Ringo Starr
Biography
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.
Movies (277)
High in the Clouds
2027
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026
Man on the Run
2026
Evolver 62
2026
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025
The Beatles
2025
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
Beatles '64
2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
The Beach Boys
2024
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Louder Than Rock
2023
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
Let There Be Drums!
2022
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
Rat Pack
2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
The Beatles and India
2021
What Drives Us
2021
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
Zappa
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
2020
Understanding McCartney
2020
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
2020
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019
Echo in the Canyon
2019
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018
Take Your Pills
2018
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
The Summer of Love
2017
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
Free to Rock
2017
Året var 1967
2017
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
2016
Our Cilla
2015
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
The Beatles 1
2015
The Beatles 1+
2015
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
2014
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
2014
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
Good Ol' Freda
2013
Ringo at the Ryman
2013
Året var 1963
2013
Genius
2012
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
Palme
2012
Produced by George Martin
2012
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012
Becoming the Beatles
2012
The Winged Beetle
2012
Beatles Stories
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
All You Need Is Klaus
2010
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
2010
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
2010
David Wants to Fly
2010
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
2010
A Concert by the Lake
2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
2009
Oh My God
2009
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
The Beatles on Record
2009
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
The Best Of Sound Stage
2008
All Together Now
2008
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
2008
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
2008
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
2008
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
2008
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
2007
The Beatles Phenomenon
2007
The Beatles Explosion
2007
The Beatles In America
2007
The Beatles: Love
2006
To John With Love
2006
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
2005
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
2005
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
Meet the Beatles
2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
2004
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
Ringo Rama
2003
The Beatles: Around the World
2003
Radio
2003
Concert for George
2003
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003
Beatles: The Journey
2003
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003
The Beatles - Trilogy
2003
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Things They Said Today
2002
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...
2001
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
2001
Wingspan
2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
2001
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band
1998
Ringo Starr: VH1 Storytellers
1998
Happy Birthday to John
1997
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
1997
The Beatles Story
1996
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
Queen: Champions of the World
1995
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993
Ringo Starr Going Home
1993
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
Thomas & Friends: Better Late Than Never
1991
Thomas & Friends: Tenders & Turntables
1990
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Breaks the Rules
1990
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
1990
Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson
1990
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
1990
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
1988
Walking After Midnight
1988
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
1987
Video from Hell
1987
The Return of Bruno
1987
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985
The Making of Sun City
1985
Water
1985
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
1985
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Down The Mine: The Pilot Episode
1983
The Compleat Beatles
1982
The Cooler
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Caveman
1981
This Is Elvis
1981
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
1979
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979
The Last Waltz
1978
Ringo
1978
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Sextette
1978
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
The Day the Music Died
1977
Lisztomania
1975
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
Son of Dracula
1974
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
That'll Be The Day
1973
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
1973
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
Weekend of a Champion
1972
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
1972
The Making of 200 Motels
1971
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
Blindman
1971
200 Motels
1971
The Point
1971
Let It Be
1970
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969
The Magic Christian
1969
The Beatles: Something
1969
The Beatles: Abbey Road
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969
Beatles Electroniques
1969
Candy
1968
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
Yellow Submarine
1968
The Movie Orgy
1968
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Our World
1967
Monument
1967
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
1967
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
1966
Reflections on Love
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
Help!
1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
Pop Gear
1965
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
The Beatles in Australia
1964
Around the Beatles
1964
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
The Mersey Sound
1963
The Beatles - 1967-1970
TV Shows (49)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
This Is Pop
2021
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
Soundbreaking
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
In Their Own Words
2015
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Conan
2010
Live from the Artists Den
2009
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
20th Century Greats
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Pet Star
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Early Show
1999
Classic Albums
1997
The Daily Show
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Beatles Anthology
1995
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
1995
TOTP2
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
The Simpsons
1989
Shining Time Station
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Masters
1986
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Thomas & Friends
1984
Princess Daisy
1983
Timewatch
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Wetten, dass..?
1981
An Audience with...
1978
Saturday Night Live
1975
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Omnibus
1967
The Beatles
1965
Top of the Pops
1964
Top of the Pops
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Morecambe & Wise
1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948