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Ringo Starr filmography

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Ringo Starr with Ken Russell in 1975

In addition to the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968) and Let It Be (1970), Ringo Starr also acted in films such as Candy (1968), The Magic Christian (1969, alongside Peter Sellers), Blindman (1971), Son of Dracula (1974) and Caveman (1981).[1] Starr directed and appeared in Born to Boogie (1972), a concert film featuring Marc Bolan and T. Rex.[2] For the 1979 documentary film on the Who, The Kids Are Alright, Starr appeared in interview segments with fellow drummer Keith Moon.[3] He starred as Larry the Dwarf in Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1971).[4] His voice is also featured in Harry Nilsson's animated film The Point! (1971).[5]

In 1972, Starr made a brief cameo appearance at the end of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, entitled "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular". He co-starred in That'll Be the Day (1973) as a Teddy Boy, [6] and went on to appear in The Last Waltz, the Martin Scorsese film about the 1976 farewell concert of the Band, a favourite of the Beatles.[7] Starr played 'The Pope' in Ken Russell's Lisztomania (1975),[8] and a fictionalised version of himself in Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street in 1984.[9] He also appeared as himself, and downtrodden alter-ego Ognir Rrats, in Ringo (1978), an American-made television comedy film based loosely on The Prince and the Pauper.[10]

Starr was the first narrator of the children's programme Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984–86 for the British broadcast and from 1989–90 in the United States.

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Role Notes
A Hard Day's Night 1964 Ringo
Help! 1965
Yellow Submarine 1968 Voice role
Candy Emmanuel
The Magic Christian 1969 Youngman Grand
Let It Be 1970 Himself Documentary film
200 Motels 1971 Larry the Dwarf
Blindman Candy
The Concert for Bangladesh 1972 Himself Concert film
Born to Boogie Concert film; also director
That'll Be the Day 1973 Mike
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Himself Documentary film
Son of Dracula 1974 Merlin Also producer
Lisztomania 1975 The Pope
Sextette 1978 Laslo Karolny
The Last Waltz Himself Concert film
The Kids Are Alright 1979 Documentary film
Caveman 1981 Atouk
Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984 Ringo
Water 1985 Singing Rebels' member Cameo
Walking After Midnight 1988 Himself Documentary film
Concert for George 2003
Radio Stinger the Mascot Cameo
All Together Now 2008 Himself Documentary film
George Harrison: Living in the Material World 2011
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed 2014 Fibonacci Sequins Voice role
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 2016 Himself Cameo
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week Documentary film

Television

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Title Year Role Notes
Magical Mystery Tour 1967 Ringo Television movie
The Point! 1971 Narrator / Father Home video releases only
Ringo 1978 Ringo / Ognir Rrats Television movie
Princess Daisy 1983 Robin Valerian Main role
Thomas & Friends 1984–1986 Narrator Series 1–2
Alice in Wonderland 1985 Mock Turtle Episode: "Part 1 – Alice in Wonderland"
The Return of Bruno 1988 Himself Television movie
Shining Time Station 1989–1990 Mr. Conductor Lead role (season 1 + Christmas special)
The Simpsons 1991 Himself Episode: "Brush with Greatness"
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories 1992 Narrator Episode: "Elbert's Bad Word / Weird Parents"
The Beatles Anthology 1995 Himself Docuseries
Sabrina the Teenage Witch 1998 Mummy Episode: "Good Will Haunting"
The Beatles: Get Back 2021 Himself Docuseries

Citations

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  1. ^ Harry 2004, pp. 99–100: Candy, 244–245: The Magic Christian, 88–89: Blindman, 316–317: Son of Dracula, 106–108: Caveman.
  2. ^ Harry 2004, pp. 91–93: Born to Boogie.
  3. ^ Wilkerson, Mark; Townshend, Pete (2006). Amazing Journey: The Life of Pete Townshend. Bad News Press. p. 611. ISBN 978-1-4116-7700-5.
  4. ^ Schinder, Scott; Schwartz, Andy (2007). Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever, Volume 1. Greenwood. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-313-33846-5.
  5. ^ Harry 2004, p. 268.
  6. ^ Harry 2004, p. 331.
  7. ^ Harry 2004, p. 235.
  8. ^ Harry 2004, p. 236.
  9. ^ Harry 2004, p. 206.
  10. ^ Harry 2004, pp. 281–282.

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