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Ringo Starr

Known for: Acting

Born 07/07/1940

Place of birth 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

Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Ringo Starr (voice)

1989

Series ★ 6,4

The Daily Show

Self - Guest

1996

Series ★ 6,4

The Daily Show

Self - Musical Guest

1996

Series ★ 6,5

Late Show with David Letterman

Self - Musical Guest

1993

Series ★ 6,5

Late Show with David Letterman

Self - Guest

1993

Series ★ 6,1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Guest

2015

Series ★ 7,2

Conan

Self - Guest

2010

Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

1975

Series ★ 6,6

Top of the Pops

1964

Series ★ 6,6

Top of the Pops

Self

1964

Series ★ 5,8

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

1961

Series ★ 5,3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

2003

Series ★ 5,3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

Series ★ 5,6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Series ★ 6,2

Late Night with David Letterman

Self - Guest

1982

Series ★ 7,3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

Series ★ 5,3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Series ★ 6,8

Thomas & Friends

Narrator (Voice)

1984

Series ★ 5,6

Wetten, dass..?

Self

1981

Series ★ 7,2

Omnibus

Self

1967

Series ★ 7,1

American Masters

Self

1986

Series ★ 6,8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

Series ★ 7,0

TOTP2

Self

1994

Series ★ 5,3

An Audience with...

Self

1978

Series ★ 7,1

TFI Friday

1996

Series ★ 6,8

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self

1968

Series ★ 8,3

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969

Series ★ 6,1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self

2001

Series ★ 7,7

Classic Albums

Self

1997

Series ★ 6,5

Morecambe & Wise

Self

1961

Series ★ 6,9

Timewatch

Self (archive footage)

1982

Series ★ 6,2

The Early Show

Self

1999

Series ★ 9,0

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show

1995

Series ★ 7,6

Shining Time Station

Mr. Conductor

1989

Series ★ 6,0

Please Turn the Page

Self

1977

Series ★ 7,8

Pet Star

Self - Judge

2002

Series ★ 8,0

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self

1971

Series ★ 6,0

Live from the Artists Den

Self

2009

Series ★ 6,2

The Beatles

Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)

1965

Series ★ 8,4

The Beatles: Get Back

Self (archive footage)

2021

Series ★ 9,5

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Narrator (voice)

1992

Series

Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove

Self

2024

Series ★ 8,2

The Beatles Anthology

Self

1995

Series ★ 8,4

McCartney 3, 2, 1

Self (archive footage)

2021

Series ★ 6,0

Parkinson In Australia

Self

1979

Series ★ 8,0

Frost on Sunday

Self (as The Beatles)

1968

Series ★ 5,9

This Is Pop

Self (archive footage)

2021

Series ★ 6,7

Alice in Wonderland

Mock Turtle

1985

Film ★ 7,3

A Hard Day's Night

Ringo

1964

Series ★ 7,8

Soundbreaking

Self

2016

Series ★ 7,5

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Self

2011

Series

Treffpunkte

Self

1970

Series

In Their Own Words

Self (archive footage)

2015

Film ★ 7,7

The Last Waltz

Self

1978

Film ★ 6,6

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Ringo Starr

2016

Series ★ 7,4

Princess Daisy

Robin Valerian

1983

Film ★ 7,5

Man on the Run

Self (archive footage)

2026

Film ★ 7,2

Yellow Submarine

Ringo (uncredited)

1968

Film ★ 6,7

Caveman

Atouk

1981

Series ★ 7,6

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Self (archive footage)

2018

Film ★ 7,5

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Self

2016

Film ★ 6,9

Help!

Ringo

1965

Film ★ 5,1

Candy

Emmanuel

1968

Film ★ 6,6

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

2022