Ringo Starr
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-07-07
- Place of birth:
- Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
High in the Clouds
Thomas & Friends: The Classic Stories
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Man on the Run
Evolver 62
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
A Love Letter to the Beatles
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
TWST / Things We Said Today
The Beatles
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
Beatles '64
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove
The Bannfoot Ferry
The Beach Boys
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
The Beatles and the BBC
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Louder Than Rock
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Let There Be Drums!
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
If These Walls Could Sing
Ringo Starr: One of Them
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
Rat Pack
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Beatles and India
McCartney 3, 2, 1
What Drives Us
This Is Pop
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Zappa
Meeting the Beatles in India
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Understanding McCartney
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
The Shadows At Sixty
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Echo in the Canyon
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Take Your Pills
How the Beatles Changed the World
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
The Summer of Love
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Free to Rock
Året var 1967
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Soundbreaking
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
Our Cilla
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
The Beatles 1
The Beatles 1+
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
In Their Own Words
Thomas & Friends: 1st Class Stories
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
Good Ol' Freda
Thomas & Friends: Edward and Gordon
Ringo at the Ryman
Året var 1963
Genius
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Palme
Produced by George Martin
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends
Change Begins Within
Thomas & Friends: The Best of James
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Percy
Becoming the Beatles
The Winged Beetle
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Beatles Stories
All You Need Is Klaus
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Diesel
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with the Twin Engines
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Conan
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Toby and Edward
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
David Wants to Fly
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas
A Concert by the Lake
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Oh My God
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
The Beatles on Record
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Thomas
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with Percy
Thomas & Friends: My First Thomas with James
Thomas and Friends: Thomas and Gordon and Other Adventures
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas & Friends, Volume 1
Live from the Artists Den
The Beatles: Parting Ways
Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band
The Best Of Sound Stage
All Together Now
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
THE BEATLES in HELP!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
The Beatles Phenomenon
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles Explosion
The Beatles In America
The Beatles: Love
To John With Love
Doctor Who: Origins
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Meet the Beatles
Beatles Biggest Secrets
20th Century Greats
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Ringo Rama
The Beatles: Around the World
Concert for George
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Beatles: The Journey
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Beatles - Trilogy
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Things They Said Today
Naqoyqatsi
Pet Star
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor
Thomas & Friends: The Very Best of Thomas & Friends
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Toby Adventures
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...
Thomas & Friends: Seasonal Scrapes
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Bertie Adventures
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
Wingspan
Thomas & Friends: Truck Loads of Fun
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas and Percy Adventures
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Thomas & Friends: Peep Peep Party
Thomas & Friends: Fun Time Favourites
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
The Early Show
The Beatles: A Celebration
Television: The First Fifty Years
Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band
Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
Thomas & Friends: Biggest Party Video Ever!
Happy Birthday to John
Thomas & Friends: Chases, Races and Runaways
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
Classic Albums
Thomas & Friends: Playtime
Thomas & Friends: The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection
The Daily Show
The Beatles Story
Thomas & Friends: My Little Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Thomas & Friends: My Little MiniVid
TFI Friday
The Beatles Unauthorized
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Thomas & Friends: Your Favourite Story Collection
The Beatles Anthology
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Train and 17 Other Stories
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Queen: Champions of the World
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Stories
TOTP2
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Bumped and 17 Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Party and 17 Other Stories
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
Ringo Starr Going Home
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Thomas & Friends: Down the Mine and Other Stories
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never and Other Stories
Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
Lennon: A Tribute
Thomas & Friends: The Sad Story of Henry and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Bumper Special
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
The Simpsons
Shining Time Station
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Thomas & Friends: Watch and Play
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Breakdown Train and Other Stories
Imagine: John Lennon
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Walking After Midnight
Jimi Plays Monterey
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
Thomas & Friends: The Deputation and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Thomas, Percy and the Coal and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Percy and Harold and Other Stories
Video from Hell
The Return of Bruno
Thomas & Friends: Troublesome Trucks and Other Stories
Thomas & Friends: Coal and Other Stories
American Masters
Fun with the Fab Four
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
Alice in Wonderland
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
British Rock: The First Wave
Thomas & Friends: Further Adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Thomas & Friends: Adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
The Making of Sun City
Water
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Thomas & Friends
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Princess Daisy
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode
The Compleat Beatles
Timewatch
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
The Cooler
Late Night with David Letterman
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Caveman
This Is Elvis
Wetten, dass..?
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Parkinson In Australia
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
The Last Waltz
Ringo
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Sextette
An Audience with...
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Please Turn the Page
The Day the Music Died
Saturday Night Live
Lisztomania
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
The Society of the Spectacle
Son of Dracula
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
That'll Be The Day
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
The Concert for Bangladesh
Weekend of a Champion
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
The Making of 200 Motels
Cilla in Scandinavia
Blindman
200 Motels
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Point
Treffpunkte
Let It Be
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
The Magic Christian
The Beatles: Something
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Beatles: Abbey Road
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Candy
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Beatles Electroniques
The Beatles: Revolution
Frost on Sunday
Yellow Submarine
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Movie Orgy
Magical Mystery Tour
Omnibus
All You Need Is Love
Our World
Monument
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
El Rey en Londres
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Reflections on Love
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
The Beatles: Live in Paris
The Beatles
Help!
Doctor Who: The Chase
Pop Gear
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles Sing for Shell
The Beatles in Australia
Around the Beatles
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Top of the Pops
The Beatles Come to Town
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
The Mersey Sound
The Mike Douglas Show
Morecambe & Wise
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
Building the Beatles