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Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Acting · Sound · Creator

Born July 7, 1940, Liverpool, England, UK

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (281)
  • 2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self
  • 2026Evolver 62 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Man on the Run — Self (archive footage)
  • 2025A Love Letter to the Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • 2025TWST / Things We Said Today — Self (archive footage)
  • 2025The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere — Self (archive footage)
  • 2025The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution — Self
  • 2024Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands — Self (archive footage)
  • Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove — Self
  • 2024No Hamburg, No Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024The Bannfoot Ferry — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024The Beach Boys — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex — Self
  • 2023Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll — Self
  • 2023Louder Than Rock — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023The Beatles and the BBC — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023The Lost Weekend: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles — Self
  • 2022How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s? — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022If These Walls Could Sing — Self
  • 2022Let There Be Drums! — Self
  • 2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019 — Himself
  • 2022Ringo Starr: One of Them — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction — Self
  • 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
  • McCartney 3, 2, 1 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021The Beatles and India — Self (archive footage)
  • This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021What Drives Us — Self
  • 2020Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool — Self
  • 2020Mae West: Dirty Blonde — Self
  • 2020Meeting the Beatles in India — Self
  • 2020The Shadows At Sixty — Self (Archive Footage)
  • 2020Understanding McCartney — Self
  • 2020Zappa — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Echo in the Canyon — Self
  • 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle — Self (archive footage)
  • Elvis Presley: The Searcher — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018George Harrison - All Things Pass — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 — Self
  • 2018Take Your Pills — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go! — Self
  • 2018Understanding Lennon/McCartney — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions — Self - Musician (archive footage)
  • 2017Free to Rock — Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
  • 2017How the Beatles Changed the World — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond — Self
  • 2017Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017Året var 1967 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Beatles chronology (1962-1970) — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me — Self
  • Soundbreaking — Self
  • 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years — Self
  • In Their Own Words — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
  • 2015The Beatles 1 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015The Beatles 1+ — Self (archive footage)
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • 2015The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Beatles på Sverigeturné — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love — Self
  • 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
  • 2013Good Ol' Freda — Self
  • 2013Ringo at the Ryman — himself
  • 2013Året var 1963 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Becoming the Beatles — Self
  • 2012Genius — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Magical Mystery Tour Revisited — Self
  • 2012Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO — Self
  • 2012Palme — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Produced by George Martin — Self
  • 2012The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 — Self
  • 2012The Beatles: Their Golden Age — Self
  • 2012The Winged Beetle — Self
  • 2011All You Need Is Klaus — Self
  • 2011Beatles Stories — Self (archive footage)
  • George Harrison: Living in the Material World — Self
  • 2011I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2011The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010A Concert by the Lake — Self
  • Conan — Self - Guest
  • 2010David Wants to Fly — Self
  • 2010John Lennon: Love Is All You Need — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater — Self
  • 2010The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010The Beatles: A Magical History Tour — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010The Beatles: The Complete Story — Self (Archive Footage)
  • 2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) — Self (archive footage)
  • Live from the Artists Den — Self
  • 2009Oh My God — Self
  • 2009The Beatles on Record — Self
  • 2009The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009The Beatles: Parting Ways — Self
  • 2009The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries — Self
  • 2008All Together Now — Self
  • 2008Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band — Self
  • 2008Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965 — Self (Archive Footage)
  • 2008Rare and Unseen: The Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006 — Self
  • 2008Ringo Starr: Off the Record — Self
  • 2008Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland — self
  • 2008The Beatles: Up Close and Personal — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who — Self
  • 2007Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007THE BEATLES in HELP! — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007The Beatles Explosion — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007The Beatles In America — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007The Beatles Phenomenon — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007The Beatles: Destination Hamburg — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream — Self
  • 2006Doctor Who: Origins — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer — Self
  • 2006The Beatles: Love — Self
  • 2006To John With Love — Self
  • 2005George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited — Self
  • 2005Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live — himself
  • 2005Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits — Self (archive)
  • 2005The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary — Self (archive footage)
  • 20th Century Greats — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Beatles Biggest Secrets — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle — Self (archive footage)
  • 2004Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003 — Self
