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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nesmith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Self (archive footage)

Laurel Canyon

2020

7.5

Self

I Want My MTV

2019

🎬

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Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em

2015

6.5

Making The Monkees

2007

7.1

Self

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

7.2

Self

Behind the Music

1997

5.5

Mike

Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

1997

8.8

Self

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

1997

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

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Michael Nesmith on Austin City Limits

1992

Credits

Laurel Canyon

as Self (archive footage)

2020

8.0

I Want My MTV

as Self

2019

7.5

🎬

Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em

2015

0.0

Making The Monkees

2007

6.5

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

as Self

2003

7.1

Behind the Music

as Self

1997

7.2

Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees

as Mike

1997

5.5

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

as Self

1997

8.8

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Michael Nesmith on Austin City Limits

1992

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Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival

1992

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Tapeheads

as Water Man

1988

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Burglar

as Cabbie

1987

5.2

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

1986

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Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

1985

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Television Parts Home Companion

as Self

1985

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MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

1984

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Repo Man

as Rabbi

1984

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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

as Race Official (uncredited)

1982

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Elephant Parts

1981

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An Evening with Sir William Martin

as Foyer the Butler

1981

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Saturday Night Live

as The Man with the Black Hat (voice) (uncredited)

1975

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Saturday Night Live

as Man in Foreign Film (uncredited)

1975

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33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee

as Himself/Monkee #3

1969

3.5

Head

as Mike

1968

6.2

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

1968

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The Monkees

as Mike

1966

6.5

Top of the Pops

as Self

1964

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