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

Self (archive footage)

El Rey en Londres

Self (archive footage)

Let There Be Drums!

The Music of Lennon & McCartney

Self (archive footage)

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Self (archive footage)

Self - The Beatles (uncredited)

John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

Self (archive footage)

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

The Magic Christian

Youngman Grand, Esq.

Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)

The Society of the Spectacle

Self (archive footage)

Video from Hell

Magical Mystery Tour

Self / Talkative Magician

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Self (archive footage)

Jimi Plays Monterey

Self (archive footage)

Imagine: John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

That'll Be The Day

Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa

Beatles Stories

Self (archive footage)

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Concert for George

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

Self (archive footage)

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

The Day the Music Died

The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

Self (archive footage)

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels

Things They Said Today

Self (archive footage)

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Self (archive footage)

Beatles chronology (1962-1970)

Self (archive footage)

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

The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

Self (archive footage)

Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Self (archive footage)

Louder Than Rock

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Take Your Pills

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles and India

Self (archive footage)

All You Need Is Klaus

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

Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live

The Beatles at Shea Stadium

Rare and Unseen: The Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Cilla in Scandinavia

The Beatles: Help!

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

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

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

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

The Concert for Bangladesh

The Mersey Sound

The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

Self (archive footage)

All Together Now

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

Self (archive footage)

Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)

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

Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

Self (archive footage)

Weekend of a Champion

Self (uncredited)

Produced By George Martin

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

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles Come to Town

The Beatles: Something

The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Revolution

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

Mighty Good: The Beatles

Happy Birthday to John

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

The Beatles Explosion

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas

Merlin, the Magician

Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift

The Beatles: Parting Ways

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

The Beatles and the BBC

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)

The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: A Celebration

Self (archive footage)

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Self (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Concert by the Lake

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

The Beatles - 1967-1970

Self (archive footage)

The Making of Sun City

Self (archive footage)

Understanding Lennon/McCartney

Self (archival footage)

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

The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction

Beatles på Sverigeturné

Self (archive footage)

Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy

Walking After Midnight

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

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

Self (Archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

If These Walls Could Sing

Self (archive footage)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Chase

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

The Beatles Mod Odyssey

The Beatles: Around the World

Self (archive footage)

Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Self (uncredited)

Ringo at the Ryman

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Self (archive footage)

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

The Bannfoot Ferry

Self (archive footage)

Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

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

Becoming the Beatles

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

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

Ringo Starr: Off the Record

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006

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

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

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

The Beatles Sing for Shell

The Beatles in Australia

The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed

Fibonacci Sequins (voice)

The Compleat Beatles

Self (archive footage)

I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

Self (archive footage)

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

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)

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary

Self (archive footage)

Self - The Beatles (archive footage)

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

Echo in the Canyon

Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight

All You Need Is Love

The Beatles: Destination Hamburg

Self (archive footage)

Prisoner / Cowboy

Beatles: Big Beat Box

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

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

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?

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

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 Two

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: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

Self - The Beatles

The Return of Bruno

Yellow Submarine

Ringo (uncredited)

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

Around the Beatles

Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked

Mae West: Dirty Blonde

Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show

The Beatles: Live in Paris

Meeting the Beatles in India

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

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

Self - The Beatles Member

The Winged Beetle

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

Ringo Starr Going Home

Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie

George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love

Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)

Self - Drums, Backing Vocals

Beatles Electroniques

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Understanding McCartney

Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson

Narrator (voice)

The Beatles: The Complete Story

Self (Archive Footage)

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World

Ringo Starr: One of Them

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

To John With Love

Self (archive footage)

Elvis: King of Entertainment

Self (archive footage)

How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?

Thomas & Friends: Tenders & Turntables

Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules

Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never

The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland

Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers

Self (archive footage)

Ringo & Friends at the Ryman

The Beatles - Trilogy

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: Their Golden Age

High in the Clouds

George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall

Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode

Narrator (voice)

TWST / Things We Said Today

Self (archive footage)

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965

Self (Archive Footage)

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017

The Best Of Sound Stage

Meet the Beatles

Self (Archival footage)

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2

Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

Self (archive footage)

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage)

A Love Letter to the Beatles

Himself (Archival)

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn