Ringo Starr

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.

Cast

A Hard Day's Night

(Ringo)

The Movie Orgy

(Self (archive footage))

El Rey en Londres

(Self (archive footage))

Let There Be Drums!

(Self)

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

(Self (archive footage))

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

(Self (archive footage))

Let It Be

(Self - The Beatles (uncredited))

Blindman

(Candy)

John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

(Self (archive footage))

The Kids Are Alright

(Himself)

The Magic Christian

(Youngman Grand, Esq.)

The Point

(Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice))

The Society of the Spectacle

(Self (archive footage))

Video From Hell

(Self)

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

(Self (archive footage))

Magical Mystery Tour

(Self / Talkative Magician)

Jimi Plays Monterey

(Self (archive footage))

Imagine: John Lennon

(Self)

That'll Be The Day

(Mike)

200 Motels

(Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa)

Beatles Stories

(Self (archive footage))

Give My Regards to Broad Street

(Ringo)

Concert for George

(Self)

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

(Self (archive footage))

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019

(Himself)

The Last Waltz

(Self)

The Day the Music Died

(Self)

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

(Self)

Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

(Self (archive footage))

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

(Self (archive footage))

Help!

(Ringo)

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

(Larry the Dwarf (archive footage))

Zappa

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Let It Be

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

(Self)

Things They Said Today

(Self (archive footage))

Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels

(Self)

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

(Self (archive footage))

Beatles chronology (1962-1970)

(Self (archive footage))

Candy

(Emmanuel)

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

(Self)

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

(Self (archive footage))

Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

(Self (archive footage))

Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape

(Self (archive footage))

Louder Than Rock

(Self (archive footage))

Lisztomania

(The Pope)

The Making of Sgt. Pepper

(Self)

A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

(Self (archive footage))

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

(Self)

Take Your Pills

(Self (archive footage))

Caveman

(Atouk)

The Beatles and India

(Self (archive footage))

All You Need Is Klaus

(Self)

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

(Self (archive footage))

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

(Self (archive footage))

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

(Self)

Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live

(himself)

The Beatles at Shea Stadium

(Self)

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

(Self (archive footage))

Cilla in Scandinavia

(Self)

The Beatles: Help!

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

(Self)

The Beatles Unauthorized

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: A Magical History Tour

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Watching Rainbows

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum

(Self)

Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison

(Self (archive footage))

Fun with the Fab Four

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles on Record

(Self)

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

(Self)

The Concert for Bangladesh

(Self)

Paul Newman: The Restless

(Self (archive footage))

The Mersey Sound

(Self)

The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

(Self (archive footage))

All Together Now

(Self)

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

(Self)

Radio

(Stinger the Mascot (uncredited))

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

(Self)

Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind

(Self (archive footage))

Weekend of a Champion

(Self (uncredited))

Produced By George Martin

(Self)

Our World

(Self)

Sextette

(Laslo Karolny)

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970

(Self (archive footage))

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

(Self (archive footage))

Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

(Self (archive footage))

Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

(Self)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

(Self (archive footage))

Good Ol' Freda

(Self)

The Beatles Come to Town

(Self)

The Beatles: Something

(Self)

The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Revolution

(Self)

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

(Self)

Mighty Good: The Beatles

(Self)

Happy Birthday to John

(Self)

You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

(Self)

The Beatles Explosion

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

(Self)

The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

(Self)

Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas

(Narrator)

Son of Dracula

(Merlin, the Magician)

Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift

(Mr. Conductor)

The Beatles: Parting Ways

(Self)

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

(Self)

The Beatles and the BBC

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

(Self)

Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66

(Self)

Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: A Celebration

(Self (archive footage))

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

(Self (uncredited))

The Beatles are Coming

This Is Elvis

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

A Concert by the Lake

(Himself)

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Beatles - 1967-1970

(Self (archive footage))

The Making of Sun City

(Self)

Rat Pack

(Self (archive footage))

Understanding Lennon/McCartney

(Self (archival footage))

Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10

The Beatles: Hey Jude

(Self)

The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

Beatles på Sverigeturné

(Self (archive footage))

Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy

(Narrator)

Walking After Midnight

(Self)

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Self (archive footage))

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

(Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited))

Reflections on Love

(Self (archive footage))

Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me

(Self)

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

(Self (Archive footage))

Genius

(Self (archive footage))

If These Walls Could Sing

(Self)

Wingspan

(Self (archive footage))

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

(Self)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

(Self (archive footage))

Doctor Who: The Chase

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles 1

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - Abbey Road

(Self - Drums)

The Beatles 1+

(Self (archive footage))

Television: The First Fifty Years

(Self – The Beatles (archive footage))

The Beatles Mod Odyssey

(Self)

The Beatles: Around the World

(Self (archive footage))

Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories

(Narrator)

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

(Self (uncredited) (Extended Cut))

Ringo at the Ryman

(himself)

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

(Self)

The Beach Boys

(Self (archive footage))

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

(Self)

The Bannfoot Ferry

(Self (archive footage))

Water

(Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

(Ringo Starr)

Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session

(Self)

Becoming the Beatles

(Self)

Ringo

(Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats)

The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years

(Self (archive footage))

24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

(Self (archive footage))

Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties

(Self)

British Rock: The First Wave

(Self (archive footage))

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley

(Thomas the Tank Engine (voice))

The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

(Self - Drums, Backing Vocals)

Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

(Self)

Ringo Starr: Off the Record

(Self)

The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...

