Who was Ron Faber? Busy New York Stage Actor Dies at 90

Ron Faber was a New York stage actor who was known for several Broadway productions. He died at the age of 90 on Sunday, March 26, 2023, after suffering from complications due to lung cancer.

He was known for several Broadway roles. Some of them include; Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Scenes From Everyday Life, Woyzeck, Happy Days, Troilus and Cressida, Lucky Stiff, Stonewall Jackson’s House, Times and Appetites of Toulouse Lautrec, The Beauty Part, Tunnel Fever, and more.

Faber also directed a show monitored by Eva Le Gallienne when he joined the Marquette Players and later the Van Buren Players. La Gallienne gave him a scholarship to direct at the Lucille Lortel White Barn Theatre due to his outstanding performance exhibited previously, and that’s how his professional career began.

One of his most memorable roles was his role of a political prisoner in Fernando Arrabal’s movie And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers. He shaved his hair and delivered a phenomenal performance in the movie, winning Obie and Drama Desk Awards in 1972 for his role. The movie was about the Spanish Civil War.