George Harrison
Known for Acting · 277 credits
- Born
- 1943-02-25
- Died
- 2001-11-29
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- The Beatles · Nelson Wilbury · Spike Wilbury · Traveling Wilburys
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (31)
The Simpsons
1989
as George Harrison (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Doctor Who
1963
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Timewatch
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
History 101
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self
Disco
1971
as Self
Sherwood
2022
as Nikko
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
1965
as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Frost on Sunday
1968
as Self (as The Beatles)
20th Century Greats
2004
as Self (archive footage)
David Frost Vs
2025
as self (archive footage)
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Movies (246)
Life of Brian
1979
as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as George
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self (Archive Footage)
Water
1985
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
Help!
1965
as George
Yellow Submarine
1968
as George (uncredited)
Shanghai Surprise
1986
as Nightclub Singer
Beatles '64
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Concert for George
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
as Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
as (Archive footage)
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out
1988
as Cleaner
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
as Self
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014
as Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
as Self
George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974
as Self (archive footage)
My Generation
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
as Self
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Night Lunch
1975
as Self
An Accidental Studio
2019
as Self (archive footage)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
2018
as Self (archive footage)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo
1978
as George Harrison
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
as Self
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Life of George
1989
as Self
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
as Self
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self
Imagine
1972
as Self
The Beatles
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
as Self (archival footage)
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
as Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
as Self
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Compleat Beatles
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
as Self (archive footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
as Self
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
as Self (archive footage)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
as Self - The Beatles Member
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Monument
1967
as Self (archive footage)
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985
as Self
Beatles Stories
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019
as Self (archive footage)
All My Loving
1968
as Self
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008
as self
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Our World
1967
as Self
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
as Self
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
as Self
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025
as Self (archive footage)
El Rey en Londres
1966
as Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
1965
as Self
George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
as Self
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
as Self
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
as Self (archive footage)
About 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. Harriso… With 277 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, George Harrison has appeared in 246 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular George Harrison Movies
- Life of Brian (1979) — as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) — as George
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — as Self
- Naqoyqatsi (2002) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
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