George Harrison
Biography
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
Known For
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A Hard Day's Night
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The Movie Orgy
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El Rey en Londres
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Let It Be
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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Roy Orbison At The BBC
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La Société du spectacle
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Magical Mystery Tour
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
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Taj Mahal and Friends
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Jimi Plays Monterey
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Imagine: John Lennon
Cleaner
Checking Out
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Beatles Stories
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
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The Day the Music Died
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
George
Help!
The Beatles: Let It Be
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Things They Said Today
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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Louder Than Rock
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
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Take Your Pills
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
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The Beatles and India
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
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The Beatles: Help!
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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The Beatles Unauthorized
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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The Beatles on Record
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The Concert for Bangladesh
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Paul Newman, l'intranquille
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The Mersey Sound
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Rock Gala Concert
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
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Our World
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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All My Loving
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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Good Ol' Freda
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The Beatles Come to Town
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The Beatles: Something
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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The Beatles: Revolution
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
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The Beatles Explosion
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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ビートルズ・イン・ジャパン
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The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
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The Beatles: A Celebration
The Beatles are Coming
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This Is Elvis
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The Movie Life of George
Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Life of Brian
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
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The Beatles - 1967-1970
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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The Beatles: Hey Jude
Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
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Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
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Reflections on Love
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Genius
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If These Walls Could Sing
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Wingspan
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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Raga
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Fun with the Fab Four
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Doctor Who: The Chase
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The Beatles 1
Self - Guitar, Vocals
The Beatles - Abbey Road
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The Beatles 1+
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
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The Beatles: Around the World
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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The Beach Boys
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The Bannfoot Ferry
Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Water
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
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Concert for George
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Becoming the Beatles
George Harrison
Ringo
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
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British Rock: The First Wave
Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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The Beatles in Australia
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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The Compleat Beatles
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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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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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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Beatles: The Journey
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
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Free to Rock
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Hagström: Allt i musik
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
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Night Lunch
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All You Need Is Love
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
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Tom Petty: Going Home
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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An Accidental Studio
Nightclub Singer
Shanghai Surprise
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
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Doctor Who: Origins
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The Beatles Story
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
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Imagine
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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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. 3
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
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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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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
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Die Beatles
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Yellow Submarine
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Around the Beatles
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Pop Gear
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
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Meeting the Beatles in India
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
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The Beatles: Love
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
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The Winged Beetle
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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George Harrison: All things must pass
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
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Monument
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Naqoyqatsi
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
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ビートルズ・イン・ジャパン
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My Generation
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Beatles Electroniques
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
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Beatles '64
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The Sparks Brothers
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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Superswede
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No Hamburg No Beatles
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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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Året var 1967
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To John With Love
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Året var 1963
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Elvis: King of Entertainment
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Abbey Road
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
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The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
The Beatles - Live at Ed Sullivan Show
Palme
Himself
The Beatles - Trilogy
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The Beatles
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The Beatles: Their Golden Age
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Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
George Harrison: Live in Japan
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TWST / Things We Said Today
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
222
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-02-25
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
The Beatles