Michael McClure
Biography
Michael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955, which was barely fictionalized in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and was immortalized as Pat McLear in Kerouac's Big Sur.
Known For
Acting History
2012
Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman as Self
2010Rock Poet: Jim Morrison as Self
2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder as Self
1999The Source as Self
1998The King of Queens as Waiter
1997Classic Albums as Self - Friend and Poet
1982Poetry in Motion as Self
1978The Last Waltz as Self
1978Visions of a City as Himself
1971The Hired Hand as Plummer
1971Maidstone
1969Lions Love as The Beard Writer (uncredited)
1968Beyond the Law as Grahr
1967Be-In as Self
1967Liberty Crown as Himself
1965Two: Creeley/McClure
1958Triptych in Four Parts
1957Spectre Mystagogic