Michael Greer | |
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| Born | James Robert Malley April 20, 1938 Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 2002 (age 64) Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, cabaret performer |
| Years active | Mid-1960s through 1990s |
Michael Greer (born James Robert Malley; April 20, 1938[1][2] — September 14, 2002[3]) was an American actor, comedian and cabaret performer. He is best known for his appearances in the films The Gay Deceivers and Fortune and Men's Eyes, and for being one of the first openly gay actors to appear in major Hollywood films.
- ^ Sixteenth Census of the United States, United States census, 1940; Galesburg, Knox, Illinois; roll T627 826, page 14B, line 45-47, enumeration district 48-30. Retrieved on April 30, 2015. Although some sources list Greer's birth date as April 20, 1942, no support for a 1943 birth date has yet been found in publicly available birth records.
- ^ "Michael Greer" (interview). Gay Scene: Intellectual Homophile Monthly, December 1974, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20120402175710/http://www.queermusicheritage.com/jun2003b.html, accessed May 3, 2015.
- ^ "Michael Greer" (obituary), Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2002, archived at LATimes.com; accessed April 30, 2015.