George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 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.
Filmography
Man on the Run
as Self (archive footage)
Man on the Run
as Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
as Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
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The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
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A Love Letter to the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
A Love Letter to the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
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The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
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The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
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The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
as Self (archive footage)
TWST / Things We Said Today
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TWST / Things We Said Today
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles
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No Hamburg, No Beatles
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Beatles '64
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Beatles '64
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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The Bannfoot Ferry
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The Bannfoot Ferry
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The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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The Beatles and the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Louder Than Rock
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Louder Than Rock
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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Roy Orbison at the BBC
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Roy Orbison at the BBC
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
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If These Walls Could Sing
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If These Walls Could Sing
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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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Ringo Starr: One of Them
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Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
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Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
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How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
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The Beatles and India
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
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Meeting the Beatles in India
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Meeting the Beatles in India
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
as Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
An Accidental Studio
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An Accidental Studio
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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Understanding Lennon/McCartney
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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George Harrison - All Things Pass
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Take Your Pills
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Take Your Pills
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My Generation
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My Generation
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The Summer of Love
The Summer of Love
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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Free to Rock
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Free to Rock
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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The Beatles 1+
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The Beatles 1+
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Beatles på Sverigeturné
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Palme
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Palme
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The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
as Self (Archive Footage)
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
as Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
as Self (archive)
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
as Self (archive)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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Meet the Beatles
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Meet the Beatles
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
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Beatles Biggest Secrets
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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George Harrison: All things must pass
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George Harrison: All things must pass
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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The Beatles: Around the World
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The Beatles: Around the World
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Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
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Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
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Beatles: The Journey
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Beatles: The Journey
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Hagström: Allt i musik
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Hagström: Allt i musik
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Naqoyqatsi
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Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles Story
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The Beatles Story
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
The Movie Life of George
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The Movie Life of George
as Self
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Water
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life of Brian
as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Life of Brian
as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
The Day the Music Died
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The Day the Music Died
as Self
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
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Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Let It Be
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
El Rey en Londres
as Self (archive footage)
El Rey en Londres
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Sing for Shell
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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Beatles
Beatles
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970