Parks, Michael 1940-

PERSONAL

Birth name Harry Samuel Parks; born April 4, 1940, in Corona, CA; father, a truck driver; married, 1955 (divorced); married Jan Moriarty, 1964 (died, 1964); married, wife's name Carolyn, 1969; children: (first marriage) one daughter; (third marriage) three stepchildren.

Addresses:

Agent—Schiowitz/Clay/Rose, Inc., 1680 North Vine St., Suite 614, Los Angeles, CA 90028.

Career:

Actor and director.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Laurel Award nomination, new face—male, Producers Guild of America, 1966.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Film debut) Fargo, Wild Seed (also known as Fargo), Universal, 1965.

Title role, Bus Riley's Back in Town, Universal, 1965.

Adam, The Bible … In the Beginning (also known as The Bible and La Bibbia), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966.

Marco, The Idol, Embassy, 1966.

Sureshot, The Happening, Columbia, 1967.

Toby, Get Back (also known as Between Friends and Entre Ami), Clearwater, 1973.

Moody, The Werewolf of Woodstock, 1975.

Sheriff Noel Nye, The Last Hard Men, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976.

J. W. Wyatt, Sidewinder One, Avco-Embassy, 1977.

Sergeant Anderson, Breakthrough (also known as Sergeant Steiner and Steiner—Das eiserne kreuz, 2.Teil), Maverick, 1978.

Duke, Love and the Midnight Auto Supply (also known as Midnight Auto Supply), Producers Capital, 1978.

Robert F. Kennedy, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, American International Pictures, 1978.

Ben Watkins, The Evictors, American International Pictures, 1979.

Shulman, ffolkes (also known as Assault Force and North Sea Hijack), Universal, 1980.

Royce Richardson, Hard Country, Universal, 1981.

Lieutenant Savage, Savannah Smiles, Gold Coast, 1983.

Tank, Club Life (also known as King of the City), Troma Team, 1985.

French Quarter Undercover, Shapiro Entertainment, 1985.

Coach Doames, Spiker, Seymour Borde, 1987.

Title role, The Return of Josey Wales, Reel Movies International, 1987.

Larry Kapinski, Arizona Heat, Spectrum Entertainment, 1988.

Doc Willet, Nightmare Beach (also known as Welcome to Spring Break), 1988.

Bill Nevins, Prime Suspect (also known as Trauma), 1989.

Mr. Collins, Caged Fury, 1989.

Ronald "Del" Delany, The Hitman, 1991.

Michael Trevallian, Storyville, 1992.

Pearlmutter, Out of Control (also known as Over the Line), 1992.

Detective Larson, Stranger by Night, 1994.

Stan, Sorceress (also known as Temptress II), 1994.

Tommy O'Shea, Death Wish V: The Face of Death, 1994.

Texas Ranger Earl McGraw, From Dusk Till Dawn, Dimension Films, 1996.

Walter, Niagara, Niagara (also known as Niagra Niagra), Artisan Entertainment, 1997.

Dr. Banyard, Liar (also known as Deceiver), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997.

Vern, Julian Po (also known as The Tears of Julian Po), Fine Line, 1997.

Himself, Full Tilt Boogie (documentary), Miramax, 1997.

Detective Boland, Wicked, Horizon Entertainment, 1998.

Ambrose Bierce, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, Buena Vista Home Video, 2000.

Cordobes, Bullfighter, ScanBox, 2000.

Big Bad Love, 2001.

Bartender, 13 Moons, Lot 47, 2002.

Earl McGraw, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (also known as Kill Bill, Kill Bill 1 and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One), Miramax, 2003.

Simon's employer, The Librarians (also known as Strike Force), Lions Gate, 2003.

Esteban Vihaio, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (also known as Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2), Miramax, 2004.

Sheriff Ezra Stone, Muerto, El, Bleiberg, 2005.

The Needs of Kim Stanley, Frozen Motion, 2005.

Justice Stanley, Miracle at Sage Creek, Universal, 2005.

James Wagley, The Listening (also known as In Ascolto), Medusa, 2006.

Hunter Burnell, One Night With You, Kite Hill, 2006.

Jacob, Three Priests, Gumspirits, 2006.

Benny the Heckler, Fighting Words, Indican, 2007.

Earl McGraw, Grindhouse (also known as Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror), Dimension, 2007.

Henry Craig, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (also known as The Assassination of Jesse James), Warner Bros., 2007.

Pete Collins, Noble Things, Lava Box, 2007.

Film Director:

The Return of Josey Wales, Reel Movies International, 1987.

Television Appearances; Series:

James "Jim" Bronson, Then Came Bronson, NBC, 1969-70.

Hoyt Parker/Phillip Colby, The Colbys (also known as Dynasty II: The Colbys), ABC, 1987.

Jean Renault, Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Vince McKay, Stranger on the Run (also known as Lonesome Gun), NBC, 1967.

Bradley Floyd, The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (also known as Pretty Boy Floyd), ABC, 1974.

Joseph, Can Ellen Be Saved?, ABC, 1974.

Moody, The Werewolf of Woodstock, 1975.

Dr. Jeff DuRand, The Savage Bees, NBC, 1976.

Antonio DeLeon, Perilous Voyage (also known as The Revolution of Antonio DeLeon), NBC, 1976.

Jack Kern, Escape from Bogen County, CBS, 1977.

Larry Marshall, Murder at the World Series (also known as The Woman in Box 359), ABC, 1977.

Mitch Haskins, Night Cries, ABC, 1978.

