Talk:James Coco

message: I took "gay" out of the lead since Coco's public persona wasn't that of a gay person. It's not an essential part of his identification, any more than his religion or politics. I didn't put it anywhere else because I wasn't sure where (or whether) it should go, since I'm not sure how well-established his sexuality was. If he was open about it, it could be a sentence to that effect down lower in the article - particularly if he became open about it later in life. - DavidWBrooks 20:07, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Either he was gay or he wasn't, so there's no need to remove factual statements.  And, of course it's an important and pertinent part of his "persona" -- many of his roles were written to be implicitly gay including his nominated performance in "Only When I Laugh."
James Coco was not gay.  In one of the few magazine interviews he gave during the 1970s, he described a months-long relationship with female comic Rusty Warren.  It was the same interview in which he recalled his first job, which was serving customers at a "milk bar" (his words) at Grand Central Station during the 1940s.  While working there he accidentally spilled hot coffee on several customers and was fired.  As you can see, I'm familiar with the available sources about Mr. Coco's career and life.  The article should not reference anything about his private life because his only known relationship (using published sources) was the one with Ms. Warren. 67.203.140.101 (talk) 05:32, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

text: Sources are not accurate by virtue of their "publicness" alone. Its public nature in fact puts its validity in question - gay men hid their sexuality from the public. To further state the obvious, it was common to maintain a private gay life and maintain a false persona in public. Under the sole premise that sources need be public in order to be acceptable, we effectively write the vast majority of gay men out of history completely. It's therefore unfair to eliminate the question of his sexuality from the article. We cannot assume someone is heterosexual on the basis of one potentially questionable source, or even by default. Provided that there is sufficient source material, (which there may not be), the article should talk about scholarly speculation (I differentiate this from tabloid or salacious speculation) on his sexuality.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.211.168.17 (talk) 15:38, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual orientation was apparently straight; we only have one source on his ever having a relationship.

message: If you check out the IMDB page it says he did work upto 1989, but it says here he died in 1987
: Occasionally, a movie is filmed while an actor is still alive, yet it is released after the actor has died.  In other words, the film is released posthumously.  This typically explains why film years in Internet Movie Database sometimes seem to "contradict" the years of an actor's life-span.  I would assume that such is the case with James Coco.  He performed in many films prior to his 1987 death, but two such films were released after he died: one in 1988 (The Chair) and another in 1989 (That's Adequate).  Thanks.  (Joseph A. Spadaro, 2 October 2009)
::Probably also Hunk (film) was released after his death, since Coco died early in 1987 and it's unlikely the film was released in January or February of that year. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:19, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong date of death? 

message: What about his appearances on “who’s the boss ?” 2603:6081:57F0:8DF0:A84B:DB8C:120C:41BC (talk) 06:02, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing a film credit