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Videos (see all 4)
"Miami Vice" (1984): Season 4: Episode 5 -- After shooting a boy during an investigation, a tormented Crockett (Don Johnson) tries to repair his relationship with his son. With Belinda Montgomery and Grammy winner Isaac Hayes.
"The Dead Zone" (2002): :  -- US Home Video Trailer from Lion's Gate
"Simon & Simon" (1981): Season 3: Episode 6 -- A.J. and Rick search for a hard-edged detective who disappears after hearing from an old flame.
"Simon & Simon" (1981): Season 2: Episode 6 -- Buck Yancey (Stuart Whitman), a former star of Western movies, is suspected of murdering a film producer (Broderick Crawford) who fired him.

Overview

Date of Death:
1 November 2005, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Michael went to school in New York before taking a creative writing course... more
Trivia:
Son-in-law of actress/dancer Sandra Giles. more
STARmeter: ?
Down 12% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
NewsDesk:
Treknobabble #64: My Mind to Your Mind
 (From FilmJunk. 29 April 2009, 7:28 AM, PDT)


Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Writer, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Actor, Thanks, Self
Writer:
  1. "Wildfire" (51 episodes, 2005-2008)
        - The Ties That Bind: Part II (2008) TV episode (creator)
        - The Ties That Bind: Part I (2008) TV episode (creator)
        - Vows (2008) TV episode (creator)
        - Life's Too Short (2008) TV episode (creator)
        - Commitment Issues (2008) TV episode (creator)
          (46 more)
  2. "The Dead Zone" (81 episodes, 2002-2007)
    ... aka "Stephen King's Dead Zone" (USA)
        - Denouement (2007) TV episode (created for television by)
        - Ambush (2007) TV episode (created for television by)
        - Exile (2007) TV episode (created for television by)
        - Drift (2007) TV episode (created for television by)
        - Transgressions (2007) TV episode (creator)
          (76 more)
  3. The Dead Zone (2002) (V) (creator) (story) (teleplay)
  4. "Star Trek: Voyager" (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
    ... aka "Voyager" (USA: short title)
        - Endgame (2001) TV episode (creator)
        - Renaissance Man (2001) TV episode (creator)
        - Homestead (2001) TV episode (creator)
        - Natural Law (2001) TV episode (creator)
        - Friendship One (2001) TV episode (creator)
          (166 more)

  5. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (173 episodes, 1993-1999)
    ... aka "DS9" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka "Deep Space Nine" (USA: short title)
    ... aka "Star Trek: DS9" (USA: short title)
        - What You Leave Behind (1999) TV episode (creator)
        - The Dogs of War (1999) TV episode (creator)
        - Extreme Measures (1999) TV episode (creator)
        - Tacking Into the Wind (1999) TV episode (creator)
        - When It Rains... (1999) TV episode (creator)
          (168 more)
  6. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) (screenplay) (story)
    ... aka Star Trek 9 (USA: informal alternative title)
  7. "Legend" (2 episodes, 1995)
        - Mr. Pratt Goes to Sheridan (1995) TV episode (writer)
        - Birth of a Legend (1995) TV episode (writer)
  8. 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine': Behind the Scenes (1993) (V) (creator)
  9. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (13 episodes, 1989-1992)
    ... aka "Star Trek: TNG" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Rascals (1992) TV episode (story)
        - Time's Arrow: Part 1 (1992) TV episode (teleplay)
        - The Perfect Mate (1992) TV episode (teleplay)
        - The Masterpiece Society (1992) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Unification: Part 2 (1991) TV episode (story) (teleplay)
          (8 more)

  10. "Hard Time on Planet Earth" (3 episodes, 1989)
        - The All American (1989) TV episode (writer)
        - Death Do Us Part (1989) TV episode (writer)
        - The Way Home (1989) TV episode (writer)
  11. "Miami Vice" (2 episodes, 1987-1988)
        - A Bullet for Crockett (1988) TV episode (excerpts) (uncredited)
        - Child's Play (1987) TV episode (teleplay)
  12. "Probe" (1988) TV series (unknown episodes)
  13. "Simon & Simon" (11 episodes, 1982-1986)
        - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree (1986) TV episode (writer)
        - Act Five (1986) TV episode (writer)
        - A Significant Obsession (1986) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Reunion at Alcatraz (1985) TV episode (writer)
        - Love and/or Marriage (1985) TV episode (writer)
          (6 more)
  14. "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1 episode, 1983)
        - Enos's Last Chance (1983) TV episode (story)
  15. "Cagney & Lacey" (1 episode, 1983)
        - The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All (1983) TV episode (writer)
Producer:
  1. "The Dead Zone" (executive producer) (68 episodes, 2002-2006)
    ... aka "Stephen King's Dead Zone" (USA)
        - The Hunting Party (2006) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Into the Heart of Darkness (2006) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Revelations (2006) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Vortex (2006) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Symmetry (2006) TV episode (executive producer)
          (63 more)
  2. "Wildfire" (executive producer) (12 episodes, 2005)
        - Loyalty (2005) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Impressions (2005) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Tina Sharp (2005) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Identity (2005) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Party (2005) TV episode (executive producer)
          (7 more)
  3. The Dead Zone (2002) (V) (executive producer)

