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Ringo Starr

Name in Native Language: "Sir Richard Starkey" (English/EN)
Actor / Drummer / Composer / Singer-songwriter / Musician / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Guitarist / Celebrity / Film Director | * 07/07/1940 (83) | Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". He also wrote and sang the Beatles songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of four others. Starr was afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, with periods of prolonged hospitalisation. He briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship as a machinist at a Liverpool school equipment manufacturer. Soon afterwards, Starr became interested in the UK skiffle craze and developed a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1957, he co-founded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, which earned several prestigious local bookings before the fad succumbed to American rock and roll around early 1958. When the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. After achieving moderate success in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes whe... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Roger Daltrey of The Who stars as 19th century genius pianist Franz Liszt in this brash, loud and free-wheeling rock 'n' roll fantasia centered around an imagined rivalry between Liszt and composer Ri ...

Lisztomania

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1975 | 2.9/5 | 1h 43min
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Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought. ...

The Magic Christian

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1969 | 2.7/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy
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Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of ...

A Hard Day's Night

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1964 | 3.7/5 | 1h 28min
Music, Comedy
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When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything ex ...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

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2016 | 3.3/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy, Music
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A documentary series on the career of The Beatles. ...

The Beatles Anthology

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1995 | 4.0/5 | 1h 15min per episode
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Ringo Starr

Member of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Original Score Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Knight Bachelor Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Honorary Doctor of The Berklee College of Music Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
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Movies with Ringo Starr as Actor(151)

as Self (Archive Footage)2023 Louder Than Rock
as Self (archive footage)2023 Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023 Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self (archive footage)2023 Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
as Self (archive footage)2023 Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as himself2023 Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
as himself2023 Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
as Self (archive footage)2023 Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)2023 The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as himself2023 If These Walls Could Sing
as himself2022 Let There Be Drums!
as Self (archive footage)2022 The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as himself2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)2021 The Beatles and India
2021 What Drives Us
as himself2020 Meeting the Beatles in India
as himself2020 Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self (archive footage)2020 Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)2019 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as himself2019 Echo in the Canyon
as Himself (archive footage)2018 George Harrison: All Things Pass
as himself2018 Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
as Himself (archive footage)2017 It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
as Self (archive footage)2017 How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self - Musician (archive footage)2017 Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)2017 Free to Rock
as Himself (archive footage)2017 Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
as himself2016 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as himself2016 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Himself (archive footage)2016 Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2015 The Beatles 1+
as Self (archive footage)2015 The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
as himself2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as himself2014 The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
as Fibonacci Sequins2014 The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
as himself2014 Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
as himself2013 Ringo at the Ryman
as himself2013 Good Ol' Freda
2012 Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
as himself2012 Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012 Produced By George Martin
as himself2011 I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
as Self (archive)2011 Beatles Stories
as himself2011 George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as himself2010 All You Need Is Klaus
2010 The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
as Himself (archive footage)2010 Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Himself (archive footage)2010 John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as himself2010 Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010 David Wants to Fly
as himself2009 Oh My God
as himself2009 The Beatles on Record
as Self (archive footage)2009 The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)2009 Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
as himself2008 Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
as himself2008 Ringo Starr: Off the Record
as himself2008 Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
as himself2008 All Together Now
as himself2008 Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2007 The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
as Self (archive footage)2007 The Beatles Explosion
as Self (archive footage)2007 The Beatles: Help!
as himself2007 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down a Dream
as himself2007 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
as himself2005 Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
2005 The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as himself2005 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2004 Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)2003 Radio
as Self (archive footage)2003 Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003 Concert for George
as Self (archive footage)2003 Beatles: The Journey
as Self (archive footage)2002 Things They Said Today
as Self (archive footage)2002 Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Narrator2002 Thomas & Friends: Best Of James
as Self (archive footage)2002 Naqoyqatsi
as Narrator2001 Thomas & Friends: Best Of Thomas
as Narrator2001 Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
as himself1999 The Beatles: A Celebration
1997 Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
as himself1997 Happy Birthday to John
as Himself (archive footage)1996 Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996 The Beatles Story
as himself1995 You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
as himself1993 Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
as Self - Host1993 Ringo Starr Going Home
as Self (archive footage)1992 Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as himself1992 The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as himself1991 The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Mr. Conductor1990 Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
as himself1988 Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (uncredited)1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as himself1988 Walking After Midnight
as Self (archive footage)1987 Jimi Plays Monterey
as himself1987 The Return of Bruno
as Self (archive footage)1986 Fun with the Fab Four
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band1985 Water
as The Janitor1985 Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
as himself1985 Video From Hell
as himself1985 Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
as himself1985 British Rock: The First Wave
as Ringo1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Self (uncredited)1983 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
as Prisoner/Cowboy1982 The Cooler
as Self (archive footage)1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)1982 The Compleat Beatles
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1981 This Is Elvis
as Atouk1981 Caveman
as himself1979 The Kids Are Alright
as Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats1978 Ringo
as Laslo Karolny1978 Sextette
as himself1978 The Last Waltz
as Self (archive footage)1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1977 Mighty Good: The Beatles
as himself1977 The Day the Music Died
as himself1977 The Beatles at Shea Stadium
as The Pope1975 Lisztomania
as Self (archive footage)1974 The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)1974 Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
as Merlin, the Magician1974 Son of Dracula
as Mike1973 That'll Be The Day
as himself1973 Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Born To Boogie
as Self (uncredited)1972 Weekend of a Champion
1972 The Concert for Bangladesh
as himself1972 Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
as Candy1971 Blindman
as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa1971 200 Motels
as Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)1971 The Point
as Self (The Beatles) (uncredited)1970 Let It Be
as himself1969 Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
as Youngman Grand, Esq.1969 The Magic Christian
1969 Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
as Ringo (uncredited)1968 Yellow Submarine
as Self (archive footage)1968 The Movie Orgy
as Emmanuel1968 Candy
as Self (archive footage)1967 Monument
as himself1967 Our World
as Self / Talkative Magician1967 Magical Mystery Tour
as himself1967 The Beatles Mod Odyssey
as Self (as The Beatles)1966 Die Beatles
as Self (archive footage)1966 Reflections on Love
as Ringo1965 Help!
as himself1965 Pop Gear
as Self (archive footage)1965 The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as himself1964 The Beatles Sing for Shell
as Self - The Beatles Member1964 What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
as himself1964 The Beatles in Australia
as himself1964 Around the Beatles
as Ringo1964 A Hard Day's Night
as himself1963 The Mersey Sound

