Michael Greene
Michael Greene (born November 4, 1933 in San Francisco , California - January 10, 2020 ) was an American actor .
Life
Green began his career in the early 1960s with guest roles in various western series such as Outlaws and The Bounty Hunter . From 1962 to 1963 he played on the side of Jack Elam and Chad Everett one of the leading roles in the western series The Dakotas . The spin-off of the hit series Cheyenne , in which he had previously been introduced as Deputy Vance Porter , was far less popular and was canceled after the 19th episode aired. In the years that followed, Green continued to appear mainly in TV wests like Bonanza and Smoking Colts . From the 1980s, he was increasingly seen outside of his traditional genre, including in popular action series The A-Team and A Colt for All Cases , as well as in the science fiction series Twilight Zone and Back to the Past . Most recently, in 2001, he played alongside Richard Dreyfuss and Richard Crenna in the role of George HW Bush in the television film The Day Reagan Was Shot .
He made his feature film debut in 1962 in the low-budget film This Is Not a Test , which thematized the outbreak of a nuclear war between the USA and the Soviet Union . In 1973 he got the lead role in the B-movie Clones: Labor des Horens , where he played as Dr. Gerald Appleby discovered a conspiracy that resulted in clones being created by numerous scientists . He has appeared in minor roles in a number of Hollywood productions , including Life and Death in LA , A Crazy Journey through the Night, and For the Boys - Days of Fame, Days of Love .
Greene was divorced and had one child.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1963: Summer of Expectation (Spencer's Mountain)
- 1972: Do it again, Sam (Play it again, Sam)
- 1973: Clones: Laboratory of Horror (The Clones)
- 1983: Always on the little ones (Smorgasbord)
- 1985: head over in America (Lost in America)
- 1985: Live and Die in LA (To Live and Die in LA)
- 1986: Zoff in Beverly Hills (Down and Out in Beverly Hills)
- 1987: The Miracle on 8th Street (* batteries not included)
- 1988: Return of the Killer Tomatoes (Return of the Killer Tomatoes)
- 1988: An Excellent Adventure Night (The Night Before)
- 1988: Moon Over Parador (Moon Over Parador)
- 1989: Kill Me Again (Kill Me Again)
- 1990: Lord of the Flies (Lord of the Flies)
- 1991: A normal wedding day (Scenes from a mall)
- 1991: For the Boys - Days of Fame, Days of Love (For the Boys)
- 1993: Undercover Blues - An absolutely cool trio (Undercover Blues)
watch TV
- 1961: The Bounty Hunter (Wanted: Dead Or Alive)
- 1961: Outlaws
- 1962: Cheyenne
- 1962: West of Santa Fé (The Rifleman)
- 1962-1963: The Dakotas
- 1965: Big Valley (The Big Valley)
- 1966: The Shiloh Ranch People (The Virginian)
- 1967: Laredo
- 1968: Mannix
- 1972: Bonanza
- 1981: A Duke Seldom Comes Alone (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- 1983: The A-Team (The A-Team)
- 1985: Twilight Zone
- 1986: The Fall Guy (The Fall Guy)
- 1989: Back to the Past (Quantum Leap)
- 1990: Hunter
- 1995: Melrose Place
Web links
- Michael Greene in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Greene in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://themichaelgreene.com/
- ↑ Biography on Filmreference.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Greene, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 2020 |