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Richard Starkey MBE (born July 7, 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" a…
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Richard Starkey MBE (born July 7, 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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Ringo Starr's Filmography
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High in the Clouds
as Roy (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Classic Stories
as Narrator
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
as Self
Man on the Run
as Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
as Self
A Love Letter to the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
as Self
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage)
TWST / Things We Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
as Self
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles '64
as Self
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
as Self (archive footage)
The Bannfoot Ferry
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
as Self
The Beatles and the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
as Self (archive footage)
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Let There Be Drums!
as Self
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
as Himself
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
as Self
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self
Ringo Starr: One of Them
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
as Self
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
The Beatles and India
as Self (archive footage)
What Drives Us
as Self
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Self
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
as Self - Host
Understanding McCartney
as Self
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self
No Poster
The Shadows At Sixty
as Self (Archive Footage)
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
as Self
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
as Self (archive footage)
Echo in the Canyon
as Self
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
as Self (archive footage)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
as Self
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
as Self
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
as Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
as Self
Free to Rock
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Året var 1967
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Ringo Starr
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
No Poster
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: 1st Class Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild
as archival footage
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
as Self
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
as Fibonacci Sequins (voice)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
as Self
Beatles på Sverigeturné
as Self (archive footage)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
as (Archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Edward and Gordon
as Narrator (voice)
Ringo at the Ryman
as himself
Året var 1963
as Self (archive footage)
Genius
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
as Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
as Self
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
Produced by George Martin
as Self
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
as Self
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends
as Narrator (voice)
Change Begins Within
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Percy
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Best of James
as Narrator (voice)
The Winged Beetle
as Self
Becoming the Beatles
as Self
Beatles Stories
as Self (archive footage)
All You Need Is Klaus
as Self
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
as Self (archive footage)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with the Twin Engines
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Diesel
as Narrator (voice)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self (archive footage)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Toby and Edward
as Narrator (voice)
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
as Self
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
as Narrator (voice)
David Wants to Fly
as Self
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas
as Narrator (voice)
A Concert by the Lake
as Self
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
No Poster
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
as Self (archive footage)
Oh My God
as Self
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
as Self
The Beatles on Record
as Self
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Thomas
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with James
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Percy
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas and Friends: Thomas and Gordon and Other Adventures
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas & Friends, Volume 1
as Narrator (voice)
Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band
as Self
The Beatles: Parting Ways
as Self
The Best Of Sound Stage
All Together Now
as Self
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
as Self
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
as Self
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
as Self
No Poster
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
as Self (archive footage)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
as Self (archive footage)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
as self
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
as Self (archive footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
as Self
The Beatles Phenomenon
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles In America
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Love
as Self
To John With Love
as Self
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self (archive footage)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
as Self
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
as himself
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
as Self (archive)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Beatles
as Self (Archival footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
as Self
No Poster
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Rama
as Himself
The Beatles: Around the World
as Self (archive footage)
Concert for George
as Self
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Trilogy
as Self
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self (archive footage)
Things They Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Very Best of Thomas & Friends
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Toby Adventures
as Narrator (voice)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...
as Himself
Thomas & Friends: Seasonal Scrapes
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Bertie Adventures
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
as Narrator (voice)
Wingspan
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Truck Loads of Fun
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Percy Adventures
as Narrator (voice)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Peep Peep Party
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Fun Time Favourites
as Narrator (voice)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band
as Self
Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Biggest Party Video Ever!
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Chases, Races and Runaways
as Narrator (voice)
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Playtime
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
as Narrator (voice)
The Beatles Story
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: My Little MiniVid
as Narrator (voice)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Unauthorized
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Your Favourite Story Collection
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Train and 17 Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Queen: Champions of the World
as Self
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as Self
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped and 17 Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Party and 17 Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
as Self
Ringo Starr Going Home
as Self - Host
No Poster
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Thomas & Friends: Down the Mine and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never and Other Stories
as Narrator
No Poster
Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
as Mr. Conductor
Lennon: A Tribute
Thomas & Friends: The Sad Story of Henry and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Bumper Special
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
as Self
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
Thomas & Friends: Watch and Play
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Breakdown Train and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
as Self
Walking After Midnight
as Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
as Self (archive footage)
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
as Self
Thomas & Friends: The Deputation and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Percy and Harold and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Thomas, Percy and the Coal and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Video from Hell
as Self
The Return of Bruno
as Ringo Starr
Thomas & Friends: Coal and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Troublesome Trucks and Other Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Fun with the Fab Four
as Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
as Self
An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
as Self
No Poster
British Rock: The First Wave
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Further Adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
as Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Sun City
as Self
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
as The Janitor
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Ringo
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
as Self (uncredited)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode
as Narrator (voice)
The Compleat Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
as Self
The Cooler
as Prisoner / Cowboy
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Caveman
as Atouk
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
as Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
as Self
The Last Waltz
as Self
Ringo
as Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
as Self (archive footage)
Sextette
as Laslo Karolny
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
as Self
Mighty Good: The Beatles
as Self
The Day the Music Died
as Self
Lisztomania
as The Pope
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Dracula
as Merlin, the Magician
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
as Self
That'll Be The Day
as Mike
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
as Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
The Concert for Bangladesh
as Self
Weekend of a Champion
as Self (uncredited)
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
as Himself
The Making of 200 Motels
as Self
Cilla in Scandinavia
as Self
Blindman
as Candy
200 Motels
as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
The Point
as Narrator / Father (voice)
Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
as Self
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic Christian
as Youngman Grand, Esq.
The Beatles: Something
as Self
The Beatles: Abbey Road
as Self - Drums
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
as Self (archive footage)
Candy
as Emmanuel
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
as Self
Beatles Electroniques
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beatles: Revolution
as Self
Yellow Submarine
as Ringo (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
as Self / Talkative Magician
No Poster
All You Need Is Love
as Self
Our World
as Self
Monument
as Self (archive footage)
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
as Self
El Rey en Londres
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
as Self - The Beatles
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
as Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
as Self
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
as Self
Reflections on Love
as Self (archive footage)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
as Self
Help!
as Ringo
Doctor Who: The Chase
as Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
as Self
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
as Self - The Beatles Member
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
as Self
A Hard Day's Night
as Ringo
The Beatles Sing for Shell
as Self
The Beatles in Australia
as Self
Around the Beatles
as Self
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
as Self
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Come to Town
as Self
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
as Self
The Mersey Sound
as Self
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
The Beatles - 1967-1970
as Self (archive footage)
Building the Beatles
as Self (Archive Footage)