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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.
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Movie | Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-22 |
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Movie | An Accidental Studio | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-12 |
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Movie | It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-26 |
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Movie | Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-16 |
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Movie | Beatles chronology (1962-1970) | voce, chitarra solista | 2016-02-19 |
Movie | George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison | Self (archive footage) | 2016-02-26 |
Movie | Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-16 |
Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | The Beatles 1+ | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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Movie | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | Self (archive footage) | 2014-10-10 |
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Movie | George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75 | Self (archive footage) | 2014-09-22 |
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Movie | Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO | Self (archive footage) | 2012-10-05 |
Movie | I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern | Self (archive footage) | 2011-02-09 |
Movie | The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos | Self (archive footage) | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Sugartown | Deputy Peck | 2011-08-13 |
Movie | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-05 |
Movie | The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years | Self (archive footage) | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison | Self (archive footage) | 2010-09-01 |
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Movie | The Beatles on Record | Self | 2009-09-06 |
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Movie | Rare and Unseen: The Beatles | Self (archive footage) | 2008-04-08 |
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Movie | The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2 | Self - guitarra solista, vocalista | 2005-02-22 |
Movie | George Harrison: The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-23 |
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Movie | George Harrison - The Quiet one | himself | 2002-09-01 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
Movie | Wingspan | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-05-11 |
Movie | Beatles: Big Beat Box | Self (archive footage) | 2001-12-03 |
Movie | Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album | Self | 2000-04-11 |
Movie | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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Movie | The Beatles: A Celebration | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary | Self (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | The Beatles Story | Self (archive footage) | 1996-07-01 |
Movie | You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Movie | Tom Petty: Going Home | Self | 1994-01-23 |
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Movie | Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Himself | 1993-03-02 |
Movie | Curves Contours & Body Horns | Self | 1993-12-12 |
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Movie | My Sweet Lord in the Far East | Self | 1991-07-17 |
Movie | The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit | Self (archive footage) | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | Checking Out | Cleaner (uncredited) | 1989-04-21 |
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Movie | British Rock: The First Wave | Self (archive footage) | 1985-10-10 |
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Series | Wogan | Himself | 1982-05-04 |
Series | Champs-Elysées | Unknown | 1982-01-16 |
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Movie | This Is Elvis | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1981-04-03 |
Movie | Life of Brian | Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited) | 1979-08-17 |
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Movie | Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel | Self | 1978-01-01 |
Movie | Ringo | George Harrison | 1978-04-25 |
Movie | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Self (archive footage) | 1978-04-01 |
Movie | The Beatles at Shea Stadium | Self | 1977-08-06 |
Movie | Night Lunch | Self | 1975-12-09 |
Movie | Muhammad Ali: The Greatest | Self | 1974-04-09 |
Movie | The Society of the Spectacle | Self (archive footage) | 1974-05-01 |
Movie | The Concert for Bangladesh | 1972-03-23 | |
Movie | Imagine | Himself | 1972-12-23 |
Series | Disco | Unknown | 1971-02-13 |
Movie | Raga | Self | 1971-11-23 |
Movie | Let It Be | Self (The Beatles) (uncredited) | 1970-05-13 |
Movie | The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent | Self (archive footage) | 1969-01-29 |
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Movie | Pop Gear | Self | 1965-05-19 |
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Movie | The Beatles - Live at the Washington Coliseum | Self | 1964-03-14 |
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