George Harrison
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.
Acting (206 movies)
A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Movie Orgy
1968
El Rey en Londres
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
Let It Be
1970
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010
Roy Orbison at the BBC
2023
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
Magical Mystery Tour
1967
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Checking Out
1988
Beatles Stories
2011
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
The Day the Music Died
1977
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020
Help!
1965
Things They Said Today
2002
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
Louder Than Rock
2023
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
Take Your Pills
2018
George Harrison - The Quiet one
2002
The Beatles and India
2021
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999
The Beatles: Help!
2007
The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010
The Beatles on Record
2009
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
The Mersey Sound
1963
The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011
The Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
Our World
1967
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
All My Loving
1968
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Good Ol' Freda
2013
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
The Beatles: Something
1969
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
The Beatles: Revolution
1968
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
The Beatles Explosion
2007
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
The Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023
The Beatles and the BBC
2023
The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
The Beatles: A Celebration
1999
This Is Elvis
1981
The Movie Life of George
1989
Life of Brian
1979
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
The Beatles: Hey Jude
1968
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
Beatles på Sverigeturné
2014
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
1978
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
Reflections on Love
1966
Genius
2012
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Wingspan
2001
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014
Raga
1971
Fun with the Fab Four
1986
Rare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008
My Sweet Lord in the Far East
1991
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965
The Beatles 1
2015
The Beatles - Abbey Road
1969
The Beatles 1+
2015
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
The Beatles: Around the World
2003
The Beach Boys
2024
The Bannfoot Ferry
2024
Water
1985
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Original Music Composer |
| Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Producer |
| Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Writer |
| Wonderwall | 1968 | Original Music Composer |
| Abbey Road | 1969 | Writer |
| Let It Be | 1970 | Executive Producer |
| The Concert for Bangladesh | 1972 | Producer |
| Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | 1974 | Executive Producer |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | Executive Producer |
| Time Bandits | 1981 | Executive Producer |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Executive Producer |
| Scrubbers | 1982 | Executive Producer |
| The Missionary | 1982 | Executive Producer |
| Privates on Parade | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| Bullshot | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| A Private Function | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| Water | 1985 | Executive Producer |
| Mona Lisa | 1986 | Executive Producer |
| Shanghai Surprise | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Shanghai Surprise | 1986 | Executive Producer |
| Withnail & I | 1987 | Executive Producer |
| Five Corners | 1987 | Executive Producer |
| Bellman and True | 1987 | Executive Producer |
| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | 1987 | Producer |
| Track 29 | 1988 | Executive Producer |
| The Raggedy Rawney | 1988 | Executive Producer |
| Checking Out | 1988 | Executive Producer |
| Powwow Highway | 1989 | Executive Producer |
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising | 1989 | Executive Producer |
| Nuns on the Run | 1990 | Producer |
| Cold Dog Soup | 1990 | Executive Producer |