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Michael Nesmith
Houston, Texas, USA
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock b…
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Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards. Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nesmith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2020
Laurel Canyon
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
I Want My MTV
Movie Self
- 2015
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2007
Making The Monkees
Movie
- 2003
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1997
Behind the Music
TV show Self
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1997
Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
Movie Mike
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1997
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Movie Self
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
- 1992
- 1992
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1988
Tapeheads
Movie Water Man
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1987
Burglar
Movie Cabbie
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1987
Square Dance
Movie Producer
- 1986
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1986
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Movie Writer
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- 1985
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1985
Television Parts Home Companion
Movie Self
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1985
Television Parts
TV show Creator
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1984
MTV Video Music Awards
TV show Self
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1984
Repo Man
Movie Rabbi
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1982
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Movie Race Official (uncredited)
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1982
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1
Movie Writer
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1981
Elephant Parts
Movie
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1981
An Evening with Sir William Martin
Movie Foyer the Butler
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1976
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
Movie Original Music Composer
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show The Man with the Black Hat (voice) (uncredited)
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1969
33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
Movie Himself/Monkee #3
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1968
Head
Movie Mike
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self
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1966
Monkees Screen Tests
Movie Self
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1966
The Monkees
TV show Mike
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1964
Top of the Pops
TV show Self
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PopClips
TV show Creator
