George Harrison Biography (1943-2001)

Born February 24 (some sources cite February 25), 1943, in Liverpool, England; son of Harold (a bus driver) and Louise Harrison; married Patricia Ann Boyd(a model and actress), January 21, 1966, (divorced, 1977); married Olivia Arias (a secretary), 1978; children: (second marriage) Dhani (son).

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Musician, composer, producer
Birth Details: February 24, 1943; Liverpool, England
Death Details: November 29, 2001; Los Angeles, California

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
As Himself, Unless Otherwise Noted
A Hard Day's Night, United Artists, 1964
Help!, United Artists, 1965
Pop Gear (also known as Go Go Mania), 1965
The Beatles at Shea Stadium, 1965
Tokyo Concert, 1966
Live-action sequence only, Yellow Submarine (animated and live-action), United Artists, 1968
Let It Be, United Artists, 1970
Raga (documentary), Apple Films, 1971
Music!, 1971
A Concert for Bangladesh (concert film), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
The Day the Music Died, 1977
Mr. Papadopoulis, Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known asThe Life of Brian), Warner Bros./Orion, 1979
Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel (concert film), Angle Films, 1980
Ready, Steady, Go, Volume 1, 1983, Volume 2, 1985
Member of the Singing Rebel Band, Water, Atlantic, 1986
Nightclub singer, Shanghai Surprise, United Artists/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986
Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties (also known as Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties), 1986
Rolling Stone: The First Twenty Years, 1987
It Was 20 Years Ago Today, 1987
Imagine (documentary; also known as Imagine: John Lennon and In My Life--The Story of John Lennon), Warner Bros., 1988
Checking Out, Warner Bros., 1989
(In archival footage) Secrets, 1992
The History of Rock 'n' Roll, Volume 3 (also known as Britain Invades, America Fights Back), 1995
Film Work
Executive Producer, Unless Otherwise Noted
(With John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr) Let It Be, United Artists, 1970
Producer (with Allen Klein) and music producer (with Phil Spector), AConcert for Bangladesh, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
Producer (with Gavric Losey), music producer, and song performer, Little Malcolm (also known as Little Malcolm and His Struggle against theEunuchs), Multicetera, 1974
(With Denis O'Brien) Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as The Life of Brian), Warner Bros./Orion, 1979
Producer, Black and Blue, 1980
(With O'Brien) The Missionary, Columbia, 1981
(With O'Brien) Time Bandits, Avco-Embassy, 1981
(With O'Brien) Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Columbia, 1982
(With O'Brien) Privates on Parade, Orion Classics, 1982
(With O'Brien) Scrubbers, Orion, 1982
(With O'Brien) Bullshot, Handmade Films, 1983
(With O'Brien) A Private Function, Island Alive, 1984
Song performer, "I Don't Want to Do It," Porky's Revenge,1985
Water, Atlantic, 1986
(With O'Brien) Mona Lisa, Island, 1986
Executive producer (with O'Brien) and song performer, "Shanghai Surprise," "Breath away from Heaven," and "Someplace Else," Shanghai Surprise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
(With O'Brien) Withnail and I, Cineplex Odeon, 1986
(With O'Brien, John Hambley, and Johnny Goodman) Bellman and True, Island, 1987
(With O'Brien) Five Corners, Cineplex Odeon, 1987
(With O'Brien) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Island, 1987
Track 29, Island, 1987
Bellman and True, Handmade Films, 1987
(With O'Brien) Pow Wow Highway, Warner Bros., 1988
(With O'Brien) The Raggedy Rawney (also known as The Rawney), Island, 1988
(With O'Brien) How to Get ahead in Advertising, Warner Bros.,1989
(With O'Brien) Checking Out, Warner Bros., 1989
Song producer and song performer, "Cheer Down," Lethal Weapon 2, 1989
Executive producer (with O'Brien) and song performer, "Blow Away," Nuns on the Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Cold Dog Soup, 1990
Song performer, Everest, MacGillivray Freeman Films, 1998
Television Appearances
Specials
What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A., 1964
Magical Mystery Tour, BBC, 1967
Ringo, NBC, 1978
Interviewer, All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles), NBC, 1978
A Rockabilly Session--Carl Perkins and Friends, Cinemax, 1986
Sgt. Pepper: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (also known as It Was Twenty Years Ago Today), PBS, 1987
Song performer, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Here Comes the Sun,"The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert, HBO, 1987
Rolling Stone Magazine's 20 Years of Rock 'n' Roll, ABC, 1987
Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan, Pay-Per-View,1992
Song performer, The Making of Sgt. Pepper, The Disney Channel, 1992