  4. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) (co-producer)
    ... aka Star Trek 9 (USA: informal alternative title)
  5. "Star Trek: Voyager" (executive producer) (46 episodes, 1995-1996)
    ... aka "Voyager" (USA: short title)
        - Sacred Ground (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
        - False Profits (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Flashback (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Basics: Part 2 (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Basics: Part 1 (1996) TV episode (executive producer)
          (41 more)
  6. "Legend" (executive producer) (12 episodes, 1995)
        - Skeletons in the Closet (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Clueless in San Francisco (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Fall of a Legend (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Revenge of the Herd (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Bone of Contention (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
          (7 more)
  7. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (executive producer) (65 episodes, 1993-1995)
    ... aka "DS9" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka "Deep Space Nine" (USA: short title)
    ... aka "Star Trek: DS9" (USA: short title)
        - Improbable Cause (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Through the Looking Glass (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Distant Voices (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Visionary (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Prophet Motive (1995) TV episode (executive producer)
          (60 more)
  8. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (executive producer) (103 episodes, 1990-1994) (co-executive producer) (22 episodes, 1989-1990)
    ... aka "Star Trek: TNG" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - All Good Things... (1994) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Preemptive Strike (1994) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Emergence (1994) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Bloodlines (1994) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Firstborn (1994) TV episode (executive producer)
          (120 more)

  9. "Hard Time on Planet Earth" (1989) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  10. "Probe" (producer) (1 episode, 1988)
        - Untouched by Human Hands (1988) TV episode (producer)
  11. "Miami Vice" (co-producer) (5 episodes, 1987)
        - Missing Hours (1987) TV episode (co-producer)
        - God's Work (1987) TV episode (co-producer)
        - Child's Play (1987) TV episode (co-producer)
        - The Big Thaw (1987) TV episode (co-producer)
        - Contempt of Court (1987) TV episode (co-producer)
  12. "Simon & Simon" (producer) (24 episodes, 1985-1986)
        - The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree (1986) TV episode (producer)
        - The Last Harangue (1986) TV episode (producer)
        - Act Five (1986) TV episode (producer)
        - D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1986) TV episode (producer)
        - Eye of the Beholder (1986) TV episode (producer)
          (19 more)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Star Trek: Voyager" (creative consultant) (125 episodes, 1996-2001)
    ... aka "Voyager" (USA: short title)
        - Endgame (2001) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Renaissance Man (2001) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Homestead (2001) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Natural Law (2001) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Friendship One (2001) TV episode (creative consultant)
          (120 more)

  2. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (creative consultant) (108 episodes, 1995-1999)
    ... aka "DS9" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka "Deep Space Nine" (USA: short title)
    ... aka "Star Trek: DS9" (USA: short title)
        - What You Leave Behind (1999) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - The Dogs of War (1999) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Extreme Measures (1999) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - Tacking Into the Wind (1999) TV episode (creative consultant)
        - When It Rains... (1999) TV episode (creative consultant)
          (103 more)

  3. "Simon & Simon" (executive story consultant) (22 episodes, 1984-1985) (story editor) (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
        - Out-of-Town Brown (1985) TV episode (executive story consultant)
        - Marlowe, Come Home (1985) TV episode (executive story consultant)
        - Mummy Talks (1985) TV episode (executive story consultant)
        - The Mickey Mouse Mob (1985) TV episode (executive story consultant)
        - Slither (1985) TV episode (executive story consultant)
          (39 more)
Actor:
  1. Pretty Smart (1987) .... Mr. Ziegler
Thanks:
  1. Star Trek: Generations (1994) (special thanks)
    ... aka Star Trek 7 (USA: informal alternative title)
  2. Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (1994) (TV) (thanks)
Self:
  1. Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka The Museum of Television & Radio Presents: Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
  2. Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (1994) (TV) .... Himself
  3. 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine': Behind the Scenes (1993) (V) .... Himself
  4. Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991) (TV) .... Himself

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