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'''Harry Samuel''' "'''Michael'''" '''Parks''' (April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Michael Parks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/397609/Michael-Parks/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223193733/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/397609/Michael-Parks/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series ''[[Then Came Bronson]]'', but was probably best known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as [[Quentin Tarantino]], [[Robert Rodriguez]], and [[Kevin Smith]].▼
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==Personal life==▼
Parks was born in [[Corona, California]].<ref name=DH170510>{{Cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/michael-parks-dies-then-came-bronson-kill-bill-obituary-1202088830/ | title = Michael Parks Dies: 'Then Came Bronson', 'Kill Bill' Actor Was 77 | last = Evans | first = Greg | date = May 10, 2017 | magazine = [[Deadline Hollywood]] | publisher = Deadline Hollywood | access-date = August 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/harry_samuel_parks_born_1940_2263989|title=Harry Samuel Parks|website=[[California Birth Index]]|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> He drifted from job to job during his teenage years, including picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires.<ref name=DH170510 />▼
Parks married five times. His first marriage in 1956 at age 16 to Louise Johnson lasted until 1958 and produced a daughter.<ref name=AP170510>{{Cite news | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/kill-bill-twin-peaks-actor-michael-parks-dies-77-n757636 | title = Michael Parks, 'Kill Bill' and 'Twin Peaks' Actor, Dies at 77 | agency = [[Associated Press]] | work = [[NBC News]] | date = May 10, 2017 | access-date = August 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Bucher|first=Chris|date=2017-05-10|title=Michael Parks' Wives: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/05/michael-parks-wife-wives-dead-death-family-kill-bill-divorce-how-many-oriana-parks-jan-moriarty-james/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Heavy.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His second marriage in 1964 to actress Jan Moriarty lasted only a few months, ending with her apparent suicide from an overdose.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frasier|first=David K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rmJCgAAQBAJ&q=joanne+moriarty+actress&pg=PA231|title=Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases|date=2015-09-11|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0807-5|language=en}}</ref> His third marriage in 1968 to Carolyn Kay Carson produced a son, James.<ref name=":2" /> His fourth marriage to Alston Fenci, whom he married in 1987, ended in divorce in 1996.<ref name=":3" /> In 1997 he married Oriana. The union lasted until his death.<ref name=AP170510 />▼
==Career==
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In 1961, Parks portrayed the nephew of the character George MacMichael on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[The Real McCoys]]''. In a ''[[Wagon Train]]'' episode airing April 10, 1963, Parks
Parks was the star of the series ''[[Then Came Bronson]]'' from 1969 to 1970, in which he rode an iconic red Harley-Davidson Sportster, as he drifted from town to town.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nichols|first=Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZ1alz10QjoC&q=Michael+Parks&pg=PA257|title=One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker|date=2010-05-08|publisher=Motorbooks|isbn=978-0-7603-3829-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-12|title=Michael Parks, Star of Then Came Bronson, Dies at 77|url=https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2017/05/12/michael-parks-star-came-bronson-dies-77/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Ultimate Motorcycling|language=en-US}}</ref> He sang "Wayfarin’ Stranger", a duet with pilot episode co-star [[Bonnie Bedelia]], and later the theme song for the show, "Long Lonesome Highway",<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Leszczak|first=Bob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpucCQAAQBAJ&q=Harry+Samuel+Parks&pg=PA261|title=From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000|date=2015-06-25|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-4274-6|language=en}}</ref> which became a No. 20 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 41 [[Hot Country Songs]] hit.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|date=August 2008|
Parks recorded five albums under [[MGM Records]] (the label of the studio which produced the series) that charted including ''Closing The Gap'' (1969), ''Long Lonesome Highway'' (1970), and ''Blue''.<ref name=":0" />
After disputes with the producers of ''Bronson'', Parks said he was informally [[blacklisted]] in Hollywood.<ref>Liam Brennan [https://the-artifice.com/michael-parks-blacklisting/ The Blacklisting of Michael Parks: How a Hollywood Star Was Quietly Shunned], [[The Artifice (magazine)|The Artifice]], September 12, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2019</ref> Parks admitted he could be "difficult on the set" and also said he objected to producers wanting to make the series more violent. After the cancellation of ''Bronson,'' Parks didn't work in a major Hollywood production for several years, but he had regular small roles in independent or Canadian features throughout the 1970s, such as ''[[Between Friends (1973 film)|Between Friends]]'' (1973), although director [[Donald Shebib]] had trouble dealing with Parks, describing him as a "terrific actor in a lot of ways, but weird".
He played in twelve episodes of ABC's ''[[The Colbys]]'', a spin-off from ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', first as Hoyt Parker, and then Phillip Colby during the second season (1986–1987). He appeared as Irish mob boss Tommy O'Shea in ''[[Death Wish V: The Face of Death]]'' (1994), French-Canadian drug runner [[List of Twin Peaks characters#Jean Renault|Jean Renault]] in the ABC television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', Dr. Banyard in ''[[Deceiver (film)|Deceiver]]'' (1997), [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]] Earl McGraw in ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' (1996), and Ambrose Bierce in ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]'' (2000).<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=III|first=Harris M. Lentz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FspZDwAAQBAJ&q=Michael++Parks&pg=PT322|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017|date=2018-04-30|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7032-4|language=en}}</ref>
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Smith later announced on his podcast that Parks had recorded an album during ''Red State''{{'s}} production, after Smith and producer Jon Gordon noticed his singing talent during filming. The album, titled ''The Red State Sessions'', was released on August 15, 2011, as a download from the film's website.
