Greene, Michael 1933–

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GREENE, Michael 1933–

(Michael Green, Mike Green)

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael Harris Greene; born November 4, 1933, in San Francisco, CA; son of Harry and Gladys (maiden name, Pugh) Greene; married Patricia Donovan (divorced); children: Moonstar. Education: San Francisco State University, B.B.A., 1955.

Career: Actor.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Mike Green) Joe Baragi, This Is Not a Test, Sinister Cinema, 1962.

Spencer brother, Spencer's Mountain, Warner Bros., 1963.

Mother, Naked Angels, Favorite Films, 1969.

Hired gun, The Last Movie (also known as Chinchero), Universal, 1971.

First hoodlum, Play It Again, Sam (also known as Aspirins for Three), Paramount, 1972.

Dr. Gerald Appleby, The Clones (also known as The Cloning, The Cloning of Dr. Appleby, Dead Man Running, and The Mindsweepers), New World, 1973.

Yoga instructor, The Harrad Experiment, Cinerama Releasing, 1973.

Young Arab, That Lucky Touch (also known as Bleib mir ja vom Leib), Allied Artists, 1975.

Dan, Harry and Walter Go to New York, Columbia, 1976.

Preacher Gage, The Great Gundown (also known as Outlaw Red, Savage Red, and Savage Red, Outlaw White), Sun Productions, 1977.

An Enemy of the People, Warner Bros., 1978.

Trapper, The Mountain Men, Columbia, 1980.

Mike the garage man, Americana, 1983, Vestron Video, 1996.

Texas, Moscow on the Hudson, Columbia, 1984.

Dimitri, Basic Training (also known as Up the Military), Moviestore Entertainment, 1985.

(As Michael Green) Guard, Creator (also known as The Big Picture), MCA/Universal, 1985.

Jim Hart, To Live and Die in L.A., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985.

Paul Dunn, Lost in America, Warner Bros., 1985.

Means and Ends, 1985.

Big Ed, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista, 1986.

Luke, Welcome to 18 (also known as Summer Release), American Distribution Group, 1986.

Lacey, ∗batteries not included, Universal, 1987.

Robert Wells, Less Than Zero, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Vernon Burdett, Stranded, New Line Cinema, 1987.

Captain Mitchell, The Night Before, Kings Road Entertainment, 1988.

Clint, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988.

Phil Ross, White of the Eye, Palisades Entertainment Group, 1988.

Tex Wade, Johnny Be Good, Orion, 1988.

Lieutenant Hendrix, Kill Me Again, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Captain Benson, Lord of the Flies, Columbia, 1990.

Ed Thorpe, Legal Tender (also known as Ladies Game), Armitraj Productions/Prism Films, 1991.

General Curtis, Eve of Destruction, Orion, 1991.

Major general Scott, For the Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

Motorcyclist, Scenes from a Mall, Buena Vista, 1991.

Mr. Busta, Rubin and Ed, IRS Media, 1992.

Sanford Adams, In the Heat of Passion (also known as Heat of Passion), Concorde, 1992.

Colonel Kenton, Undercover Blues, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993.

Leonard, Unbecoming Age (also known as The Magic Bubble), Castle Hill, 1993.

Mission Control farmer, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993.

Sheriff Hodes, The Road Killers (also known as Road-flower), Miramax, 1994.

Digger, Beyond the Edge, Peacock Films, 1995.

Tom Harris, I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (also known as Ed Wood's "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" and I Awoke Early the Day I Died), 1998, Cinequanon Pictures International, 1999.

Slick Willie, Nice Guys Sleep Alone, Asylum Entertainment, 1999.

Detective Colson, Soft Toilet Seats, Phaedra Cinema, 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Craft services man, Scruples, CBS, 1980.

British ambassador, Crossings, ABC, 1986.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Joe, The Ordeal of Patty Hearst, ABC, 1979.

Thou Shalt Not Kill, NBC, 1982.

Steven, Intimate Encounters (also known as Encounters in the Night), NBC, 1986.

Head usher, The Betty Ford Story, ABC, 1987.

Captain Dantley, The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, TNT, 1990.

Mr. Canfield, Heat Wave, TNT, 1990.

Josh, Palomino (also known as Danielle Steel's "Palomino"), NBC, 1991.

Walt Tressie, Not of This World, CBS, 1991.

Ike Berry, Gunsmoke: The Long Ride, CBS, 1993.

Lieutenant Kartes, Judicial Consent (also known as My Love, Your Honor), HBO, 1994.

Demayo, Last Man Standing, HBO, 1996.

My Son Is Innocent, ABC, 1996.

Bellamy, Winchell, HBO, 1998.

Walter Felice, Ivory Tower, Showtime, 1998.

Albert Chesterfield, Commitments, Black Entertainment Television, 2001.

George Bush, The Day Reagan Was Shot, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Butch Gorkey, Mickey and the Contessa, CBS, 1963.

Simon Kitwell, The Shooting (also known as First Kill), CBS, 1982.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Mike Green) Cowboy, "Hinka Do," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1960.

(As Michael Green) Waggoner, "Jeff," The Westerner, NBC, 1960.

George Vale, "Outlaw's Shoes," The Rifleman, ABC, 1962.

Pinto Cade, "The Invaders," The Big Valley, ABC, 1965.

Holcroft, "The Goldtakers," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1966.

Matches, "The Ring of Wax," Batman, ABC, 1966.

Nubu, "Space Circus," Lost in Space, CBS, 1966.

Rail, "Girl on the Glass Mountain," The Virginian, NBC, 1966.

Deputy, "Message at Noon," The Guns of Will Sonnett, ABC, 1967.

Joel, "Gun Bound," The Monroes, ABC, 1967.

Red Gully, "The Short, Happy Fatherhood of Reese Bennett," Laredo, NBC, 1967.

Corny Tate, "A Noose for Dobie Price," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1968.

Warren, "Delayed Action," Mannix, CBS, 1968.

Slim, "The Legend," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1971.

Travis, "Stallion," Bonanza, NBC, 1972.

Huntoon, "Chains," Kung Fu, ABC, 1973.

Aztec priest, "The Demon God," Kung Fu, ABC, 1974.

Jim Danch, "No Drums, No Trumpets," Isis, CBS, 1975.

Vic, "Byline, Daisy Duke," The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1981.

"Pros and Cons," The A Team, NBC, 1983.

Irving Schlesser, "Kentucky Rye," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985.

Mr. Bazur, "King for a Day," Three's a Crowd, ABC, 1985.

Dr. Tom, "Trial by Fire," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1986.

Fowler, "Anniversary Waltz," The Colbys, ABC, 1986.

Thomas Sterling, "Dead Wrong," Shell Game, CBS, 1987.

Ray Stone, "Disco Inferno—April 1, 1976," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1989.

Ian McClintock, "The Gunslinger," Mission: Impossible, ABC, 1990.

Steve Mason, "Broken Dreams," Hunter, NBC, 1990.

Bud Gates, "The Red Knights," Baywatch, syndicated, 1994.

Robert Franklin, "Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dinner at Eight," Melrose Place, Fox, 1995.

Howard, "Hot Water," Baywatch, syndicated, 1997.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Captain Uroff, Cameo by Night, NBC, 1987.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in stage productions, including Endgame and Metamorphosis.

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