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Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was a Grammy- and Dove Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to P…
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Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was a Grammy- and Dove Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. During his 50 years in show business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights". Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967. For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glen Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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Glen Campbell's Filmography
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The Beach Boys
as Self
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
Country Kings at the BBC
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
as Self
No Poster
Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy
as Self (archive footage)
Hava Nagila: The Movie
as Self
Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001)
as Self
Country at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals
as Self
The Wrecking Crew
as Self - Guitar
No Poster
Working with the Duke
as Self / La Boeuf
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1977
Glen Campbell | Good Times Again
as Self
Elvis The Man The Music The Legend
as Self
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
as Self
The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
as Self
Glen Campbell | In Concert
as Self
Third World Cop
as Security Guard
It's Branson!
as Self
Brian Wilson’s Imagination
as Self
Rock-A-Doodle
as Chanticleer / The King (voice)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The 20th Reunion
as Self
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
as Self
Uphill All the Way
as Captain Hazelton
Glen Campbell | Live in Dublin
as Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
No Poster
Hallelujah Gospel
as Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Beach Boys 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
Any Which Way You Can
as Self
Gay, Gay Hollywood
as Self
50 Years of Country Music
as Self - Host
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self - Host
An Evening with Glen Campbell
as Self
Christmas in Disneyland
as Grandpa Jones / Disneyland Visitor
No Poster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
Joys
as Self
No Poster
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self (archive footage)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1975
No Poster
Strange Homecoming
as Bill Halsey
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
as Self
Norwood
as Norwood
Colosseum and Juicy Lucy
as Self
The 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max
as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
Dionne Warwick: Souled Out
as Self
True Grit
as "La Boeuf"
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
The Cool Ones
as Patrick
Baby the Rain Must Fall
as Band Member
The T.A.M.I. Show
as Self - Guitarist in House Band (uncredited)
The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II
as Self
The Return of the Smothers Brothers
as Self