Blind Item #5 - Old Hollywood - A Reader Blind Item

This late actor was not out during his lifetime although there were always rumors.  A made-up wife didn't help.  Now everyone knows he was gay.  He was in both TV and film. On TV, he was in two different crime related dramas, one of which was based on a series of books.  In movies, he often played villains due to his size.  His most famous role was probably the one from a film by this A++++ director in which he is observed for most of the movie by the main character.  On USO tours early in his career he would share rooms with other actors.  It was quite common for those other actors to wake up in the middle of the night to find this late actor performing fellatio on them.  His response was "shhhh go back to sleep" and he would keep going.