Michael Parks

Person · Open Library

Works

3

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Corona, California, USA

Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. 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. Description above from the…

Known for

• Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks — Self (archival footage)2025
• Pines — Harrison2022
• Walrus Yes: The Making of Tusk — Self2019
• The Queen of Hollywood Blvd — Chet Fuller2018
• Blood Father — Preacher2016
• Greater — Leo2016
• Tusk — Howard Howe2014
• We Are What We Are — Doc Barrow2013
• Django Unchained — The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee2012
• Argo — Jack Kirby2012

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Russia

Active from

1940

Active to

2017

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,488

Total plays

15,076

Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 10, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, but was probably best known for his work in recent years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith. Parks was born in Corona, California, the son of a baseball player. He drifted from job to job during his teenage years, including picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting

via Last.fm · Michael Parks

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 88,512x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 48,837x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 44,827x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,586x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 39,551x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born

Harry Samuel Parks , ( 1940-04-24 ) April 24, 1940, Corona, California , U.S.

Died

May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09) (aged 77), Los Angeles , California, U.S.

Occupations

Actor singer

Years active

1960–2017

Children

2, including James

via Wikipedia infobox