American actor Michael Parks dies at 77
Michael Parks, the veteran Hollywood character actor who appeared in Kill Bill, Django Unchained and Red State, has died at the age of 77, The Hollywood Reporter reported. His passing on Wednesday was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his agent, Jane Schulman of Vesta Talent Agency.
The cause of death was not disclosed. During his busy Hollywood career, Parks appeared in movies by auteur directors like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith, who paid tribute to the veteran actor on Wednesday via Instagram. Parks was born in April, 1940, in Corona, Calif., and grew up as the son of a baseball player.
His first screen roles included playing a nephew named Tom in 1961 on the ABC sitcom The Real McCoys and the role of Park on a 1962 Gunsmoke episode. Parks starred on Then Came Bronson, appeared on legal dramas like Perry Mason and Sam Benedictand had roles on the Dynasty spinoff series The Colbys and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, where he played the Canadian drug runner Jean Renault.