TV Shows/Series with Ringo Starr as Actor(38)

as Self (archive footage)2021 This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)2021 McCartney 3, 2, 1
as Self (archive footage)2018 Elvis Presley: The Searcher
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as himself2010 Conan
as Self (archive footage)2004 20th Century Greats
as himself2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Judge2002 Pet Star
as himself2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as himself1999 The Early Show
as himself1997 Leute heute
as himself1997 Classic Albums
as himself1996 The Daily Show
1995 The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
1995 The Beatles Anthology
as himself1995 The Beatles Anthology
1994 TOTP2
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Mr. Conductor1989 Shining Time Station
as Ringo Starr (voice)1989 The Simpsons
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as himself1986 American Masters
as Narrator (voice)1984 Thomas & Friends
as Robin Valerian1983 Princess Daisy
as Himself (archive footage)1982 Timewatch
as himself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as himself1978 An Audience with...
as himself1977 Bitte umblättern
as Self - Host / Various1975 Saturday Night Live
as himself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as himself1970 Treffpunkte
1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as himself1967 Omnibus
1965 The Beatles
as himself1961 The Morecambe & Wise Show
as Self - Member of The Beatles1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Ringo Starr as Crew(10)

Crew/Thanks2023 Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Production/Producer2022 The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Production/Executive Producer1993 Ringo Starr Going Home
Editing/Editor1974 Son of Dracula
Production/Producer1974 Son of Dracula
Directing/Director1973 Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Born To Boogie
Production/Executive Producer1970 Let It Be
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Magical Mystery Tour
Directing/Director1967 Magical Mystery Tour
Production/Producer1967 Magical Mystery Tour

Additional Information

Full Name: Richard Henry Starkey
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 07/07 1940 (July) in Liverpool, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 83 years + 293 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Record Label: Apple Records, United Artists Records, Capitol Records, Swan, Vee-Jay Records, Atlantic Records, Entertainment One Music, Parlophone, Polydor Records, RCA, Mercury Records
Spouses (current/former): Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Barbara Bach
Children: Lee Starkey, Zak Starkey, Jason Starkey
Father: Richard Henry Parkin Starkey
Mother: Elsie Starkey
Other names for Ringo Starr (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Richard Starkey"
"The Beatles"
"링고 스타"
"Richard Henry Parkin Starkey-Graves, Jr."
Ringo Starr frequently works together with these people:
Paul McCartney (135x, Actor)
George Harrison (99x, Actor)
John Lennon (93x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (37x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (36x, Actor)
Bill Hader (26x, Actor)
George Martin (24x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (21x, Actress)
Fred Armisen (21x, Actor)
Yōko Ono (19x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (18x, Actor)
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