Then Came Bronson is a short-lived
adventure/drama television series that aired on
NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by
MGM Television. The series, created by Denne
Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on
Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was greenlit
for one year and began its first run on September
17, 1969. The pilot was also released in Europe
as a feature film.
Bronson is committed
to pacifism and often
redirects an
antagonist's anger into
self-examination.
Always, like a true
catalyst, he rolls out of
every episode
unchanged.
The show was
sometimes accused of
being a knock-off of the
movie Easy Rider, but it
actually preceded the
release of that movie.
Music
The opening instrumental theme song was titled, "Then Came Bronson" and was written and performed by George Duning. The closing vocal theme for the series was titled, "Long Lonesome Highway," sung by Parks and written by James Hendricks and was a Billboard Hot 100 hit reaching #20 1970.
The opening instrumental theme song was titled, "Then Came Bronson" and was written and performed by George Duning. The closing vocal theme for the series was titled, "Long Lonesome Highway," sung by Parks and written by James Hendricks and was a Billboard Hot 100 hit reaching #20 1970.
Michael Parks on Johnny Cash Show
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The Motorcycle
Bronson's motorcycle, a 1969 XLH 900cc Harley-Davidson Sportster, figures in many episodes. In one episode he enters several motorcycle races; in another, he makes an emergency run to fetch a doctor. But in some stories the motorcycle serves merely as transportation. Notice on the hill climb scene, a small 2 stroke is used with the rumble of a V-twin!
Bronson's motorcycle, a 1969 XLH 900cc Harley-Davidson Sportster, figures in many episodes. In one episode he enters several motorcycle races; in another, he makes an emergency run to fetch a doctor. But in some stories the motorcycle serves merely as transportation. Notice on the hill climb scene, a small 2 stroke is used with the rumble of a V-twin!
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Michael Parks, born in Corona, Calif., made his film debut in "The Wild Seed" (1965) when he was twenty-seven
years old. Soon he made appearances as a troubled ex-serviceman in the William Inge adaptation "Bus Riley's
Back in Town" (1965), "The Bible" (1966), "The Idol" (1966), and in "The Happening" (1968).
But it was his appearance as a traveling vagabond on a Harley in "Then Came Bronson" (1969), and the television
series that followed, that endeared Parks to millions of fans across the country and the world.
Parks has appeared in over fifty films made for the silver screen or television. Most recently he has appeared in a
few Quentin Tarantino productions - "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996) and "Kill Bill (Vol. 1)" (2003).
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