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.
Born: 07 July 1940
Played In
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
The Beatles Anthology
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 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)
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
Self
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Self (archive footage)
Echo in the Canyon
Self
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Self (archive footage)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
Self
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Self
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Self
Free to Rock
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Året var 1967
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Self (archive footage)
Soundbreaking
Self
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Ringo Starr
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self (archive footage)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
In Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
Fibonacci Sequins (voice)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Self
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Self (archive footage)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
(Archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
Self
Ringo at the Ryman
himself
Året var 1963
Self (archive footage)
Genius
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Self
Palme
Self (archive footage)
Produced by George Martin
Self
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
Self
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
Self
Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends
Narrator (voice)
Becoming the Beatles
Self
The Winged Beetle
Self
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self
Beatles Stories
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)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Self (archive footage)
Conan
Self - Guest
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Self (archive footage)
All You Need Is Klaus
Self
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
Self
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
Narrator (voice)
David Wants to Fly
Self
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
Narrator
A Concert by the Lake
Self
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Self (Archive Footage)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
Oh My God
Self
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Self
The Beatles on Record
Self
Live from the Artists Den
Self
The Beatles: Parting Ways
Self
The Best Of Sound Stage
All Together Now
Self
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
Self
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
Self
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
Self (archive footage)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
Self (archive footage)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
self
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Self (archive footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
Self
The Beatles Phenomenon
Self (archive footage)
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles In America
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Love
Self
To John With Love
Self
Doctor Who: Origins
Self (archive footage)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
himself
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
Self (archive)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
Meet the Beatles
Self (Archival footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Self (archive footage)
20th Century Greats
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
Self
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Rama
Himself
The Beatles: Around the World
Self (archive footage)
Radio
Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)
Concert for George
Self
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
Self (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Beatles - Trilogy
Self
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self (archive footage)
Things They Said Today
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pet Star
Self - Judge
Elvis: King of Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Self (archive footage)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...
Himself
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
Narrator (voice)
Wingspan
Self (archive footage)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Early Show
Self
The Beatles: A Celebration
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band
Self
Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
Self
Happy Birthday to John
Self
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
Self
Classic Albums
Self
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
Self - Musical Guest
The Beatles Story
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
Self
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self
Queen: Champions of the World
Self
TOTP2
Self
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Ringo Starr Going Home
Self - Host
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never
Narrator
Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
Mr. Conductor
Thomas & Friends: Tenders & Turntables
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson
Narrator (voice)
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Self
The Simpsons
Ringo Starr (voice)
Shining Time Station
Mr. Conductor
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
Imagine: John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
Walking After Midnight
Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
Self (archive footage)
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
Self
Video from Hell
Self
The Return of Bruno
Ringo Starr
American Masters
Self
Fun with the Fab Four
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
Self
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
Self
British Rock: The First Wave
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Sun City
Self
Water
Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
The Janitor
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Ringo
Thomas & Friends
Narrator (Voice)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Self (uncredited)
Princess Daisy
Robin Valerian
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode
Narrator (voice)
The Compleat Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Timewatch
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Self
The Cooler
Prisoner / Cowboy
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Caveman
Atouk
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
Self
The Last Waltz
Self
Ringo
Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Self (archive footage)
Sextette
Laslo Karolny
An Audience with...
Self
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Self
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Self
Please Turn the Page
Self
The Day the Music Died
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Lisztomania
The Pope
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
The Society of the Spectacle
Self (archive footage)
Son of Dracula
Merlin, the Magician
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Self
That'll Be The Day
Mike
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
Weekend of a Champion
Self (uncredited)
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
Himself
The Making of 200 Motels
Self
Cilla in Scandinavia
Self
Blindman
Candy
200 Motels
Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
The Point
Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
Treffpunkte
Self
Let It Be
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
Self (archive footage)
The Magic Christian
Youngman Grand, Esq.
The Beatles: Something
Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Self - Drums
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)
Beatles Electroniques
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Candy
Emmanuel
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Self
The Beatles: Revolution
Self
Frost on Sunday
Self (as The Beatles)
Yellow Submarine
Ringo (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
Self / Talkative Magician
Omnibus
Self
All You Need Is Love
Self
Our World
Self
Monument
Self (archive footage)
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Self
El Rey en Londres
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
Self - The Beatles
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
Self - Drums, Backing Vocals
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
Self
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Self
Reflections on Love
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
Self
The Beatles
Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
Help!
Ringo
Doctor Who: The Chase
Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
Self
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Self - The Beatles Member
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
Self
A Hard Day's Night
Ringo
The Beatles Sing for Shell
Self
The Beatles in Australia
Self
Around the Beatles
Self
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
Self
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Self
The Beatles Come to Town
Self
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
Self
The Mersey Sound
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Morecambe & Wise
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Self (archive footage)
Beatles
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970