Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 07, 1940
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Credits
365 titles
Ringo Starr
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
High in the Clouds
Roy (voice)
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Self
Man on the Run
Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
Self
A Love Letter to the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
Self
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
Self (archive footage)
TWST / Things We Said Today
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Self
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
Beatles '64
Self
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles LOVE
Producer
The Bannfoot Ferry
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Self
The Beatles and the BBC
Self (archive footage)
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Self
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Let There Be Drums!
Self
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
Himself
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Self
If These Walls Could Sing
Self
Ringo Starr: One of Them
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
Self
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Self (archive footage)
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Beatles and India
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage)
What Drives Us
Self
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Self - Host
Understanding McCartney
Self
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Self
The Shadows At Sixty
Self (Archive Footage)