1943-02-25 Liverpool, England, UK
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
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TWST / Things We Said Today | Self (archive footage) | 2025-02-28 |
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The Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 2025-04-07 |
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No Hamburg, No Beatles | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2024-12-06 |
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Beatles '64 | Self (archive footage) | 2024-11-24 |
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands | Self (archive footage) | 2024-11-12 |
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The Bannfoot Ferry | Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-22 |
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The Beach Boys | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-21 |
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-06 |
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song | Self (archive footage) | 2023-12-13 |
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Louder Than Rock | Self (archive footage) | 2023-04-28 |
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Roy Orbison at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2023-02-04 |
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The Beatles and the BBC | Self (archive footage) | 2023-11-04 |
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | 2023-04-13 |
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-30 |
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-11 |
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Ringo Starr: One of Them | Self (archive footage) | 2022-06-28 |
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-30 |
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction | 2022-09-07 | |
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If These Walls Could Sing | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-03 |
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-08 |
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s? | 2022-01-27 | |
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George Harrison–All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary) | self | 2021-08-06 |
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres | Self (archival footage) | 2021-06-13 |
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The Beatles and India | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-31 |
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon | Self (archive footage) | 2020-12-21 |
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band | Self (archive footage) | 2020-02-21 |
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Meeting the Beatles in India | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-09 |
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-01 |
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-13 |
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-22 |
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An Accidental Studio | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-12 |
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle | Self (archive footage) | 2019-09-17 |
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars | Self | 2018-03-30 |
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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988 | Self | 2018-01-01 |
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George Harrison - All Things Pass | Self (archive footage) | 2018-03-20 |
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney | Self (archival footage) | 2018-12-11 |
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-12 |
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Take Your Pills | Self (archive footage) | 2018-03-09 |
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go! | Self | 2018-06-01 |
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky | Self (archive footage) | 2018-11-24 |
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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-16 |
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Året var 1967 | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-02 |
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-03 |
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Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer | Self - Musician (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
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Free to Rock | Self - The Beatles (archive footage) | 2017-05-01 |
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-26 |
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My Generation | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-08 |
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How the Beatles Changed the World | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-23 |
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Superswede | Self (archive footage) | 2017-08-17 |
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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison | Self (archive footage) | 2016-02-26 |
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-16 |
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970) | Self (archive footage) | 2016-02-19 |
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape | Self (archive footage) | 2016-03-13 |
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The Beatles 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-11 |
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The Beatles 1+ | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969 | Self | 2014-01-05 |
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75 | Self (archive footage) | 2014-09-22 |
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled | Self (archive footage) | 2014-05-19 |
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Beatles på Sverigeturné | Self (archive footage) | 2014-01-11 |
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda | Self (archive footage) | 2014-10-10 |
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Good Ol' Freda | Self (archive footage) | 2013-09-06 |
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Året var 1963 | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-16 |
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Genius | Self (archive footage) | 2012-12-28 |
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO | Self (archive footage) | 2012-10-05 |
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Palme | 2012-09-14 | |
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The Winged Beetle | Self | 2012-01-01 |
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The Beatles: Their Golden Age | Self | 2012-07-24 |
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited | Self (archive footage) | 2012-10-06 |
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Becoming the Beatles | Self | 2012-01-01 |
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 | Self | 2012-09-05 |
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-02 |
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos | Self (archive footage) | 2011-01-01 |
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-02 |
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-02 |
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern | Self (archive footage) | 2011-02-09 |
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2011-05-02 |
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Beatles Stories | Self (archive footage) | 2011-11-11 |
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The Beatles: The Complete Story | Self (Archive Footage) | 2010-01-01 |
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour | Self (archive footage) | 2010-12-15 |
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-01 |
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-07 |
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need | Self (archive footage) | 2010-07-19 |
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India | Self | 2010-10-19 |
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 |
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries | Self | 2009-09-09 |
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-25 |
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The Beatles: Parting Ways | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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The Beatles on Record | Self | 2009-09-06 |
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The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland | self | 2008-02-01 |
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 2008-04-08 |
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965 | Self (Archive Footage) | 2008-01-01 |
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2008-09-30 |
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 | Self (archive footage) | 2008-02-12 |
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-14 |
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The Beatles: Help! | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-27 |
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg | Self (archive footage) | 2007-11-12 |
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys | Self | 2007-06-12 |
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The Beatles Explosion | Self (archive footage) | 2007-01-01 |
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To John With Love | Self | 2006-11-01 |
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Doctor Who: Origins | Self (archive footage) | 2006-01-30 |
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The Beatles: Love | Self | 2006-11-20 |
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 | Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar | 2005-02-22 |
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Meet the Beatles | Self (Archival footage) | 2005-01-01 |
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited | Self | 2005-10-24 |
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary | Self (archive footage) | 2005-02-14 |
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent | Self (archive footage) | 2005-01-01 |
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-23 |
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Beatles Biggest Secrets | Self (archive footage) | 2004-12-02 |
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George Harrison: All things must pass | Self (archive footage) | 2004-05-31 |
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-01 |
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
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Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-02 |
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Hagström: Allt i musik | Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-23 |
