Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Known for
Acting
Born
April 24, 1940
Died
May 9, 2017 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Corona, California, USA

Biography

Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series Then Came Bronson, but was probably best known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks poster

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2022
Pines poster

Pines

Movie · as Harrison

2019
Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk poster

Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk

Movie · as Self

2018
The Queen of Hollywood Blvd poster

The Queen of Hollywood Blvd

Movie · as Chet Fuller

2016
Blood Father poster

Blood Father

Movie · as Preacher

2016
Greater poster

Greater

Movie · as Leo

2014
Tusk poster

Tusk

Movie · as Howard Howe

2013
We Are What We Are poster

We Are What We Are

Movie · as Doc Barrow

2012
Django Unchained poster

Django Unchained

Movie · as The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee

2012
Argo poster

Argo

Movie · as Jack Kirby

2011
Red State poster

Red State

Movie · as Pastor Abin Cooper

2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair poster

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Movie · as Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio

2010
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball poster

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

Movie · as Fritz Tremor

2009
Noble Things poster

Noble Things

Movie · as Pete Collins

2008
Three Priests poster

Three Priests

Movie · as Jacob

2007
Death Proof poster

Death Proof

Movie · as Earl McGraw

2007
Planet Terror poster

Planet Terror

Movie · as Earl McGraw

2007
The Dead One poster

The Dead One

Movie · as Sheriff Ezra Stone

2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford poster

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Movie · as Henry Craig

2007
Grindhouse poster

Grindhouse

Movie · as Earl McGraw (segments "Death Proof" / "Planet Terror")

2006
The Listening poster

The Listening

Movie · as James Wagley

2006
One Night with You poster

One Night with You

Movie · as Hunter Burnell

2006
Fighting Words poster

Fighting Words

Movie · as Benny the Heckler

2005
Miracle at Sage Creek poster

Miracle at Sage Creek

Movie · as Justice Stanley

2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Movie · as Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio

2004
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

Movie · as William Clark

2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Movie · as Earl McGraw

2002
13 Moons poster

13 Moons

Movie · as Bartender

2001
Big Bad Love poster

Big Bad Love

Movie · as Mr. Aaron

2000
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter poster

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Movie · as Ambrose Bierce

2000
Bullfighter poster

Bullfighter

Movie · as Cordobes

1998
Full Tilt Boogie poster

Full Tilt Boogie

Movie · as Self

1998
Niagara, Niagara poster

Niagara, Niagara

Movie · as Walter

1998
Wicked poster

Wicked

Movie · as Detective Boland

1997
Julian Po poster

Julian Po

Movie · as Vern

1997
Deceiver poster

Deceiver

Movie · as Dr. Banyard

1996
From Dusk Till Dawn poster

From Dusk Till Dawn

Movie · as Texas Ranger Earl McGraw

1995
Sorceress poster

Sorceress

Movie · as Stan Latarga

1995
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart poster

Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart

Movie · as Evan Powell

1994
Death Wish V: The Face of Death poster

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

Movie · as Tommy O'Shea

1994
Stranger by Night poster

Stranger by Night

Movie · as Detective Larson

1993
SeaQuest DSV poster

SeaQuest DSV

Movie · as George Le Chein

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as George Le Chein · 1 ep

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Caleb Hooks · 2 eps

1993
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · 1 ep

1992
Storyville poster

Storyville

Movie · as Michael Trevallian

1992
Out of Control poster

Out of Control

Movie · as Pearlmutter

1991
The Hitman poster

The Hitman

Movie · as Ronny 'Del' Delaney

1990
Caged Fury poster

Caged Fury

Movie · as Mr. Collins

1990
The China Lake Murders poster

The China Lake Murders

Movie · as Officer Donnelly

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Jean Renault · 5 eps

1990
Shades of L.A. poster

Shades of L.A.

