George Harrison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 25, 1943
- Died
- Nov 29, 2001 (aged 58)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Credits
- 285
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
The Simpsons
1989TV
George Harrison (voice)
Life of Brian
1979Movie
Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
A Hard Day's Night
1964Movie
George
Doctor Who
1963TV
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yellow Submarine
1968Movie
George (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Musical Guest
Filmography
Man on the Run
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Evolver 62
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025Movie
Self
A Love Letter to the Beatles
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025Movie
Self
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
TWST / Things We Said Today
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
David Frost Vs
2025TV
self (archive footage)
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024Movie
No Hamburg, No Beatles
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beatles '64
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and the BBC
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Roy Orbison at the BBC
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022Movie
Self
If These Walls Could Sing
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sherwood
2022TV
Nikko
Behind the Lyrics: The Beatles
2022Movie
Self
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021Movie
Self (archival footage)
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
History 101
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
The Shadows At Sixty
2020Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019Movie
Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
An Accidental Studio
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018Movie
Self
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018TV
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
2018Movie
Self
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
My Generation
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017Movie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Summer of Love
2017Movie
Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock
2017Movie
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Året var 1967
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
2015TV
Self (archive footage)
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
When the Beatles Drove Us Wild
2014Movie
archival footage
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
2014Movie
Self
Badfinger - They Sold A Million
2013Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013Movie
(Archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
Året var 1963
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
Genius
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Palme
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012Movie
Self
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012Movie
Self
Becoming the Beatles
2012Movie
Self
The Winged Beetle
2012Movie
Self
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011TV
Self (archive footage)
Beatles Stories
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011Movie
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010Movie
archive footage
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
2010Movie
Self
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
2010Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009TV
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009Movie
Self
The Beatles on Record
2009Movie
Self
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009Movie
Self
Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008TV
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008Movie
self
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
George Harrison: In Performance
2008Movie
The Beatles: Up Close and Personal
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Phenomenon
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007Movie
Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Explosion
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles In America
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Love
2006Movie
Self
To John With Love
2006Movie
Self
Doctor Who: Origins
2006Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005Movie
Self
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005Movie
Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
2005Movie
Self (archive)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Meet the Beatles
2005Movie
Self (Archival footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
20th Century Greats
2004TV
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: All things must pass
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Around the World
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Concert for George
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003Movie
Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
Beatles: The Journey
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hagström: Allt i musik
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003Movie
Self
The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Trilogy
2003Movie
Self
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Things They Said Today
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
2002Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Harrison - The Quiet one
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000Movie
Self
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999Movie
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
(archive footage)
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999Movie
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Classic Albums
1997TV
Self
The Beatles Story
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
1995TV
Self
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995Movie
Self
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
1994Movie
Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty: Going Home
1994Movie
Self
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993Movie
Self
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993Movie
Self
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993Movie
Self
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992Movie
Self
George Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
1992Movie
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992Movie
George Harrison: Live in Japan
1991Movie
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991Movie
Self (archive footage)
My Sweet Lord in the Far East
1991Movie
Self
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Simpsons
1989TV
George Harrison (voice)
The Movie Life of George
1989Movie
Self
Checking Out
1988Movie
Cleaner
Imagine: John Lennon
1988Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
1987Movie
Self
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
1987Movie
Self
Taj Mahal and Friends
1987Movie
Self
Shanghai Surprise
1986Movie
Nightclub Singer
Fun with the Fab Four
1986Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986Movie
Self
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985Movie
Self
British Rock: The First Wave
1985Movie
Self (archive footage)
Water
1985Movie
Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983Movie
Self
The Compleat Beatles
1982Movie
Self (archive footage)
Timewatch
1982TV
Self (archive footage)
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982Movie
Self (archive footage)
This Is Elvis
1981Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life of Brian
1979Movie
Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)
Ringo
1978Movie
George Harrison
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978Movie
The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
1978Movie
Self
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977Movie
Self
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977Movie
Self
The Day the Music Died
1977Movie
Self
Night Lunch
1975Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Musical Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
1974Movie
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Society of the Spectacle
1974Movie
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974Movie
Self
Imagine
1972Movie
Self
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972Movie
Self
Raga
1971Movie
Self
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Disco
1971TV
Self
Let It Be
1970Movie
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Something
1969Movie
Self
The Beatles: Abbey Road
1969Movie
Self - Guitar, Vocals
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968Movie
Self
All My Loving
1968Movie
Self
Beatles Electroniques
1968Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beatles: Revolution
1968Movie
Self
Frost on Sunday
1968TV
Self (as The Beatles)
Yellow Submarine
1968Movie
George (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
The Movie Orgy
1968Movie
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
1967Movie
Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope
Omnibus
1967TV
Self
All You Need Is Love
1967Movie
Self
Our World
1967Movie
Self
Monument
1967Movie
Self (archive footage)
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
1967Movie
Self
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967TV
Self (uncredited)
El Rey en Londres
1966Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966Movie
Self - The Beatles
The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966Movie
Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966Movie
Self
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
1966Movie
Self
Reflections on Love
1966Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965Movie
Self
The Beatles
1965TV
Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
Help!
1965Movie
George
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pop Gear
1965Movie
Self
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964Movie
Self - The Beatles Member
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964Movie
Self
A Hard Day's Night
1964Movie
George
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964Movie
Self
The Beatles in Australia
1964Movie
Self
Around the Beatles
1964Movie
Self
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964Movie
Self
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964Movie
Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
1964TV
Self
The Beatles Come to Town
1963Movie
Self
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963Movie
Self
Doctor Who
1963TV
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mersey Sound
1963Movie
Self
Morecambe & Wise
1961TV
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970
Movie
Building the Beatles
Movie
Self (Archive Footage)