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Michael McClure
Marysville, Kansas, USA
Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of…
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Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
- 2012
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2010
Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Movie Self
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2009
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Movie Self
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1999
The Source
Movie Self
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1998
The King of Queens
TV show Waiter
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self - Friend and Poet
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1982
Poetry in Motion
Movie Self
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1978
The Last Waltz
Movie Self
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1978
Visions of a City
Movie Himself
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1971
The Hired Hand
Movie Plummer
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1971
Maidstone
Movie
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1969
Lions Love
Movie The Beard Writer (uncredited)
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1968
Beyond the Law
Movie Grahr
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1967
Be-In
Movie Self
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1967
Liberty Crown
Movie Himself
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1965
Two: Creeley/McClure
Movie
More credits
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1958
Triptych in Four Parts
Movie
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1957
Spectre Mystagogic
Movie
