Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of "Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song "What Goes On" and primary writer with "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden".
As drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers, behind drummers such as John Bonham, Keith Moon and Neil Peart.
Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.
Movies
A Hard Day's Night
Ringo
Let It Be
Self (The Beatles) (uncredited)
Blindman
Candy
The Kids Are Alright
Himself
The Magic Christian
Youngman Grand, Esq.
The Society of the Spectacle
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Plays Monterey
Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
Self
That'll Be The Day
Mike
Magical Mystery Tour
Self / Talkative Magician
200 Motels
Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Ringo
Concert for George
Self
The Last Waltz
Self
Help!
Ringo
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
Self (archive footage)
Candy
Emmanuel
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Lisztomania
The Pope
The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self
Caveman
Atouk
All You Need Is Klaus
Himself
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
Himself (archive footage)
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
Himself
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
Self
Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
himself
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum
Self
The Beatles: Help!
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self
Fun with the Fab Four
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles on Record
Self
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Self
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
Self (archive footage)
All Together Now
Himself
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
The Mersey Sound
Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Self
Produced By George Martin
Sextette
Laslo Karolny
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
Self (archive footage)
Good Ol' Freda
Self
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
Self (archive footage)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
Self
Happy Birthday to John
Himself
Son of Dracula
Merlin, the Magician
The Beatles: A Celebration
Self (archive footage)
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
Self (archive footage)
A Concert by the Lake
Himself
Ringo Starr 70th Birthday Bash Radio City NYC 7-07-10
Thomas & Friends: Best of Percy
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Best Of James
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Best Of Thomas
Narrator
Walking After Midnight
Self
Reflections on Love
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Around the World
Self (archive footage)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Beatles 1
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories
Narrator
Ringo at the Ryman
himself
Water
Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Ringo Starr
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self
Carl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
Self
Ringo
Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
Self (archive footage)
The Point
Narrator / Father (home video release) (voice)
British Rock: The First Wave
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
Self - batería, vocalista
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album
Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
Ringo Starr: Off the Record
Self
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater
Self
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: Tour 2003
Self
The Best of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band So Far...
Himself
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006
Self
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Self
The Beatles Sing for Shell
Self
The Beatles in Australia
Self
The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed
Fibonacci Sequins (voice)
The Compleat Beatles
Self (archive footage)
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
Self
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
The World of Peter Sellers
Beatles: The Journey
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
Free to Rock
Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
Self (archive footage)
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
Self
Echo in the Canyon
Self
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
All You Need Is Love
Self
The Cooler
Prisoner/Cowboy
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in Washington DC
Self
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
Self
Thomas & Friends: Percy Takes The Plunge
Narrator
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Origins
Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Self (archive footage)
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
David Wants to Fly
The Beatles Story
Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
Himself
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Self
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Self (archive footage)
Oh My God
Self
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
Self (archive footage)
Die Beatles
Self (as The Beatles)
The Return of Bruno
Ringo Starr
Yellow Submarine
Ringo (uncredited)
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
Around the Beatles
Self
Thomas & Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked
Narrator
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
Self
Pop Gear
Self
Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show
Self - Host
The Beatles: Live in Paris
Self
Meeting the Beatles in India
Self
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Self (archive footage)
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Self (archive footage)
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Love
Self
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
Self - The Beatles Member
The Winged Beetle
Self
Ringo Starr Going Home
Self - Host
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Self
Willie and The Poor Boys - The Movie
The Janitor
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
Ringo Starr And His Fourth All Starr Band
Self
What Drives Us
Monument
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Self
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
Self
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
Self (drums, backing vocals)
El Rey en Londres
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band: Live at the Greek Theater 2019
Himself
The Day the Music Died
Self
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Things They Said Today
Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles and India
Self (archive footage)
Radio
Stinger the Mascot (uncredited)
Weekend of a Champion
Self (uncredited)
Our World
Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Mighty Good: The Beatles
Self
The Beatles Explosion
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
Self
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
Self
Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
Narrator
Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
Mr. Conductor
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
This Is Elvis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
Self
Shed 17
Edward (voice)
Doctor Who: The Chase
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Self - drums
Let There Be Drums!
Self
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Self (archive footage)
Video From Hell
Self
Beatles Stories
Self (archive footage)
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Self
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Larry the Dwarf (archive footage)
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Self
The Beatles: Let It Be
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
Louder Than Rock
Self (archive footage)
A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Cilla in Scandinavia
Self
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
Self
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles Come to Town
Self
The Beatles: REVOLUTION
Self
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
Self
The Beatles: SOMETHING
Self
The Beatles: Parting Ways
Himself
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
Self
Beatles - Tokyo, Japan 66
Himself
The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
Self
The Beatles and the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles are Coming
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Sun City
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
Self (archival footage)
The Beatles: HEY JUDE
Self
Beatles på Sverigeturné
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
Genius
Self (archive footage)
Wingspan
Himself (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive Footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
Self
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Self (uncredited) (Extended Cut)
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
The Bannfoot Ferry
Self (archive)
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie
self
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
Shows
The Simpsons
Ringo Starr (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Pet Star
Self - Judge
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Beatles
The Beatles Anthology
Shining Time Station
Mr. Conductor
Monty Python's Flying Circus
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Early Show
Self
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
TOTP2
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Wetten, dass..?
Self
An Audience with...
Self
Princess Daisy
Robin Valerian
The Beatles Anthology
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
20th Century Greats
Self (archive footage)
American Masters
Self
Bitte umblättern
Self
Treffpunkte
Self
Timewatch
Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
Self
The Morecambe & Wise Show
Self
Conan
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Beatles: Get Back
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Omnibus
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self - Member of The Beatles
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice)
Live From the Artists Den
Self
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self
The Beatles
Drums
Thomas & Friends
Narrator (Voice)