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Ringo Starr
Known for: ActingRichard 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 81
The Beatles Anthology
as Self 
A Hard Day's Night
as Ringo 
The Beatles: Get Back
as Self (archive footage) 
Candy
as Emmanuel 
The Magic Christian
as Youngman Grand, Esq. 
The Beach Boys
as Self (archive footage) 
Yellow Submarine
as Ringo (uncredited) 
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage) 
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 
Help!
as Ringo 
Blindman
as Candy 
Beatles '64
as Self 
Caveman
as Atouk 
The Last Waltz
as Self 
McCartney 3, 2, 1
as Self (archive footage) 
Man on the Run
as Self (archive footage) 
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
as Fibonacci Sequins (voice) 
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage) 
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self 
Echo in the Canyon
as Self 
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage) 
Concert for George
as Self 
Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited) 
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self 
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
as Self (uncredited) 
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage) 
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage) 
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (archive footage) 
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band 
The Point
as Narrator / Father (voice) 
Lisztomania
as The Pope 
The Beatles and India
as Self (archive footage) 
Produced by George Martin
as Self 
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage) 
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
as Self 
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self (archive footage) 
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage) 
Oh My God
as Self 
Jimi Plays Monterey
as Self (archive footage) 
That'll Be The Day
as Mike 
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited) 
Sextette
as Laslo Karolny 
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage) 
No Hamburg, No Beatles
as Self (archive footage) 
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
as Self 
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
as Self 
200 Motels
as Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa 
Evolver 62
as Self (archive footage) 
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
as Self (archive footage) 
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Self 
David Wants to Fly
as Self 
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
as Self 
Elvis: King of Entertainment
as Self (archive footage) 
Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends
as Narrator (voice)
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage) 
A Love Letter to the Beatles
as Self (archive footage) 
Mighty Good: The Beatles
as Self 
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
as Self 
A Concert by the Lake
as Self 
Louder Than Rock
as Self (archive footage) 
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
as Narrator (voice) 
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
as Self (archive footage) 
George Harrison - All Things Pass
as Self (archive footage) 
The Beatles Explosion
as Self (archive footage) 
The Beatles: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage) 
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage) 
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage) 
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage) 
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
as Self (archive footage)