George Michael Dolenz, Jr. (born March 8, 1945), better known as Micky Dolenz, is an American actor, musician, and television and Theatre director best known for being one of The Monkees.

He was born in Los Angeles, California the son of George Dolenz, a Hollywood character actor, and his wife Janelle Johnson. Dolenz began his show business career in 1956 when he starred in a children’s show called Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock. In the show he played an orphaned boy who is the water boy for the elephants in his uncle’s one-ring circus at the turn of the 20th Century. The program ran for three years, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network TV shows and pursued his education. He also played with a couple of obscure rock and roll bands, including one called The Missing Links.

In 1965 Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became the drummer and lead vocalist for the band created for the show. He wrote a few of the band’s songs as well as providing the lead vocals for such hits as “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m a Believer”. Toward the end of the series’ hectic two-year run Dolenz directed and co-wrote what turned out to be the show’s final episode.

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