Michael Kearns

Biography

Michael Kearns (born January 8, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor, writer, director, teacher, producer, and activist. He is noted for being one of the first openly gay actors, and after an announcement on Entertainment Tonight in 1991, the first openly HIV-positive actor in Hollywood.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Beverly Hills, 90210

Cheers

Knots Landing

Crazy like a Fox

Body Double

Old Dogs & New Tricks

And the Band Played On

All Movies (13)

• The Perfect Gentleman2010 · as Charles
• River Made to Drown In1997 · as Arthur
• It's My Party1996 · as Party Guest
• A Mother's Prayer1995 · as Buddy
• And the Band Played On1993 · as Cleve
• Dream Man1991
• Street Asylum1990 · as Additional Voices
• The Execution1985
• Body Double1984 · as Male Porn Star
• Rimbaud in L.A.1982 · as Tom Verlaine
• Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place1982 · as Jack Perkins
• L.A. Tool & Die1979 · as Jim
• Silent No More1977

All TV Shows (6)

• Old Dogs & New Tricks2011 · as Bill Shannon
• Beverly Hills, 902101990 · as Hal
• Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Pro
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Reporter
• Cheers1982 · as Richard
• Knots Landing1979 · as Stan