Learned to play the drums after being cast as the Monkees' drummer.
Played the first synthesizer on a rock recording (the Monkees' "Daily Nightly" from the 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.).
Cowrote and directed the final episode of The Monkees.
Voiced various characters on Saturday-morning cartoons during the 1970s, including The Funky Phantom and The Scooby-Doo Show.
Auditioned for the role of Fonzie on Happy Days.
Moved to London in 1977 to costar in Harry Nilsson's musical The Point! with fellow Monkee Davy Jones.
Worked as a director-producer in England during the late 1970s and early '80s. His credits include a stage version of Bugsy Malone that starred a 14-year-old Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Created-produced the early 1980s British children's show Luna.
Studied physics during the 1970s and '80s at the Open University, a UK correspondence college.
Micky Dolenz
March 8, 1945 (age 79)
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Starred in the 1950s series Circus Boy.
Learned to play the drums after being cast as the Monkees' drummer.
Played the first synthesizer on a rock recording (the Monkees' "Daily Nightly" from the 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.).
Cowrote and directed the final episode of The Monkees.
Voiced various characters on Saturday-morning cartoons during the 1970s, including The Funky Phantom and The Scooby-Doo Show.
Auditioned for the role of Fonzie on Happy Days.
Moved to London in 1977 to costar in Harry Nilsson's musical The Point! with fellow Monkee Davy Jones.
Worked as a director-producer in England during the late 1970s and early '80s. His credits include a stage version of Bugsy Malone that starred a 14-year-old Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Created-produced the early 1980s British children's show Luna.
Studied physics during the 1970s and '80s at the Open University, a UK correspondence college.