Editing Micky Dolenz (section)

=== ''Circus Boy'' ===
[[File:Micky Dolenz Braddock Circus Boy 1958.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Dolenz as Corky]]
Dolenz began his show-business career in 1956 when he starred in a children's TV show called ''[[Circus Boy]]'' under the name '''Mickey Braddock'''.<ref> Matt Messina, "Western on NBC Agenda," ''New York Daily News'', June 7, 1966, p. 69. </ref> He played Corky, an orphaned water boy for the elephants in a one-ring [[circus]] at the start of the 20th century. The program ran for two seasons, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network television shows and pursued his education. Dolenz went to [[Grant High School (Los Angeles)|Ulysses S. Grant High School]] in [[Valley Glen]] and graduated in 1962. In 1964, he was cast as Ed in the episode "Born of Kings and Angels" of the [[NBC]] education drama series ''[[Mr. Novak]]'', starring [[James Franciscus]] as an idealistic Los Angeles teacher. Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]''.