Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. His most notable roles are fatherly figure Steven Keaton from Family Ties and graboid hunter Burt Gummer from the Tremors film and television series. is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Graboid is a colloquial term for the fictional species appearing in the Tremors series of films. ... Burt Gummer, in Tremors 2: Aftershocks. ... Tremors is a 1990 comedic monster film about a group of people from a small Nevada town fighting subterranean worm-creatures dubbed Graboids. It was directed by Ron Underwood, and stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. ...

Biography

Early life

Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Virginia Ruth, a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer.^[1]He attended high school at Kelvyn Park High School on the north side of Chicago. He received his drama degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago before attending Yale University for his Master of Fine Arts degree. His sister, Mary Gross, is a former Saturday Night Live cast member.^[2] Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... This article is about the University of Illinois at Chicago. ... Yale redirects here. ... Mary Gross (born March 25, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comedian and actress best known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. ... SNL redirects here. ... The following is a list of Saturday Night Live cast members, past and present. ...

Career

Gross is known for his role as Steven Keaton in the 1980s sitcom Family Ties, and as "Burt Gummer" in the Tremors movies and subsequent TV series. He also guest starred in an episode of the sitcom Night Court, in which he played a sexual predator to Markie Post's character, Christine Sullivan. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Burt Gummer, in Tremors 2: Aftershocks. ... Tremors is a 1990 comedic monster film about a group of people from a small Nevada town fighting subterranean worm-creatures dubbed Graboids. It was directed by Ron Underwood, and stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. ... Night Court was an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. ... Marjorie Armstrong Post (born on November 4, 1950, in Palo Alto, California) is an actress, best known for her 1985–1992 role as Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court. ...

His other television credits include Boston Legal, How I Met Your Mother, Batman Beyond, ER, Law & Order, and two of its spinoffs: SVU and Criminal Intent. Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ... How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. ... Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and India) is an American animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. ... Current cast of ER ER is a popular NBC serial drama primarily set in a teaching hospitals emergency room, the fictional County General Hospital (based loosely off Cook County General, a real hospital) on Division Street in Chicago, Illinois. ... This article is about the original television series. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ...

Gross had a special cameo in 2000 on Spin City as a therapist to Michael J. Fox's character on Fox's final show as a regular on that program. Spin City was an American sitcom television series that ran from 1996 to 2002 on ABC, and was created by Gary David Goldberg & Bill Lawrence, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. ...

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Personal life

Gross has been married to casting director Elza Bergeron since June 2, 1984, and they have two children. is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Gross is a passionate railfan with an extensive collection of railroad antiques. He is an amateur railroad historian, photographer, modeller, and part-owner in a working railroad, the Santa Fe Southern Railway, a former branch line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which operates between Lamy and Santa Fe, New Mexico.^[3] He is also the spokesperson for the World's Greatest Hobby campaign sponsored by the Model Railroad Industry Association that promotes the hobby of model railroading. He has also been a spokesperson for Operation Lifesaver, a campaign promoting safety at railroad grade crossings.^[4] Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... For the province in the Philippines, see Antique (province) and for the band, see Antique (duo). ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting marks ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... Lamy is a census-designated place located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. ... Nickname: Location in Santa Fe County, New Mexico Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Fe Founded ca. ... HO scale model railroad. ... Operation Lifesaver is a 501(c)(3) educational organization in the United States dedicated to promoting safety at railroad grade crossings and railroad right of ways. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Filmography

• 1982–1989: Family Ties (TV series)
• 1988: The F.B.I. Murders
• 1988: Big Business
• 1990: Tremors
• 1991: Cool as Ice
• 1992: Alan & Naomi
• 1993: Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
• 1994: Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story (Made for TV movie)
• 1994: Avalanche
• 1995: Deceived By Trust
• 1996: Tremors 2: Aftershocks
• 1998: Ground Control
• 1999: Batman Beyond
• 2001: Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
• 2002: Tremors (TV series)
• 2002: ER (TV Series)
• 2003: Super Chief: Speed-Style-Service (narrator)
• 2004: Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
• 2004: Combustion
• 2006: Dome Car Magic: A History Of Railroad Dome Cars (narrator)
• 2008: 100 Million B.C

For other uses, see Family Ties (disambiguation). ... Big Business is a 1988 comedy film starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler. ... Tremors is a 1990 comedic monster film about a group of people from a small Nevada town fighting subterranean worm-creatures dubbed Graboids. It was directed by Ron Underwood, and stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. ... Cool as Ice is a 1991 film loosely based on Rebel Without a Cause, and often referred to as the Vanilla Ice Movie. ... Ground Control was a real-time tactics game developed by Massive Entertainment and was at the time a forerunner in its genre, winning many industry awards. ... Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and India) is an American animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. ... Tremors: The Series is a spin-off of Tremors and was produced at the same time as Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... This article is about the DC Comics character, for the Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed Superchief see Allie Reynolds Super-Chief is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. ... Dome Car Magic: A History of Railroad Dome Cars is a 2006 American television production that chronicles the history of the railroad sightseeing cars, from Burlingtons 1945 Silver Dome to the full-length models operating today in Canada and Alaska. ...

References

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External links

• Michael Gross at the Internet Movie Database