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George Harrison

Acting

8.0 Popularity Feb 25, 1943 (58 years old) Liverpool, England, UK

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 mysti...

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.

Filmography 310

2025
The Beatles Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2025
The Beatles Movie

Musician

2025
TWST / Things We Said Today Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2024
No Hamburg, No Beatles Movie

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2024
Beatles '64 Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2024
The Beatles LOVE Movie

Music

2024
The Bannfoot Ferry Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2024
The Beach Boys Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Beatles and the BBC Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Paul Newman: The Restless Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Sunday Best Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
By My Side Movie

Music

2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Louder Than Rock Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Roy Orbison At The BBC Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Movie

as Self (archive footage)

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday February 25, 1943 (58 years old)
Died November 29, 2001
Place of Birth Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As The Beatles, Nelson Wilbury, Spike Wilbury and 2 more
Years Active 1948 - 2025
Popularity 8.0
Career Stats
310 Total Credits
224 Movie Roles
29 TV Roles
7 Photos