Michael McClure
Acting
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
2012Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman
Self
2010Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Self
2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
1999The Source
Self
1982Poetry in Motion
Self
1978The Last Waltz
Self
1978Visions of a City
Himself
1971The Hired Hand
Plummer
1971Maidstone
1969Lions Love
The Beard Writer (uncredited)
1968Beyond the Law
Grahr
1967Be-In
Self
1965Two: Creeley/McClure
1957Spectre Mystagogic