Stage character actor who often appeared in comedy or musical comedy roles, frequently in priggish or fey roles, Leonard Frey earned an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for playing Motel the tailor in the screen version of "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971), but may have a more memorable impact as Harold, the self-described "pock-marked Jew fairy" in both the stage and screen versions of "The Boys in the Band" (1970).Frey had originally intended to become an artist, but switched to acting while in college. He made his Off-Broadway stage debut in "Little Mary Sunshine," and won a
