Michael McClure (born October 20, 1932) is 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 rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums. He soon became a key member of the Beat Generation and is immortalized as "Pat McLear" in Kerouac's Big Sur.
Despite almost 50 years as San Francisco's most famous poet, the short film "Curses and Sermons" (2009) was the first time McClure has authorized one of his poems to be filmed. The director, Nic Saunders, had previously directed McClure's play "The Beard" in London, 2006.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Matt Houston
1983
TV Series
Valet
The Hired Hand
1971
Plummer
Maidstone
1970
Lions Love (... and Lies)
1969
THE BEARD Writer (uncredited)
Beyond the Law
1968
Grahr
Triptych in Four Parts
1958
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
writer: "Mercedes Benz"
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Waking the Dead
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Last Waltz
1978
Documentary performer: "Introduction to the Canterbury Tales" poem
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Curses and Sermons
2009
Short written by
Rebel Roar: The Sound of Michael McClure
2008
Video short written by
The Beard
1966
play
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman
2012
Documentary
Himself, poet and friend of The Doors
Keenan
2011
Video documentary short
The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima
2011
Video short
Himself
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
Documentary
Himself
Na plovárne
2008
TV Series
Himself
Rebel Roar: The Sound of Michael McClure
2008
Video short
Himself
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
2008
Documentary
Himself
Breaking the Rules
2006
Documentary
Himself
Light My Fire: Ray Manzarek - A Return to the Whisky a Go Go
2000
Video documentary
Himself - Poet
The Third Mind
2000
Documentary
The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation
1999
Documentary
Himself
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
What Happened to Kerouac?
1986
Documentary
Himself
Kerouac, the Movie
1985
Documentary
Himself (poet)
Poetry in Motion
1982
Documentary
Himself
The Last Waltz
1978
Documentary
Himself - Performer (as Michael Mc Clure)
Visions of a City
1978
Short
Himself
Be-In
1967
Documentary short
Himself
Two: Creeley/McClure
1965
Short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Practice of the Wild
2010
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Last Waltz (1978) as Himself - Performer
Two: Creeley/McClure (1965) as Himself
Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. Woman (2012) as Himself, poet and friend of The Doors
The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima (2011) as Himself
$19 Million
