Besides being an accomplished songwriter, performer, and music video
pioneer, Michael Nesmith is also a big time Hollywood movie producer.
Well, ok, he's produced a few films.  Here are the ones I know of.
If there are others, perhaps your readers other can contribute more
information.

Michael Nesmith was producer or executive producer of the following.

Timerider - 1983
        Cast:     Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, L.Q. Jones,
                  Ed Lauter, Richard Masur, Tracy Walter
	Director: William Dear (he also directed the "Rio" video)

	According to "The Monkees: A Manufactured Image", Nesmith
	was also a writer and score composer for this film.

Repo Man - 1984
        Cast:     Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Vonetta McGee,
                  Sy Richardson, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash,
                  Susan Barnes, Fox Harris, The Circle Jerks
	Director: Alex Cox

Square Dance (Home Is Where The Heart Is) - 1987
        Cast:     Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder,
                  Rob Lowe, Guich Koock, Deborah Richter, Elbert Lewis
	Director: Daniel Petrie

Tapeheads - 1988
        Cast:     John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Connie
                  Stevens, Doug McClure, Lyle Alzado, Clu Gulager,
                  Katy Boyer, Jessica Walter, Susan Tyrrell,
                  Junior Walker, Sam Moore
	Director: Bill Fishman

	Nesmith makes a brief appearance in this film as the
	bottled water delivery man.

At one point, all of the above were available on Pacific Arts Video.
I don't know if they're still available.

Nesmith also played a cabbie in the 1987 film "Burglar", starring
Whoopie Goldberg.

He is currently producing a film adaptation of Douglas Adams'
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

Jason Nesmith (Michael's son, unless it's another Jason Nesmith)
appeared as a child in the 1980 film "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow",
about Nostradamus, narrated by Orson Welles.  This is according to the
Internet Movie Database, http://www.msstate.edu/Movies/welcome.html.

Tom parkin@xnet.com