Michael McClure
Acting • Born 1932-10-20 – Died 2020-05-04
Biography
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
18 credits
The Last Waltz
Movie • 1978
Self
The Source
Movie • 1999
Self
Lions Love
Movie • 1969
The Beard Writer (uncredited)
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Movie • 2009
Self
Be-In
Movie • 1967
Self
Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Movie • 2010
Self
Visions of a City
Movie • 1978
Himself
Poetry in Motion
Movie • 1982
Self
Beyond the Law
Movie • 1968
Grahr
Two: Creeley/McClure
Movie • 1965
Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman
Movie • 2012
Self
Triptych in Four Parts
Movie • 1958
The Hired Hand
Movie • 1971
Plummer
Liberty Crown
Movie • 1967
Himself
Spectre Mystagogic
Movie • 1957
Maidstone
Movie • 1971
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self - Friend and Poet
The King of Queens
TV • 1998
Waiter