  • 2004The Beatles: Watching Rainbows — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Beatles: The Journey — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Concert for George — Self
  • 2003Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized — Self (archive footage)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
  • 2003The Beatles - Trilogy — Self
  • 2003The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003The Beatles: Around the World — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Elvis: King of Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Naqoyqatsi — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. — Self (archive footage)
  • Pet Star — Self - Judge
  • 2002Things They Said Today — Self (archive footage)
  • 2001Beatles: Big Beat Box — Self (archive footage)
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
  • 2001The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far... — Himself
  • 2001The Paranormal Peter Sellers — Self (Archive footage)
  • 2001Wingspan — Self (archive footage)
  • 1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales — Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1999Television: The First Fifty Years — Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
  • 1999The Beatles: A Celebration — Self (archive footage)
  • The Early Show — Self
  • 1998Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band — Self
  • 1998Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers — Self
  • Classic Albums — Self
  • 1997Happy Birthday to John — Self
  • 1997Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight — Self
  • 1996Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary — Self (archive footage)
  • 1996The Beatles Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 1996The Beatles Unauthorized — Self (archive footage)
  • The Daily Show — Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
  • 1995Queen: Champions of the World — Self
  • 1995You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' — Self
  • TOTP2 — Self
  • 1994The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
  • 1993A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa — Self (archive footage)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
  • 1993Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live — Self
  • 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — Self (archive footage)
  • 1992The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper — Self
  • 1991The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band — Self
  • 1988Imagine: John Lennon — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage — Self (uncredited)
  • 1988The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels — Self
  • 1988Walking After Midnight — Self
  • 1987Jimi Plays Monterey — Self (archive footage)
  • 1987Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2 — Self
  • 1987Video from Hell — Self
  • American Masters — Self
  • 1986Fun with the Fab Four — Self (archive footage)
  • 1986Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties — Self
  • 1985An Audience with Billy Connolly — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
  • 1985British Rock: The First Wave — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session — Self
  • 1985The Making of Sun City — Self
  • 1985Water — Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
  • 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
  • 1983Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars — Self (uncredited)
  • Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Paul McCartney - Take It Away — Self
  • 1982The Compleat Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • Timewatch — Self (archive footage)
  • 1981This Is Elvis — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self
  • 1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip — Self
  • Parkinson In Australia — Self
  • 1979Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World — Self
  • 1979The Who: The Kids Are Alright — Self
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • 1978I Wanna Hold Your Hand — Self (archive footage)
  • 1978The Last Waltz — Self
  • 1977Mighty Good: The Beatles — Self
  • Please Turn the Page — Self
  • 1977The Beatles at Shea Stadium — Self
  • 1977The Day the Music Died — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
  • 1974Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles — Self (archive footage)
  • 1974Muhammad Ali, the Greatest — Self
  • 1974The Society of the Spectacle — Self (archive footage)
  • 1972Did Somebody Drop His Mouse? — Himself
  • 1972The Concert for Bangladesh — Self
  • 1972Weekend of a Champion — Self (uncredited)
  • 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here — Self
  • 1971Cilla in Scandinavia — Self
  • 1971The Making of 200 Motels — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • Treffpunkte — Self
  • 196924 Hours: The World of John and Yoko — Self (archive footage)
  • 1969The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One — Self (archive footage)
  • 1969The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three — Self (archive footage)
  • 1969The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two — Self (archive footage)
  • 1969The Beatles: Abbey Road — Self - Drums
  • 1969The Beatles: Something — Self
  • 1969Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? — Self
  • 1968Beatles Electroniques — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Frost on Sunday — Self (as The Beatles)
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
  • 1968The Beatles Mod Odyssey — Self
  • 1968The Beatles: Revolution — Self
  • 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
  • 1967All You Need Is Love — Self
  • 1967Monument — Self (archive footage)
  • Omnibus — Self
  • 1967Our World — Self
  • 1967Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever — Self
  • 1966El Rey en Londres — Self (archive footage)
  • 1966Reflections on Love — Self (archive footage)
  • 1966The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966 — Self
  • 1966The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966) — Self
  • 1966The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany — Self - The Beatles
  • 1965Doctor Who: The Chase — Self (archive footage)
  • 1965Pop Gear — Self
  • The Beatles — Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
  • 1965The Beatles: Live in Paris — Self
  • 1965The Music of Lennon & McCartney — Self (archive footage)
  • 1964Around the Beatles — Self
  • 1964The Beatles Sing for Shell — Self
  • 1964The Beatles in Australia — Self
  • 1964The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum — Self
  • 1964The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands — Self
  • Top of the Pops — Self
  • 1964What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA — Self - The Beatles Member
  • 1964Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York — Self (archive footage)
  • 1963The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool — Self
  • 1963The Beatles Come to Town — Self
  • 1963The Mersey Sound — Self
  • Morecambe & Wise — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • Building the Beatles — Self (Archive Footage)
  • The Beatles - 1967-1970 — Self (archive footage)
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