R.I.P. actor Michael "Kill Bill" & "From Dusk Till Dawn" Parks @ 77 [View all]

[Miles Archer]

Michael Parks, Character Actor in ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Tusk,’ Dies at 77

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/michael-parks-dead-kill-bill-character-actor-1202422134/

Michael Parks, a character actor with over 100 film and television credits, has died. He was 77.

Parks’ agent announced that the actor died on Tuesday.

Parks was born in Corona, Calif., where his early jobs included picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires. His film career began in 1961, when he played the nephew of the character George Mac Michael on the ABC sitcom “The Real McCoys.”

The prolific actor had a late-career surge, working with directors including Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez. In the first and second “Kill Bill” movies he played Texas Ranger Earl McGraw and Esteban Vihaio.