TV · 1 ep

1989
Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect

Movie · as Bill Nevins

1989
Nightmare Beach poster

Nightmare Beach

Movie · as Doc Willet

1989
Billy the Kid poster

Billy the Kid

Movie · as Rynerson

1988
Arizona Heat poster

Arizona Heat

Movie · as Larry Kapinski

1988
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

TV · as Cash McCullough · 1 ep

1987
Stamp of a Killer poster

Stamp of a Killer

Movie

1986
Club Life poster

Club Life

Movie · as Tank

1986
The Return of Josey Wales poster

The Return of Josey Wales

Movie · as Josey Wales

1986
French Quarter Undercover poster

French Quarter Undercover

Movie · as Det. Andre Des Moines

1985
Spiker poster

Spiker

Movie · as Coach Doames

1985
Chase poster

Chase

Movie · as Larry Butler

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Logan, Jonathan Grey · 1 ep

1985
The Colbys poster

The Colbys

TV · as Hoyt Parker / Phillip Colby · 25 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Ben Aaron · 1 ep

1982
Savannah Smiles poster

Savannah Smiles

Movie · as Lt. Savage

1981
Hard Country poster

Hard Country

Movie · as Royce

1981
Dial M for Murder poster

Dial M for Murder

Movie · as Max Halliday

1980
North Sea Hijack poster

North Sea Hijack

Movie · as Harold Shulman

1980
Reward poster

Reward

Movie · as Michael Dolan

1980
Turnover Smith poster

Turnover Smith

Movie · as Lt. Brophy

1979
Breakthrough poster

Breakthrough

Movie · as Sergeant Anderson

1979
The Evictors poster

The Evictors

Movie · as Ben Watkins

1979
Fast Friends poster

Fast Friends

Movie · as David York

1979
Shirley

Shirley

TV · 1 ep

1978
Night Cries poster

Night Cries

Movie · as Mitch Haskins

1978
Rainbow poster

Rainbow

Movie · as Roger Edens

1978
Hunters of the Reef poster

Hunters of the Reef

Movie · as Jim Spanner

1978
Flying High poster

Flying High

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover poster

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Movie · as Robert F. Kennedy

1977
The Savage Bees poster

The Savage Bees

Movie · as Dr. Jeff DuRand

1977
Sidewinder 1 poster

Sidewinder 1

Movie · as J.W. Wyatt

1977
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply poster

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

Movie · as Duke

1977
Murder at the World Series poster

Murder at the World Series

Movie · as Larry Marshall

1977
Escape from Bogen County poster

Escape from Bogen County

Movie · as Jack Kern

1977
Big Hawaii poster

Big Hawaii

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Last Hard Men poster

The Last Hard Men

Movie · as Noel Nye

1976
Perilous Voyage poster

Perilous Voyage

Movie · as Antonio DeLeon

1976
Royce

Royce

Movie · as Blair Mabry

1975
Distant Early Warning poster

Distant Early Warning

Movie

1975
Armchair Detective: Mystery at Malibu poster

Armchair Detective: Mystery at Malibu

Movie · as Private Eye

1975
The Werewolf of Woodstock poster

The Werewolf of Woodstock

Movie · as Moody

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1975
Bronk poster

Bronk

TV · 1 ep

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Terry Purvis · 1 ep

1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd poster

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

Movie · as Bradley Floyd

1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? poster

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Movie · as Joseph

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · as Jack McVey · 1 ep

1973
Between Friends poster

Between Friends

Movie · as Tony

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · 1 ep

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

1969
Then Came Bronson poster

Then Came Bronson

Movie · as Jim Bronson

1969
The Young Lawyers poster

The Young Lawyers

Movie · as Ron Baron

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · 1 ep

1969
The Johnny Cash Show poster

The Johnny Cash Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Then Came Bronson poster

Then Came Bronson

TV · as Jim Bronson · 26 eps

1968
A Hatful of Rain poster

A Hatful of Rain

Movie · as Johnny Pope

1967
The Happening poster

The Happening

Movie · as Sureshot

1967
Stranger on the Run poster

Stranger on the Run

Movie · as Vince McKay

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 1 ep

1966
The Bible: In the Beginning... poster

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Movie · as Adam

1966
The Idol poster

The Idol

Movie · as Marco

1965
Bus Riley's Back in Town poster

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Movie · as Bus Riley

1965
Wild Seed poster

Wild Seed

Movie · as Bill "Fargo" Warren

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · 1 ep

1963
Channing poster

Channing

TV · as Benny Dickson · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · as Gregory Wade · 1 ep

1962
The Gallant Men poster

The Gallant Men

TV · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · as Tack Reynolds

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Skip Baxter, Daniel Dana · 1 ep

1961
Straightaway poster

Straightaway

TV · 1 ep

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1961
Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop

TV · 1 ep

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Asphalt Jungle poster

The Asphalt Jungle

TV · as Ty · 1 ep

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Johnny Blaine, Jimmy · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Cal Leonard · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Juanito · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Park · 1 ep