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Michael McClure
Born 1932-10-20Marysville, Kansas, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin' - The Story of L.A. WomanSelfRock Poet: Jim MorrisonSelfFerlinghetti: A Rebirth of WonderSelfThe SourceSelfPoetry in MotionSelfThe Last WaltzSelfVisions of a CityHimselfThe Hired HandPlummerMaidstoneRoleLions LoveThe Beard Writer (uncredited)Beyond the LawGrahrBe-InSelfLiberty CrownHimselfTwo: Creeley/McClureRoleTriptych in Four PartsRoleSpectre MystagogicRole