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'''Michael Parks''' (born '''Harry Samuel Parks'''; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor
==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 played Hamish Browne, in an episode titled "The Heather and Hamish Story". He appeared as Cal Leonard in the 1963 ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' episode "[[The Case of Constant Doyle]]", in which [[Bette Davis]] played Constant Doyle.<ref>{{cite web |title=PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF CONSTANT DOYLE (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=raymond+burr&p=3&item=T82:0271 |website=Raymond Burr |publisher=The Paley Center for Media |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brockman |first1=Dave |title=The Case of Constant Doyle |url=http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/wiki/index.php/EpisodePages/Show169 |website=Perry Mason TV Series |publisher=Big Dave Brockman's Perry Mason TV Series Wiki |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> He gained recognition in the role of [[Adam]] in [[John Huston]]'s ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]'' (1966).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooley |first1=Patrick |title=Actor Michael Parks' seven best roles during his decades-long career |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2017/05/michael_parks_seven_best_roles.html |website=Cleveland |date=May 12, 2017 |publisher=Advance Local |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>
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|page=315|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> "Long Lonesome Highway" also peaked at number 84 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=229}}</ref>
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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==
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