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The Beatles - Trilogy | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
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The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road | 2003-03-04 | |
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Beatles: The Journey | Self (archive footage) | 2003-06-17 |
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Concert for George | Self (archive footage) | 2003-10-03 |
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-25 |
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Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles | Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage) | 2003-08-16 |
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The Beatles: Around the World | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-04 |
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Naqoyqatsi | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-09-02 |
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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Elvis: King of Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | 2002-01-01 |
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George Harrison - The Quiet one | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-01 |
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Things They Said Today | Self (archive footage) | 2002-09-30 |
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Wingspan | Self (archive footage) | 2001-05-11 |
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Beatles: Big Beat Box | Self (archive footage) | 2001-12-03 |
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album | Self | 2000-04-11 |
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales | Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-12-06 |
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story | Self | 1999-10-07 |
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The Beatles: A Celebration | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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The Beatles Story | Self (archive footage) | 1996-07-01 |
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary | Self (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
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The Beatles Unauthorized | Self (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Tom Petty: Going Home | Self | 1994-01-23 |
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) | 1994-06-23 |
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Curves Contours & Body Horns | Self | 1993-12-12 |
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Self | 1993-03-02 |
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live | Self | 1993-10-05 |
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' | Self (archive footage) | 1992-12-25 |
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George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall | 1992-04-06 | |
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The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper | Self | 1992-06-14 |
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East | Self | 1991-07-17 |
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit | Self (archive footage) | 1991-11-13 |
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George Harrison: Live in Japan | 1991-12-17 | |
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The Prince's Trust Rock Gala | Self (archive footage) | 1990-03-20 |
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The Movie Life of George | Self | 1989-02-10 |
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Imagine: John Lennon | Self | 1988-09-30 |
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Checking Out | Cleaner | 1988-10-26 |
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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2 | 1987-07-06 | |
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Jimi Plays Monterey | Self (archive footage) | 1987-10-16 |
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Taj Mahal and Friends | Self | 1987-03-10 |
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Fun with the Fab Four | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
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Shanghai Surprise | Nightclub Singer | 1986-08-29 |
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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties | Self | 1986-01-01 |
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British Rock: The First Wave | Self (archive footage) | 1985-10-10 |
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Water | Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band | 1985-01-11 |
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session | Self | 1985-10-15 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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The Compleat Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 1982-10-01 |
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This Is Elvis | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1981-04-03 |
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Life of Brian | Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited) | 1979-08-17 |
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Ringo | George Harrison | 1978-04-25 |
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Self (archive footage) | 1978-04-01 |
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel | Self | 1978-01-01 |
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer) | 1978-03-22 |
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium | Self | 1977-08-06 |
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The Day the Music Died | Self | 1977-01-01 |
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Mighty Good: The Beatles | Self | 1977-05-14 |
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Night Lunch | Self | 1975-12-09 |
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George Harrison: Live in North America 1974 | 1974-12-20 | |
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La Société du spectacle | Self (archive footage) | 1974-05-01 |
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 1974-10-03 |
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Imagine | Self | 1972-12-23 |
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The Concert for Bangladesh | Self | 1972-03-23 |
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Raga | Self | 1971-11-23 |
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Let It Be | Self - The Beatles (uncredited) | 1970-05-13 |
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The Beatles - Abbey Road | Self - Guitar, Vocals | 1969-09-26 |
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Abbey Road | Self (audio) | 1969-09-26 |
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Beatles Electroniques | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1969-01-01 |
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three | Self (archive footage) | 1969-01-02 |
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The Beatles: Something | Self | 1969-10-06 |
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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest | Self | 1969-11-21 |
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two | Self (archive footage) | 1969-01-02 |
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko | Self (archive footage) | 1969-12-15 |
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One | Self (archive footage) | 1969-01-02 |
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The Beatles: Revolution | Self | 1968-09-19 |
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey | Self | 1968-12-10 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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The Beatles: Hey Jude | Self | 1968-09-08 |
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Yellow Submarine | George (uncredited) | 1968-07-17 |
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All My Loving | Self | 1968-11-03 |
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All You Need Is Love | Self | 1967-07-07 |
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Monument | Self (archive footage) | 1967-04-17 |
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Magical Mystery Tour | Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope | 1967-12-25 |
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Our World | Self | 1967-06-25 |
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El Rey en Londres | Self (archive footage) | 1966-10-11 |
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ビートルズ・イン・ジャパン | Self | 1966-06-30 |
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Reflections on Love | Self (archive footage) | 1966-05-01 |
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ビートルズ・イン・ジャパン | Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar | 1966-07-01 |
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Die Beatles | Self - The Beatles | 1966-07-05 |
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The Beatles: Live in Paris | Self | 1965-10-31 |
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Help! | George | 1965-07-29 |
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Pop Gear | Self | 1965-05-19 |
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-16 |
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Doctor Who: The Chase | Self (archive footage) | 1965-06-26 |
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A Hard Day's Night | George | 1964-07-07 |
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The Beatles Sing for Shell | Self | 1964-07-01 |
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The Beatles in Australia | Self | 1964-06-01 |
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands | Self | 1964-07-17 |
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Around the Beatles | Self | 1964-05-06 |
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The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum | Self | 1964-03-14 |
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York | Self (archive footage) | 1964-02-12 |
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA | Self - The Beatles Member | 1964-10-16 |
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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool | 1963-12-07 | |
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The Mersey Sound | Self | 1963-09-10 |
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The Beatles Come to Town | Self | 1963-12-22 |
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The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966 | Self | |
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The Beatles - 1967-1970 | Self (archive footage) |
