La Tourneaux was the good-natured but dim hustler Cowboy Tex who's hired for Harold as a birthday present. Sadly, after The Boys in the Band, La Tourneaux's career declined, with him blaming it on the movie. La Tourneaux died in 1986 due to an AIDS-related illness and was cared for by Cliff Gorman and his wife in the final months before his death.
