Richard Starkey MBE (born July 7, 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.
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| 1 | Beatles '64 (2024) | Self | - | - |
| 2 | Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands (2024) | Self (archive footage) | 9 | |
| 3 | The Beach Boys (2024) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 4 | Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023) | Self | 9 | |
| 5 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 6 | The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 7 | If These Walls Could Sing (2022) | Self | - | - |
| 8 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) | Self (archive footage) | 5 | |
| 9 | Let There Be Drums! (2022) | Self | 8 | |
| 10 | What Drives Us (2021) | Self | - | - |
| 11 | Zappa (2020) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 12 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 13 | Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 14 | Echo in the Canyon (2019) | Self | 8 | |
| 15 | Take Your Pills (2018) | Self (archive footage) | 4.3 | |
| 16 | Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 17 | How the Beatles Changed the World (2017) | Self (archive footage) | 5.5 | |
| 18 | It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017) | Self | 5.5 | |
| 19 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) | Ringo Starr | 7.5 | |
| 20 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016) | Self | 7.9 | |
| 21 | Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) | Larry the Dwarf (archive footage) | 9 | |
| 22 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 23 | The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed (2014) | Fibonacci Sequins (voice) | 7 | |
| 24 | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014) | Self | - | - |
| 25 | Good Ol' Freda (2013) | Self | 5 | |
| 26 | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013) | (Archive footage) | 6.5 | |
| 27 | Beatles Stories (2011) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 28 | Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (2010) | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 29 | The Beatles on Record (2009) | Self | 7 | |
| 30 | Oh My God (2009) | Self | - | - |
| 31 | Rare and Unseen: The Beatles (2008) | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
| 32 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007) | Self | 8 | |
| 33 | Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007) | Self | - | - |
| 34 | Radio (2003) | Stinger the Mascot (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
| 35 | Concert for George (2003) | Self | 9 | |
| 36 | Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized (2003) | Self (archive footage) | 4 | |
| 37 | Naqoyqatsi (2002) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
| 38 | You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1995) | Self | - | - |
| 39 | The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) | Self | - | - |
| 40 | Imagine: John Lennon (1988) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 41 | Jimi Plays Monterey (1987) | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 42 | The Return of Bruno (1987) | Ringo Starr | - | - |
| 43 | Water (1985) | Himself - The Singing Rebels' Band | 8 | |
| 44 | An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985) | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | - | - |
| 45 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983) | Self (uncredited) | 7.8 | |
| 46 | The Compleat Beatles (1982) | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 47 | Caveman (1981) | Atouk | 6.5 | |
| 48 | This Is Elvis (1981) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | - | - |
| 49 | The Who: The Kids Are Alright (1979) | Self | - | - |
| 50 | The Last Waltz (1978) | Self | 7.3 | |
| 51 | Ringo (1978) | Ringo Starr / Ognir Rrats | - | - |
| 52 | Sextette (1978) | Laslo Karolny | - | - |
| 53 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) | Self (archive footage) | 5 | |
| 54 | Lisztomania (1975) | The Pope | 10 | |
| 55 | The Society of the Spectacle (1974) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 56 | That'll Be The Day (1973) | Mike | - | - |
| 57 | Weekend of a Champion (1972) | Self (uncredited) | - | - |
| 58 | The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) | Self | 9 | |
| 59 | Blindman (1971) | Candy | 7 | |
| 60 | The Point (1971) | Narrator / Father (voice) | - | - |
| 61 | 200 Motels (1971) | Larry the Dwarf / Frank Zappa | 5.5 | |
| 62 | Let It Be (1970) | Self - The Beatles (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 63 | Candy (1968) | Emmanuel | - | - |
| 64 | The Movie Orgy (1968) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 65 | Yellow Submarine (1968) | Ringo (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
| 66 | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 67 | Help! (1965) | Ringo | 6.8 | |
| 68 | A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Ringo | 7.2 |