Roger Edens, Rainbow, NBC, 1978.

David York, Fast Friends, NBC, 1979.

Max Halliday, Dial M for Murder, NBC, 1981.

Larry Butler, Chase, CBS, 1985.

Wicks, Dangerous Affection, NBC, 1987.

Rynerson, Billy the Kid (also known as Gore Vidal's "Billy the Kid"), TNT, 1989.

Officer Donnelly, The China Lake Murders, USA Network, 1990.

Detective Larson, Stranger by Night, HBO, 1994.

Evan Powell, Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart, NBC, 1995.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Tack Reynolds, The Mob Riders (shown as an episode of Stoney Burke), ABC, 1962.

Dr. Daniel Dana, Diagnosis: Danger (shown as an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), CBS, 1963.

James "Jim" Bronson, Then Came Bronson, NBC, 1969.

Ron Baron, The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1969.

Blair Mabry, Royce, CBS, 1976.

Jim Spanner, Hunters of the Reef, NBC, 1978.

Michael Dolan, Reward, ABC, 1980.

Lieutenant Brophy, Turnover Smith, ABC, 1980.

Frank Levison, The Player, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Ransom," Zane Grey Theatre, 1960.

Elevator operator, "Testimony of Evil," The Untouchables, 1961.

Ty, "The Sniper," The Asphalt Jungle, 1961.

"One by One," The Law and Mr. Jones, 1961.

Jimmy, "The Frightened Ones," The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives, The Detectives, and The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor), 1961.

Eddy Washburn, "Personal Enemy," The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives, The Detectives, and The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor), 1961.

Johnny Blaine, "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt," The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives, The Detectives, and The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor), 1961.

"Pledge a Nightmare," Straightaway, 1961.

"John J. Diggs," The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), 1961.

"Squadron," The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), 1962.

"George's Nephew," The Real McCoys (also known as The McCoys), 1962.

"The Opposite Virtues," Bus Stop, 1962.

Rocky Kustak, "Nobody Gets Hurt," Target: The Corruptors, 1962.

Larry Wilcox, "Too Many Strangers," Sam Benedict, 1962.

Billy Ray Medford, "A Place to Die," The Gallant Men, 1962.

Park Eliot, "The Boys," Gunsmoke, 1962.

Eddie Marco, "Crashout," 77 Sunset Strip, 1963.

Mark Reynolds, "Pressure Breakdown," The Eleventh Hour, 1963.

Cristos, "The Hanging Man," The Greatest Show on Earth, 1963.

Gregory Wade, "We May Be Better Strangers," Arrest and Trial, 1963.

"An Obelisk for Benny," Channing, 1963.

Bud Forrest, "Father Was an Interne," Ben Casey, 1963.

Cal Leonard, "The Case of Constant Doyle," Perry Mason, 1963.

"Heather and Hamish," Wagon Train, ABC, 1963.

Dante Donati, "Another Kind of Music," Channing, 1964.

"The Michael Malone Story," Wagon Train, ABC, 1964.

"Cries of Persons Close to One," Route 66, 1964.

Lieutenant Commander Burt Engle, "A Time for Killing," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (also known as The Chrysler Theater and Universal Star Time), 1965.

Singer, Toast of the Town (also known as The Ed Sullivan Show), 1970.

The Everly Brothers Show (also known as Johnny Cash Presents The Everly Brothers Show), 1970.

Ollie Gregson, "Sometimes Tough Is Good," Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, 1973.

Dr. Chris Wells, "Fatal Memory," Medical Center, 1973.

"A Death in Academe," Ironside (also known as The Raymond Burr Show), 1974.

Frank, "The 42nd Street Cavalry," McCloud, 1974.

Barney Oblonski, "My Son, the Murderer," Get Christie Love!, 1975.

Jack Ballard, "War Games," Police Story, 1975.

Scotty, "Walk Like You Talk," Baretta, 1975.

Coleman, "Open Contract," Bronk, 1975.

Crilen, "One-Way Street to Nowhere," The Rookies, 1975.

Jack Marlin, "Men Will Die," The Streets of San Francisco, 1975.

"Distant Early Warning," Wide World of Mystery, 1975.

Jack McVey, "Ice," Police Woman, 1975.

Terry Purvis, "The Adventure of the Wary Witness," Ellery Queen, 1976.

Chuck Whitfield, "A Shadow on the Sea," Police Woman, 1978.

Mike Banning, "The Comic/The Golden Hour," Fantasy Island, 1979.

Candel Logen, "Nocturne," The Equalizer, CBS, 1986.

Jonathan Grey, "Target of Choice," The Equalizer, CBS, 1988.

Ben Aaron, "Prediction: Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989.

Cash McCullough, "My Soul to Keep," War of the Worlds, 1989.

Reverend James Scarborough, "Line of Fire: Part 1," Shades of LA, 1991.

Reverend James Scarborough, "Line of Fire: Part 2," Shades of LA, 1991.

George Le Chein, SeaQuest DSV, NBC, 1993.

Major Caleb Hooks, "The Avenger," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1996.

Major Caleb Hooks, "No Way Out," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Johnny Pope, A Hatful of Rain, ABC, 1968.

Distant Early Warning, 1975.

Stamp of a Killer, 1987.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The Riverman, 1989.

Screen Appearances:

L.A., Gypsy, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1959-1960, then Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1960-1961.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

The Making of "Miracle at Sage Creek," Universal, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Film Comment, July-August, 1998, pp. 79.