dad
1979