Person

Michael Kearns

Acting · Born 1950-01-08 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

• 

  Murder, She Wrote

  Reporter

• 

  Beverly Hills, 90210

  Hal

• 

  Cheers

  Richard

• 

  Knots Landing

  Stan

• 

  Crazy like a Fox

  Pro

• 

  Body Double

  Male Porn Star

• 

  Old Dogs & New Tricks

  Bill Shannon

• 

  It's My Party

  Party Guest

• 

  And the Band Played On

  Cleve

• 

  A Mother's Prayer

  Buddy

• 2011Old Dogs & New TricksBill Shannon
• 2010The Perfect GentlemanCharles
• 1997River Made to Drown InArthur
• 1996It's My PartyParty Guest
• 1995A Mother's PrayerBuddy
• 1993And the Band Played OnCleve
• 1991Dream Man
• 1990Beverly Hills, 90210Hal
• 1990Street AsylumAdditional Voices
• 1985The Execution
• 1984Crazy like a FoxPro
• 1984Body DoubleMale Porn Star
• 1984Murder, She WroteReporter
• 1982CheersRichard
• 1982Rimbaud in L.A.Tom Verlaine
• 1982Dorothy and Alan at Norma PlaceJack Perkins
• 1979Knots LandingStan
• 1979L.A. Tool & DieJim
• 1977Silent No More