Michael Greene


Michael Harris Greene was an American actor who was active from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Greene was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Gladys and Harry Greene. Early in his career, Greene was frequently featured in westerns, and was credited with over 100 television and film appearances, including the 1962 film This is Not a Test, as well as a leading role in the 1973 film The Clones. He played Jimmy Hart, William Petersen's ill-fated partner in To Live and Die in L.A..
He is perhaps best remembered in his co-starring role as Deputy U.S. Marshal Vance Porter in the short-lived ABC-Warner Brothers western series The Dakotas, where he co-starred with Larry Ward, Jack Elam, and Chad Everett. a series that was controversially cancelled by ABC after only 19 episodes were aired during 1963.

Filmography

  1. Joe Baragi, This Is Not a Test, 1962
  2. Spencer brother, Spencer's Mountain, Warner Bros., 1963
  3. Deputy U.S. Marshall Vance Porter "The Dakotas" ABC/Warner Bros.-19 episodes, 1963
  4. Mother Naked Angels Roger Corman, 1969
  5. First hoodlum, Play It Again, Sam, Paramount, 1972
  6. Dr. Gerald Appleby, The Clones, New World, 1973
  7. Yoga instructor, The Harrad Experiment, Cinerama Releasing, 1973
Huntoon, Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 9 "Chains"
1973
  1. Dan, Harry and Walter Go to New York, Columbia, 1976
  2. Vic, Dukes of Hazzard, Warner Brothers, 1981
  3. Texas, Moscow on the Hudson, Columbia, 1984
  4. Guard, Creator, MCA/Universal, 1985
  5. Jim Hart, To Live and Die in L.A., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
  6. Paul Dunn, Lost in America, Warner Bros., 1985
  7. Big Ed, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista, 1986
  8. Lacey, *batteries not included, Universal, 1987
  9. Robert Wells, Less Than Zero, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
  10. Vernon Burdett, Stranded, New Line Cinema, 1987
  11. Captain Mitchell, The Night Before, Kings Road Entertainment, 1988
  12. Clint, Moon over Parador, Universal, 1988
  13. Captain Benson, Lord of the Flies, Columbia, 1990
  14. General Curtis, Eve of Destruction, Orion, 1991
  15. Major General Scott, For the Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
  16. Colonel Kenton, Undercover Blues, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
  17. Mission Control farmer, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993
  18. Sheriff Hodes, Roadflower, Miramax Films, 1994
  19. Slick Willie, Nice Guys Sleep Alone, Lunacy Productions, 1999
  20. George Bush, The Day Reagan Was Shot, 2001
  21. Jerry, ''Permanent, 2017