Name
Michael Nesmith
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-12-30
Deathday
2021-12-10 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
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).
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- 1988 Tapeheads as Water Man
- 1968 Head as Mike
- 1981 Elephant Parts
- 1992 Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits
- 1992 Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival
- 1985 Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
- 1985 Television Parts Home Companion as Self
- 2015 Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em
- 1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Race Official (uncredited)
- 1997 Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees as Self
- 1997 Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees as Mike
- 1986 Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
- 2019 I Want My MTV as Self
- 1969 33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee as Himself/Monkee #3
- 1987 Burglar as Cabbie
- 1984 Repo Man as Rabbi
- 2007 Making The Monkees
- 1981 An Evening with Sir William Martin as Foyer the Butler
- 2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 1966 Monkees Screen Tests as Self
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1966 The Monkees ( 58 episodes ) as Mike
- 1997 Behind the Music ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Laurel Canyon ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as The Man with the Black Hat (voice) (uncredited)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Man in Foreign Film (uncredited)
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self
