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
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Movies 236
self 225
TV Shows 26
Producer 21
Music Genres. Voices of the World (2023)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)
The Beatles and the BBC (2023)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC (2023)
Louder Than Rock (2023)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story (2023)
Roy Orbison At The BBC (2023)
If These Walls Could Sing (2023)
HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (2022)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction (2022)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022)
The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
The Beatles and India (2021)
McCartney 3, 2, 1 (2021)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021)
The Beatles: Let It Be (2021)
This Is Pop (2021)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon (2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)
History 101 (2020)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2020)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle (2019)
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind (2019)
An Accidental Studio (2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2 (2019)
Yesterday (2019)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 (2019)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney (2018)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky (2018)
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff (2018)
Deconstructing the Birth of the Beatles (2018)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go! (2018)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018)
George Harrison - All Things Pass (2018)
Take Your Pills (2018)
14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988 (2018)
How the Beatles Changed the World (2017)
My Generation (2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (2017)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution (2017)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017)
Free to Rock (2017)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album (2016)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016)
George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison (2016)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970) (2016)
The Last Lennon Interview (2015)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)
The Beatles 1+ (2015)
The Beatles 1 (2015)
Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75 (2014)
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild (2014)
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled (2014)
Beatles på Sverigeturné (2014)
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969 (2014)
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1969-1982 (2014)
Good Ol' Freda (2013)
Genius (2012)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited (2012)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (2012)
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966 (2012)
The Winged Beetle (2012)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
Beatles Stories (2011)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2 (2011)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3 (2011)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos (2011)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour (2010)
The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 (2010)
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 (2010)
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India (2010)
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles (2010)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need (2010)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years (2010)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (2009)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere (2009)
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries (2009)
The Beatles on Record (2009)
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966 (2009)
The Beatles: Parting Ways (2009)
Of Time and the City (2008)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories (2008)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles (2008)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970 (2008)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg (2007)
The Beatles: Help! (2007)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
Across the Universe (2007)
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys (2007)
The Beatles Explosion (2007)
The Beatles: Love (2006)
Der Tag, als die Beatles (beinahe) nach Marburg kamen (2006)
Doctor Who: Origins (2006)
Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle (2005)
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited (2005)
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 (2005)
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary (2005)
The Beatles: Liverpool to San Francisco (2005)
Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004)
20th Century Greats (2004)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows (2004)
George Harrison: All things must pass (2004)
George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 (2004)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle (2004)
The Beatles with Tony Sheridan (2004)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized (2003)
The Beatles: Around the World (2003)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
Beatles: The Journey (2003)
Hagström: Everything in Music (2003)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002)
Things They Said Today (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
George Harrison - The Quiet one (2002)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001)
Wingspan (2001)
The Real John Lennon (2000)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (2000)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (1999)
100 Jahre - Der Countdown (1999)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)
The Beatles: A Celebration (1999)
Everest (1998)
Classic Albums: The Band - The Band (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
The Beatles Story (1996)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary (1996)
The Beatles Anthology (1995)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995)
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary (1994)
The Beatles, The Long and Winding Road: The Life and Times (1994)
Tom Petty: Going Home (1994)
Curves Contours & Body Horns (1993)
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live (1993)
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992)
The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991)
My Sweet Lord in the Far East (1991)
Michael Kamen: Concerto for Saxophone (1991)
Cold Dog Soup (1990)
Nuns on the Run (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Checking Out (1989)
Powwow Highway (1989)
The Movie Life of George (1989)
Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
Track 29 (1988)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Bellman and True (1987)
Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
Five Corners (1987)
Withnail & I (1987)
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (1987)
Taj Mahal and Friends (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Mona Lisa (1986)
Fun with the Fab Four (1986)
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session (1985)
British Rock: The First Wave (1985)
Water (1985)
A Private Function (1984)
Bullshot (1983)
A Good Turn Daily (1983)
Privates on Parade (1983)
The Missionary (1982)
The Compleat Beatles (1982)
Timewatch (1982)
Scrubbers (1982)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Time Bandits (1981)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Life of Brian (1979)
Ringo (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel (1978)
The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1977)
Mighty Good: The Beatles (1977)
The Day the Music Died (1977)
Night Lunch (1975)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles (1974)
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974)
The Society of the Spectacle (1974)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1974)
Imagine (1972)
The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
Raga (1971)
Disco (1971)
Let It Be (1970)
The Beatles: SOMETHING (1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three (1969)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two (1969)
All My Loving (1968)
The Beatles: HEY JUDE (1968)
The Beatles: REVOLUTION (1968)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Wonderwall (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Omnibus (1967)
All You Need Is Love (1967)
Our World (1967)
Monument (1967)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
Revolution (1967)
El Rey en Londres (1966)
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66 (1966)
Die Beatles (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)
The Beatles Unauthorized (1965)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964)
Follow The Beatles (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 in Washington DC (1964)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York (1964)
Top of the Pops (1964)
The Beatles Come to Town (1963)
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool (1963)
The Mersey Sound (1963)
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1961)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Pre Fab!
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
The Beatles - 1967-1970
The Beatles are Coming
Love Me Do: The Beatles '62
Rock Gala Concert
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-02-25
Deathday2001-11-29 (58 years old)
Birth Place12 Arnold Grove, United Kingdom
LifestyleMysticism
ReligionChristianity
RelationshipsPattie Boyd (1966-01-21 - 1977-01-01), Olivia Harrison (1978-09-02 - 2001-11-29), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1974-01-01 - 1976-01-01)
ChildrenDhani Harrison
FatherHarold Hargreaves Harrison
MotherLouise Anne Harrison
SiblingsLouise Harrison
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsThe Beatles, Nelson Wilbury, Spike Wilbury, Traveling Wilburys
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire, Academy Award for Best Original Score, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Billboard Music Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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