John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.
As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Movies
A Hard Day's Night
John
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
El Rey en Londres
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self (archive footage)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
Self (archive footage)
Under the Volcano
Self (archive footage)
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour
Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self (archive footage)
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
Self
Jimi Plays Monterey
Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Beatles Stories
Self (archive footage)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
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How I Won the War
Gripweed
Help!
John
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Let It Be
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
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Things They Said Today
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Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
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The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
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Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
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The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
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Louder Than Rock
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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
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Take Your Pills
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The Beatles and India
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
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The Beatles at Shea Stadium
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Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
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The Beatles: Help!
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The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
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The Beatles Unauthorized
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The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
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The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
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The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum
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Imagine
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Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
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Fun with the Fab Four
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The Beatles on Record
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Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
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Sweet Toronto
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Paul Newman: The Restless
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The Mersey Sound
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The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
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LennoNYC
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John Lennon: Live In New York City
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Eat the Document
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John Lennon: His Life, His Legacy, His Last Days
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song
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Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
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John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
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Our World
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Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
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Apotheosis
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon
Parkinson at 50
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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Good Ol' Freda
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John Lennon - Imagine
The Beatles Come to Town
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The Beatles: Something
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The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
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The Beatles: Revolution
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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
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Discovering Lennon
Mighty Good: The Beatles
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Happy Birthday to John
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You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
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The Beatles Explosion
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The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
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The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
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Paul McCartney at Glastonbury 2022
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Brazil in Cannes
The Real Buddy Holly Story
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The Beatles: Parting Ways
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Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
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Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
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The Beatles and the BBC
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Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
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The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
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The Beatles: A Celebration
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Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
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The Beatles are Coming
The King
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This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Self (archive voice)
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
The Beatles - 1967-1970
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Fire in the Water
Paul McCartney: Got Back
Self (archive footage)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Self (archival footage)
The Beatles: Hey Jude
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The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Self (archive footage)
When the Music's Over
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Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self (archive footage)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reflections on Love
Self (archive footage)
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Genius
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If These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse
Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
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24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
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John & Yoko's Year of Peace
Self (archive footage)
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Self (archive)
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
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The Killing of America
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Doctor Who: The Chase
Self (archive footage)
Population Boom
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The Rise & Fall of WCW
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The Beatles 1
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The Beatles - Abbey Road
Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon
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The Beatles 1+
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
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A Salute to Sir Lew Grade
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The Beatles Mod Odyssey
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The Beatles: Around the World
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Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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The Beach Boys
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
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The One to One Concert
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The Bannfoot Ferry
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
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Becoming the Beatles
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The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
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365 Day Project
Hinckley
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British Rock: The First Wave
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The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Self (archive footage)
Bed Peace
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The Beatles Sing for Shell
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Yoko Ono: Then and Now
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The Beatles in Australia
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I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
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The Compleat Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Lennon
Self
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Self - Lead Vocals
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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How the Beatles Changed the World
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The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
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Beatles: The Journey
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Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
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The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
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Free to Rock
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
I Killed John Lennon
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
Self (uncredited)
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
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All You Need Is Love
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The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
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Beatles: Big Beat Box
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The John Lennon Sketchbook
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Up Your Legs Forever
Film No. 5
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The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
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Two Virgins
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Self (archive footage)
Self-Portrait
Self
Doctor Who: Origins
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The Beatles Story
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Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Kyoko
Self (archive footage)
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
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The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
Self (archive footage)
Die Beatles
Self - The Beatles
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
Self (archive footage)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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Yellow Submarine
John (uncredited)
Salinger
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Around the Beatles
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Pop Gear
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I Met the Walrus
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The Beatles: Live in Paris
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The John Lennon Video Collections - 1992
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self (archive footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
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The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
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The Real John Lennon
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Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
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The Day John Lennon Died
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The Last Lennon Interview
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Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
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John Lennon: Hard to Imagine
The Beatles: Love
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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Hanratty: The Whole Truth
Self (archive footage)
The World's Greatest Gigs
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What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Self - The Beatles Member
Lennon's Last Weekend
Self (archive footage)
The Winged Beetle
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Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
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Imagine Imagine
Self
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
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Vain Glory
John Lennon
Monument
Self (archive footage)
Imagine Lennon
archives footages
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
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The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
My Generation
Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Beatles Electroniques
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I'm Only Sleeping
Self (voice)
Understanding McCartney
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Elton John: Never Too Late
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One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Self (Archive Footage)
Daytime Revolution
Self (archive footage)
Livin’ Thing
Himself
Paul McCartney: Got Back - Live at River Plate Stadium
Self (archive footage)
Beatles '64
Self (archive footage)
The Sparks Brothers
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forrest Gump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Self (archive footage)
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
Self
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
No Hamburg No Beatles
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Ringo Starr: One of Them
Self (archive footage)
Shows
Hawaii Five-O
Huffman
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles
Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
The Beatles: Get Back
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
A Life in Ten Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
Self
John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage)
Not Only... But Also
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
20th Century Greats
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Anthology
Self (archive footage)
Infamous Assassinations
Self (archive footage)
The Defiant Ones
Self (archive footage)
Top of the Pops
Timewatch
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Music
Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
Self
Top of the Pops
Self
Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)
Self
The Old Grey Whistle Test