Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.
After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards.
Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984).
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Acting
Movie
Repo Man
as Rabbi
1984
TV
Saturday Night Live
as The Man with the Black Hat (voice) (uncredited)
1975
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Man in Foreign Film (uncredited)
1975
Movie
Head
as Mike
1968
Movie
Burglar
as Cabbie
1987
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
Movie
Tapeheads
as Water Man
1988
Movie
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
as Race Official (uncredited)
1982
TV
The Monkees
as Mike
1966
TV
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964
TV
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
TV
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
TV
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
Movie
I Want My MTV
as Self
2019
TV
Laurel Canyon
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Movie
Elephant Parts
1981
Movie
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
as Self
1997
Movie
Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
as Mike
1997
Movie
33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
as Himself/Monkee #3
1969
Movie
Making The Monkees
2007
Movie
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986
Movie
An Evening with Sir William Martin
as Foyer the Butler
1981
Movie
Monkees Screen Tests
as Self
1966
Crew
Movie
Repo Man
Executive Producer
1984
TV
Saturday Night Live
Director
1975
Movie
Head
Writer
1968
Movie
Tapeheads
Executive Producer
1988
Movie
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Writer
1982
Movie
Square Dance
Producer
1987
Movie
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
Original Music Composer
1976
Movie
Elephant Parts
Writer
1981
Movie
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Writer
1986
Movie
Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
Director
1997
TV
Television Parts
Creator
1985
Movie
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
Director
1986