Mr. Curry played Woof, one of the central group of hippie friends in the sprawling story who memorably sings the ribald ditty "Sodomy." But the actor is perhaps best known to the public only unconsciously, as the multi-colored visage that adorned the posters and original cast album for the 1968 show. The image, created by designer Ruspoli-Rodriguez, featured a double image of Mr. Curry's head and wild head of hair.
Unusual among his fellow cast members, Mr. Curry was an experienced Broadway performer by the time he joined Hair (which became his final Broadway credit). He was a newsboy in the original production of , played Tom of Warwick in , was in the cast of , and played Baby John in the 1964 revival of West Side Story.
After Hair, Mr. Curry鈥攎uch like the anti-establishment, get-back-to-nature characters in the musical鈥攍eft acting for farm work.
Steve Curry was born May 11, 1946, in Camden, NJ. He married his fellow Hair cast member Shelley Plimpton, making him, for a time, the stepfather of actress .
He is survived by his wife Susan, and their sons Matthew and Andrew; and daughter Catherine Goddard, the product of a relationship with .