(Himself)

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003

(Self)

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006

(Self)

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

(Self)

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater

(Self)

The Beatles Sing for Shell

(Self)

The Beatles in Australia

(Self)

The Compleat Beatles

(Self (archive footage))

The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed

(Fibonacci Sequins (voice))

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

(Self (archive footage))

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

(Self)

How the Beatles Changed the World

(Self (archive footage))

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

(Self (archive footage))

Beatles: The Journey

(Self (archive footage))

Free to Rock

(Self - The Beatles (archive footage))

The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary

(Self (archive footage))

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

(Self (archive footage))

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

(Self)

Echo in the Canyon

(Self)

Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight

(Self)

All You Need Is Love

(Self)

The Beatles: Destination Hamburg

(Self (archive footage))

The Cooler

(Prisoner / Cowboy)

The Beatles: Live in Washington DC

(Self)

Beatles: Big Beat Box

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

(Self)

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

(Self (archive footage))

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

(Self (archive footage))

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

(Self (archive footage))

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

(Self)

Doctor Who: Origins

(Self (archive footage))

David Wants to Fly

The Beatles Story

(Self (archive footage))

Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

(Self (archive footage))

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

(Self - Musician (archive footage))

Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?

(Himself)

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

(Self)

Oh My God

(Self)

George Harrison - All Things Pass

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

(Self (archive footage))

The Return of Bruno

(Ringo Starr)

Die Beatles

(Self - The Beatles)

Yellow Submarine

(Ringo (uncredited))

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

Around the Beatles

(Self)

Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked

(Narrator)

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

(Self)

Pop Gear

(Self)

Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show

(Self - Host)

The Beatles: Live in Paris

(Self)

Meeting the Beatles in India

(Self)

Beatles Biggest Secrets

(Self (archive footage))

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

(Self (archive footage))

Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles: Love

(Self)

An Audience with Billy Connolly

(Self - Audience Member (uncredited))

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

(Self - The Beatles Member)

The Winged Beetle

(Self)

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

(Self)

Ringo Starr Going Home

(Self - Host)

Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie

(The Janitor)

George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

(Self)

Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band

(Self)

What Drives Us

(Self)

Monument

(Self (archive footage))

Naqoyqatsi

(Self (archive footage))

Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love

(Self)

Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

(Self)

The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966

(Self - Drums, Backing Vocals)

Beatles Electroniques

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Understanding McCartney

(Self)

Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson

(Narrator (voice))

Our Cilla

The Beatles: The Complete Story

(Self (Archive Footage))

Beatles '64

(Self)

Shed 17

(Edward (archive footage))

The Sparks Brothers

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

(Self (archive footage))

TUBEPOOP: STORY MODE PART ONE

(Thomas & Friends Narrator (archive edits))

TUBEPOOP: STORY MODE PART TWO

(Bobby (archive edits))

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Simpsons

(Ringo Starr (voice))

Shining Time Station

(Mr. Conductor)

The Daily Show

(Self)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

(Self)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Early Show

(Self)

Pet Star

(Self - Judge)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self - Guest)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

(Self)

The Beatles

(Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited))

TOTP2

(Self)

The Beatles: Get Back

(Self (archive footage))

The Beatles Anthology

This Is Pop

(Self (archive footage))

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

Wetten, dass..?

(Self)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

Princess Daisy

(Robin Valerian)

An Audience with...

(Self)

Omnibus

(Self)

The Beatles Anthology

(Self)

V.I.P. Schaukel

(Self)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self - Member of The Beatles)

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

(Narrator (Voice))

Live From the Artists Den

(Self)

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

(Self (archive footage))

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

(Self)

McCartney 3, 2, 1

(Self (archive footage))

Alice in Wonderland

(Mock Turtle)

20th Century Greats

(Self (archive footage))

Thomas & Friends

(Narrator (Voice))

Bitte umblättern

(Self)

American Masters

(Self)

Top of the Pops

Treffpunkte

(Self)

Timewatch

(Self (archive footage))

Classic Albums

(Self)

Top of the Pops

(Self)

The Morecambe & Wise Show

(Self)

Conan

(Self)

Alice in Wonderland

(The Mock Turtle)