George Harrison
Known for Acting · 283 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 (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.
Known For
TV Shows (33)
The Simpsons
1989
as George Harrison (voice)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Doctor Who
1963
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Timewatch
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Film '72
1971
as Self
Classic Albums
1997
as Self
Disco
1971
as Self
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self (uncredited)
History 101
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Sherwood
2022
as Nikko
The Beatles
1965
as Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Frost on Sunday
1968
as Self (as The Beatles)
David Frost Vs
2025
as self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021
as Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
2025
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
20th Century Greats
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (250)
Life of Brian
1979
as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990
as Self (archive footage)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
as George
Yellow Submarine
1968
as George (uncredited)
Ringo
1978
as George Harrison
Evolver 62
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
1965
as Self
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
as Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
as Self (Archive Footage)
Beatles '64
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Shanghai Surprise
1986
as Nightclub Singer
Imagine
1972
as Self
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Building the Beatles
as Self (Archive Footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986
as Self
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966
as Self - The Beatles
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
My Generation
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
as Self (archive footage)
An Accidental Studio
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025
as Self
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
as Self (archive footage)
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Concert for George
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
This Is Elvis
1981
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Genius
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
2017
The Movie Life of George
1989
as Self
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
as Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope
Take Your Pills
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty: Going Home
1994
as Self
Checking Out
1988
as Cleaner
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
as Self
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
as Self
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013
as (Archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles In America
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Hagström: Allt i musik
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock
2017
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000
as Self
Water
1985
as Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
2021
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
as Self
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
as Self (archive footage)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
as Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Raga
1971
as Self
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
as Self
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
as Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
as Self
The Beatles on Record
2009
as Self
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
1978
as Self
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
as Self (archival footage)
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
as Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Day the Music Died
1977
as Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005
as Self
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
as Self
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Help!
1965
as George
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012
as Self
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
as Self
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966
as Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
as Self
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
as Self
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
as Self
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974
as Self
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
The Compleat Beatles
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles Stories
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Mersey Sound
1963
as Self
About 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. Harri… With 283 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, George Harrison has appeared in 250 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular George Harrison Movies
- Life of Brian (1979) — as Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Prince's Trust Rock Gala (1990) — as Self (archive footage)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) — as George
- Yellow Submarine (1968) — as George (uncredited)
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