Ringo Starr
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: July 7, 1940 (84 years old)
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of "Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song "What Goes On" and primary writer with "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden". As drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers, behind drummers such as John Bonham, Keith Moon and Neil Peart. Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
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Louder Than Rock
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Paul Newman: The Restless
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2022
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Let There Be Drums!
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Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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Rat Pack
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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If These Walls Could Sing
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2021
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2019
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
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Echo in the Canyon
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
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Yesterday
2018
2017
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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How the Beatles Changed the World
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Free to Rock
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2016
Actor Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
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2011
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Beatles Stories
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2010
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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All You Need Is Klaus
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Actor Narrator
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
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A Concert by the Lake
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Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10
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Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
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David Wants to Fly
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
2009
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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The Beatles on Record
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
Actor Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
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Oh My God
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
2008
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
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All Together Now
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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Ringo Starr: Off the Record
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
2007
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2005
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Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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The Making of Sun City
Actor Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Water
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
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British Rock: The First Wave
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An Audience with Billy Connolly
Actor The Janitor
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
1984
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1969
Actor Youngman Grand, Esq.
The Magic Christian
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The Beatles: Something
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The Beatles - Abbey Road
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
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Beatles Electroniques
1968
1967
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Our World
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All You Need Is Love
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Monument
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The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Magical Mystery Tour
Director of Photography
Magical Mystery Tour
Songs
Revolution
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Magical Mystery Tour
1966
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1964
Actor Ringo
A Hard Day's Night
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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The Beatles in Australia
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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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Around the Beatles
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
