20 Movie Talents We Lost In 2017

6. Michael Parks

Actor Michael Parks began his career starring in a number of films and TV shows throughout the 60s and 70s but contemporary audiences will probably know him best for his more recent collaborations with directors Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith.

In Tarantino’s vampire action horror From Dusk till Dawn, Parks played Texas Ranger Earl McGraw – a role he would later reprise in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and the Tarantino-Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse. He worked with Tarantino again in Kill Bill: Volume 2, this time in a different role as Mexican pimp Esteban Vihaio, and Django Unchained.

He was also cast as the villain in two of Kevin Smith’s indie horrors – Red State and Tusk – and enjoyed a stint as French-Canadian drug runner Jean Renault on David Lynch’s surreal TV drama Twin Peaks during the early 90s.