▲==Personal life==
▲Parks was born in [[Corona, California]] to Harry Arthur Parks and Beatrice Adora Dunwoody.<ref name=DH170510>{{Cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/michael-parks-dies-then-came-bronson-kill-bill-obituary-1202088830/ | title = Michael Parks Dies: 'Then Came Bronson', 'Kill Bill' Actor Was 77 | last = Evans | first = Greg | date = May 10, 2017 | magazine = [[Deadline Hollywood]] | publisher = Deadline Hollywood | access-date = August 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/harry_samuel_parks_born_1940_2263989|title=Harry Samuel Parks|website=[[California Birth Index]]|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref> He drifted from job to job during his teenage years, including picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires.<ref name=DH170510 />
▲Parks married five times. His first marriage in 1956 at age 16 to Louise Johnson lasted until 1958 and produced a daughter.<ref name=AP170510>{{Cite news | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/kill-bill-twin-peaks-actor-michael-parks-dies-77-n757636 | title = Michael Parks, 'Kill Bill' and 'Twin Peaks' Actor, Dies at 77 | agency = [[Associated Press]] | work = [[NBC News]] | date = May 10, 2017 | access-date = August 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Bucher|first=Chris|date=2017-05-10|title=Michael Parks' Wives: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/05/michael-parks-wife-wives-dead-death-family-kill-bill-divorce-how-many-oriana-parks-jan-moriarty-james/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Heavy.com|language=en-US}}</ref> His second marriage in 1964 to actress [[Jan Moriarty]] lasted only a few months, ending with her apparent suicide from an overdose.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frasier|first=David K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rmJCgAAQBAJ&q=joanne+moriarty+actress&pg=PA231|title=Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases|date=2015-09-11|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0807-5|language=en}}</ref> His third marriage in 1968 to Carolyn Kay Carson produced a son, [[James Parks (actor)|James]].<ref name=":2" /> His fourth marriage to Alston Fenci, whom he married in 1987, ended in divorce in 1996.<ref name=":3" /> In 1997, he married Oriana. The union lasted until his death.<ref name=AP170510 />
==Death and reaction==
Parks died on May 9, 2017, in his Los Angeles home at the age of 77 from undisclosed causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/michael-parks/49326/michael-parks-dies-aged-77|title=Michael Parks dies, aged 77|website=[[Den of Geek]]|date=May 10, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017}}</ref> He requested a full body burial at sea, which his wife attended alone following a public funeral held at [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]].
Upon hearing the news, director [[Kevin Smith]] posted on his [[Instagram]] account "Michael was, and will likely forever remain, the best actor I've ever known. I wrote both ''[[Red State (2011 film)|Red State]]'' and ''[[Tusk (2014 film)|Tusk]]'' for Parks, I loved his acting so much." He also included, "He was, hands-down, the most incredible [[actor|thespian]] I ever had the pleasure to watch perform. And Parks brought out the absolute best in me every time he got near my set."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/michael-parks-twin-peaks-kill-bill-actor-dead-at-77-w481689|title=Michael Parks, 'Twin Peaks' Actor and Tarantino Favorite, Dead at 77|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 10, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kelley|first1=Seth|title=Michael Parks, Character Actor in 'Kill Bill' and 'Tusk,' Dies at 77|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 10, 2017|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-parks-dead-kill-bill-character-actor-1202422134/|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> In a [[Twitter]] post, director [[Robert Rodriguez]] referred to Michael Parks as "a true legend".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39875074|title=RIP Michael Parks: Hollywood's most underrated actor?|date=May 10, 2017|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=June 17, 2017}}</ref>
== Documentary ==
[[Kevin Smith]]
==Filmography==
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| 1993
| ''[[Over the Line (1993 film)|Over the Line]]''
| Pearlmutter
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| ''[[The Queen of Hollywood Blvd.]]''
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| 1960–1961
| rowspan=5 | 1961▼
| ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater''
| Juanito / Younger Prisoner
| Episode: "Ransom", "The Scar"
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| ''[[The Law and Mr. Jones]]''
| Mike Enslow
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| Episode: "A Place to Die"
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| rowspan=6 | 1963
| ''[[List of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''▼
| Skip Baxter▼
| Episode: "The Cadaver"▼
| ''[[List of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Dr. Daniel Dana
| Season 1 Episode 22: "Diagnosis: Danger"
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▲| ''[[List of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episodes|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
▲| Skip Baxter
▲| Season 2 Episode 8: "The Cadaver"
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| ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''
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| ''[[The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)|The Johnny Cash Show]]''
| Himself
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| ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
| Major Caleb Hooks
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* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKQ3fwNb0c Michael Parks sings Long Lonesome Highway]
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