George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other Beatles, as well as those of their Western audience. Following the band's break-up, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer. Harrison is listed at number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Although most of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Beatle albums generally included one or two of Harrison's own songs, from With The Beatles onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". By the time of the band's break-up, Harrison had accumulated a backlog of material, which he then released as the acclaimed and successful triple album All Things Must Pass in 1970, from which came two singles: a double A-side single, "My Sweet Lord" backed with "Isn't It a Pity", and "What Is Life". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another former Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys—the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison.
Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s, and helped expand Western awareness of sitar music and of the Hare Krishna movement. With Ravi Shankar he organised a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh.
Besides being a musician, he was also a record producer and co-founder of the production company HandMade Films. In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as the members of Monty Python and Madonna. He was married twice, to model Pattie Boyd from 1966 to 1974, and for 23 years to record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton. He is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001.
Acted in
Livin’ Thing
2024
as Himself
Beatles '64
2024
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
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The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
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The Beach Boys
2024
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
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The Beatles and the BBC
2023
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
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Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
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Louder Than Rock
2023
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
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Roy Orbison At The BBC
2023
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
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Sherwood
2022
as Nikko
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
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The Beatles: Get Back
2021
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The Beatles and India
2021
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
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The Sparks Brothers
2021
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1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
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The Beatles: Let It Be
2021
This Is Pop
2021
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
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Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
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History 101
2020
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
2019
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An Accidental Studio
2019
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
2018
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ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
2018
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018
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Take Your Pills
2018
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14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
2018
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How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
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My Generation
2017
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
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Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
2017
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Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
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Free to Rock
2017
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Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
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George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
2016
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
2016
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
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The Beatles 1
2015
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The Beatles 1+
2015
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Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014
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George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
2014
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
2014
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
2014
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Good Ol' Freda
2013
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Genius
2012
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Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
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Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
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Becoming the Beatles
2012
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The Winged Beetle
2012
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
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Beatles Stories
2011
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011
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I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
2010
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Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
2010
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
2010
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
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The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
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The Beatles on Record
2009
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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
2009
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
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The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
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The Beatles: Help!
2007
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
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The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007
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The Beatles Explosion
2007
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The Beatles: Love
2006
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Doctor Who: Origins
2006
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
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20th Century Greats
2004
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004
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George Harrison: All things must pass
2004
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
2004
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003
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The Beatles: Around the World
2003
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Concert for George
2003
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
2003
as Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
2003
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Hagström: Everything in Music
2003
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
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Things They Said Today
2002
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Naqoyqatsi
2002
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George Harrison - The Quiet one
2002
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
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Wingspan
2001
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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
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The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Classic Albums
1997
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The Beatles Story
1996
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The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
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The Beatles Anthology
1995
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
1994
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Tom Petty: Going Home
1994
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
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Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993
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Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
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The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
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My Sweet Lord in the Far East
1991
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The Simpsons
1989
as George Harrison (voice)
The Movie Life of George
1989
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Checking Out
1988
as Cleaner
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
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Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
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Taj Mahal and Friends
1987
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Shanghai Surprise
1986
as Nightclub Singer
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
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Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
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Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985
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British Rock: The First Wave
1985
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Water
1985
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
The Compleat Beatles
1982
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Timewatch
1982
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life of Brian
1979
as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Ringo
1978
as George Harrison
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
1978
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
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Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
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The Day the Music Died
1977
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Night Lunch
1975
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Rutland Weekend Television
1975
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974
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The Society of the Spectacle
1974
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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1974
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Imagine
1972
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The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
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Raga
1971
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Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969
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The Beatles: Something
1969
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The Beatles - Abbey Road
1969
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969
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The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969
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Beatles Electroniques
1969
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
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All My Loving
1968
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The Beatles: Revolution
1968
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The Beatles: Hey Jude
1968
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Yellow Submarine
1968
as George (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
1968
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Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope
Omnibus
1967
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All You Need Is Love
1967
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Our World
1967
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The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967
Monument
1967
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
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El Rey en Londres
1966
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Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
1966
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Die Beatles
1966
as Self - The Beatles
Reflections on Love
1966
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
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The Beatles
1965
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Help!
1965
as George
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
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Pop Gear
1965
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
as Self - The Beatles Member
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
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A Hard Day's Night
1964
as George
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
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The Beatles in Australia
1964
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Around the Beatles
1964
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The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
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The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
1964
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
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Top of the Pops
1964
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Top of the Pops
1964
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
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The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
The Mersey Sound
1963
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The Morecambe & Wise Show
1961
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Rock Gala Concert
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
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The Beatles are Coming
The Beatles - 1967-1970
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