- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Died
- November 29, 2001
George Harrison
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", "So…
Filmography
movieMan on the Run
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieEvolver 62
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn
2025 · Self
tvThe Beatles Anthology
2025
movieA Love Letter to the Beatles
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieTWST / Things We Said Today
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles
2025 · Self (archive footage), Musician
tvDavid Frost Vs
2025 · self (archive footage)
movieLa Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
movieNo Hamburg, No Beatles
2024 · Self (voice) (archive footage)
movieBeatles '64
2024 · Self (archive footage), Songs
movieLarger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles LOVE
2024 · Music
movieThe Bannfoot Ferry
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beach Boys
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieNow and Then - The Last Beatles Song
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles and the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieReinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieSunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023 · Self (archive footage)
By My Side
2023 · Music
movieSounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouder Than Rock
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieRoy Orbison at the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022 · Self
movieIf These Walls Could Sing
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieRingo Starr: One of Them
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvSherwood
2022 · Nikko
movieBehind the Lyrics: The Beatles
2022 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022 · Self (archive footage), Songs
How much LSD did The Beatles do in the 1960s?
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Beatles: Get Back
2021 · Self (archive footage), Songs
movieThe Beatles and India
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvMcCartney 3, 2, 1
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieLike a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021 · Self (archival footage)
tv1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvThis Is Pop
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieJealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieMeeting the Beatles in India
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvHistory 101
2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Shadows At Sixty
2020 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
2020 · Self (archive footage)
moviePaul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieManson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieEric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019 · Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
movieAn Accidental Studio
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieDeconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieYesterday
2019 · Songs
movieDeconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieUnderstanding Lennon/McCartney
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohn & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles – Ready Steady Go!
2018 · Self
tvElvis Presley: The Searcher
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieEric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison - All Things Pass
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieTake Your Pills
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movie14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988
2018 · Self
movieHow the Beatles Changed the World
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Generation
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieSuperswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieDark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017 · Self - Musician (archive footage)
movieThe Summer of Love
2017
movieHare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieSgt Pepper's Musical Revolution
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieIt Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieFree to Rock
2017 · Self - The Beatles (archive footage)
movieÅret var 1967
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieDeconstructing the Beatles' White Album
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016 · Self (Archive Footage), Songs
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Beatles chronology (1962-1970)
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles 1
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles 1+
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvIn Their Own Words
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieAwake: The Life of Yogananda
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieRoy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeatles på Sverigeturné
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieDelaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
2014 · Self
movieBadfinger - They Sold A Million
2013 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieLiving Is Easy with Eyes Closed
2013 · (Archive footage)
movieGood Ol' Freda
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieÅret var 1963
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieGenius
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieMagical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieMr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012 · Self (archive footage)
moviePalme
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012 · Self
movieBecoming the Beatles
2012 · Self
movieThe Winged Beetle
2012 · Self
tvGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011 · Self (archive footage), Music
movieBeatles Stories
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
movieThe Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieI Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos
2011 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: A Magical History Tour
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieLet’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010 · archive footage
movieRavi Shankar's Music Festival from India
2010 · Self
movieThe 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
2010 · Self (archive footage)
moviePaul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohn Lennon: Love Is All You Need
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: The Complete Story
2010 · Self (Archive Footage)
tvMonty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: The Mini Documentaries
2009 · Self
movieThe Beatles on Record
2009 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Parting Ways
2009 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories
2008 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Red Album 1962 - 1966
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieRare and Unseen: The Beatles
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: The Blue Album 1967 - 1970
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieComposing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon & McCartney 1966-1970
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Turn Left at Greenland
2008 · self
movieComposing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957 - 1965
2008 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieGeorge Harrison: In Performance
2008
movieThe Beatles: Up Close and Personal
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieTHE BEATLES in HELP!