The 1992 Billboard Music Awards, 1992
America Comes to Graceland, syndicated, 1993
Song performer, "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "My Back Pages," The BobDylan 30th Anniversary Celebration, PBS, 1993
Angels II: Beyond the Light, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
Tom Petty: Going Home, The Disney Channel, 1994
Host, Birds of the Backyard, PBS, 1994
The Beatles Anthology, ABC, 1995
The Beatles on E! E! Entertainment Television, 1995
The Band, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Stand and Be Counted, The Learning Channel, 2000
(In archival footage) Gimme Some Truth: The Making of the "Imagine" Album, Bravo, 2000
Episodic
(In archival footage) "The Chase," Doctor Who, 1965
Frost on Sunday, 1968
Rutland Weekend Television, 1975
Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1976
Song performer, "Got My Mind Set on You," MTV Rewind, MTV, 1989
Ready, Steady, Go! The Disney Channel, 1989
ABC in Concert, ABC, 1991
Voice, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet," The Simpsons (animated),Fox, 1993
Voice, The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1997
Also appeared on The Morecambe & Wise Show.
Other Television Appearances
Around the Beatles, 1963
Our World, 1967
(In archival footage) Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years(1955-1970), 2000
Television Work
Specials
Producer and director, Magical Mystery Tour, BBC, 1967
RECORDINGS
Albums with the Beatles
Please Please Me, EMI, 1963
With the Beatles, EMI, 1963
A Hard Day's Night, EMI, 1964
Beatles for Sale, EMI, 1964
Help! EMI, 1965
Rubber Soul, EMI, 1965
Revolver, EMI, 1966
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, EMI, 1967
The Beatles (also known as The White Album), Apple, 1968
Yellow Submarine, Apple, 1969
Abbey Road, Apple, 1969
Let It Be, Apple, 1970
Other Albums
Wonderwall Music (original soundtrack), Apple, 1968
Electronic Sounds, Apple, 1969
All Things Must Pass, Apple, 1970
The Concert for Bangladesh, Apple, 1971
Living in the Material World, Apple, 1973
Dark Horse, Apple, 1974
Extra Texture (Read All about It), Apple, 1975
33 1/3, Dark Horse, 1976
George Harrison, Dark Horse, 1979
Somewhere in England, Dark Horse, 1981
Gone Troppo, Dark Horse, 1982
Cloud 9, Dark Horse, 1987
(With the Traveling Wilburys) Traveling Wilburys, Volume One, Wilbury Records/Warner Bros., 1988, Volume Three, 1990
Best of Dark Horse, 1989
Live in Japan, 1992
Pirate Songs, 1995
Videos
(In archival footage) The Compleat Beatles, 1982
Ready, Steady, Go! The Beatles Live, 1985
Mind Set on You, 1988
(In archival footage) The 1960's: Music, Memories, and Milestones, 1988
Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone, 1991
(In archival footage) The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, 1994
WRITINGS
Film Music
Songwriter, "Don't Bother Me," A Hard Day's Night, UnitedArtists, 1964
Songwriter, "I Need You," Help! United Artists, 1965
Songwriter, "It's All Too Much" and "Only a Northern Song," YellowSubmarine, United Artists, 1968
Wonderwall (also known as Wonderwall: The Movie), Cinecenta, 1969
Songwriter, "I Me Mine," Let It Be, United Artists, 1970
Songwriter, Little Malcolm (also known as Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs), Multicetera, 1974
Songwriter, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1978
Songwriter, "Here Comes the Sun," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts ClubBand, 1978
Songwriter, "Something," House Calls, 1978
Songwriter, Time Bandits, Avco-Embassy, 1981
Songwriter, "Badge," Fandango, 1985
Songwriter, "Celebration" and "Focus of Attention," Water, Atlantic, 1986
Songwriter, Shanghai Surprise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1986
Walking after Midnight, Festival Films, 1988
Die Sonne kommt (animated; also known as Here Comes the Sun), German Film and Television Academy, 1988
Songwriter, Lethal Weapon 2, 1989
Songwriter, Nuns on the Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Contributor of music and lyrics, Goodfellas, 1990
Songwriter, "Here Comes the Sun," Point of No Return, 1993
Composer and songwriter, Everest, MacGillivray Freeman Films, 1998
Songwriter, "Here Comes the Sun," Hideous Kinky, 1998
Songwriter, "Badge," Without Limits, 1998
Songwriter, "Here Comes the Sun," The Parent Trap, 1998
Songwriter, "What Is Life&quest;" Patch Adams, 1998
Songwriter, "What Is Life&quest;" Big Daddy, 1999
Composer, The Beatles Yellow Submarine Adventure, 2000
Television Music
Specials
Magical Mystery Tour, BBC, 1967
Songwriter, "Here Comes the Sun," Troubadors of Folk Music, PBS, 1994
Songwriter, The Beatles Anthology, ABC, 1995
Songwriter, "Flying," Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales, HBO, 1999
Other
I, Me, Mine (autobiography), Genesis Publications, 1980

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Musicians, June 19, 1999, Volume 2, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1989.

Periodicals:

Billboard, p. 1.
Chicago Tribune, December 30, 1999 .
Newsweek, January 10, 2000, p. 53.
Time, November 20, 1995, p. 104; October 16, 2000, p. 112.

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