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieAcross the Universe
2007 · Songs
movieThe Beatles Phenomenon
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
2007 · Self
Rock Milestones: The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles Explosion
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles In America
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Love
2006 · Self
movieTo John With Love
2006 · Self
movieDoctor Who: Origins
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2
2005 · Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
movieThe Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieRock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
2005 · Self (archive)
movieThe Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieMeet the Beatles
2005 · Self (Archival footage), Songs
movieBeatles Biggest Secrets
2004 · Self (archive footage)
tv20th Century Greats
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Watching Rainbows
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison: All things must pass
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieGeorge Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Around the World
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieConcert for George
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieEd Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieCan't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003 · Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)
movieBeatles: The Journey
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieHagström: Allt i musik
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
movieThe Beatles: A Long and Winding Road
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles - Trilogy
2003 · Self
moviePaul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieThings They Said Today
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieNaqoyqatsi
2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGeorge Harrison - The Quiet one
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieElvis: King of Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeatles: Big Beat Box
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieRam Dass: Fierce Grace
2001 · Additional Music
movieWingspan
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieGimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album
2000 · Self
movieGoodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999 · Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieIn Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
1999 · Self
movieThe Beatles: A Celebration
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
movieEverest
1998 · Music
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
movieThe Beatles Story
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles Unauthorized
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieAlf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Beatles Anthology
1995 · Self
movieYou Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995 · Self
The Beatles In Australia: 30th Anniversary
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty: Going Home
1994 · Self
movieCurves Contours & Body Horns
1993 · Self
movieReady Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993 · Self
movieBob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993 · Self
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992 · Self
movieGeorge Harrison: Live at The Royal Albert Hall
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
movieGeorge Harrison: Live in Japan
1991
movieThe Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Sweet Lord in the Far East
1991 · Self
movieCold Dog Soup
1990 · Executive Producer
movieThe Prince's Trust Rock Gala
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieNuns on the Run
1990 · Producer
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · George Harrison (voice)
movieHow to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 · Executive Producer
moviePowwow Highway
1989 · Executive Producer
movieThe Movie Life of George
1989 · Self
movieChecking Out
1988 · Cleaner, Executive Producer
movieImagine: John Lennon
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Raggedy Rawney
1988 · Executive Producer
movieTrack 29
1988 · Executive Producer
movieThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · Producer
movieBellman and True
1987 · Executive Producer
movieJimi Plays Monterey
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieFive Corners
1987 · Executive Producer
moviePrince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
1987 · Self
movieWithnail & I
1987 · Executive Producer
Taj Mahal and Friends
1987 · Self
movieShanghai Surprise
1986 · Nightclub Singer, Original Music Composer, Songs, Theme Song Performance, Executive Producer
movieMona Lisa
1986 · Executive Producer
movieFun with the Fab Four
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieRock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties
1986 · Self
movieCarl Perkins & Friends: Blue Suede Shoes - A Rockabilly Session
1985 · Self
British Rock: The First Wave
1985 · Self (archive footage)
movieWater
1985 · Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band, Executive Producer
movieA Private Function
1984 · Executive Producer
movieBullshot
1983 · Executive Producer
movieJames Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · Self
moviePrivates on Parade
1983 · Executive Producer
movieThe Missionary
1982 · Executive Producer
movieThe Compleat Beatles
1982 · Self (archive footage)
tvTimewatch
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieScrubbers
1982 · Executive Producer
movieMonty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982 · Executive Producer
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieTime Bandits
1981 · Theme Song Performance, Executive Producer, Additional Music
Beatlemania
1981 · Songs
movieThis Is Elvis
1981 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Long Good Friday
1980 · Executive Producer
movieLife of Brian
1979 · Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited), Executive Producer
movieRingo
1978 · George Harrison
movieI Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)
movieEric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel
1978 · Self
movieThe Beatles at Shea Stadium
1977 · Self
movieMighty Good: The Beatles
1977 · Self
movieThe Day the Music Died
1977 · Self
movieAll This and World War II
1976 · Songs
movieNight Lunch
1975 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieGeorge Harrison: Live in North America 1974
1974
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieLittle Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974 · Executive Producer
movieThe Society of the Spectacle
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieMuhammad Ali, the Greatest
1974 · Self
movieImagine
1972 · Self
movieThe Concert for Bangladesh
1972 · Self, Producer
movieRaga
1971 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
tvDisco
1971 · Self
movieLet It Be
1970 · Self - The Beatles (uncredited), Songs, Executive Producer
movie24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Something
1969 · Self, Music
movieThe Beatles: Abbey Road
1969 · Self - Guitar, Vocals
movieWonderwall
1969 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One
1969 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two
1969 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three
1969 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeatles Electroniques
1969 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968 · Self
movieAll My Loving
1968 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Revolution
1968 · Self
Frost on Sunday
1968 · Self (as The Beatles)
movieYellow Submarine
1968 · George (uncredited), Songs
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
Revolution
1968 · Songs
movieMagical Mystery Tour
1967 · Self / Magician Looking Through Telescope, Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs, Writer, Director
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
All You Need Is Love
1967 · Self
movieOur World
1967 · Self
movieMonument
1967 · Self (archive footage)
moviePenny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
1967 · Self
tvThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967 · Self (uncredited)
movieEl Rey en Londres
1966 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966 · Self - The Beatles
movieThe Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)
1966 · Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
movieThe Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)
1966 · Self
movieThe Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966
1966 · Self
movieReflections on Love
1966 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: Live in Paris
1965 · Self
tvThe Beatles
1965 · Self (vocals musical segments) (uncredited)
movieHelp!
1965 · George, Songs
movieDoctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Self (archive footage)
moviePop Gear
1965 · Self
movieWhat's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964 · Self - The Beatles Member
movieThe Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964 · Self
movieA Hard Day's Night
1964 · George
movieThe Beatles Sing for Shell
1964 · Self
movieThe Beatles in Australia
1964 · Self
movieAround the Beatles
1964 · Self
movieThe Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964 · Self
movieYeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964 · Self (archive footage)
tvTop of the Pops
1964 · Self
movieThe Beatles Come to Town
1963 · Self
movieThe Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963 · Self
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Self - The Beatles (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Mersey Sound
1963 · Self
tvMorecambe & Wise
1961 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieThe Beatles - 1967-1970
— · Self (archive footage)
movieBeatles
—
movieInside the Beatles: 1962-1970
—
Building the Beatles
— · Himself