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George Harrison

Profession
Acting
Born
February 25, 1943 · Liverpool, England, UK
Died
November 29, 2001

Biography

George Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 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.

Known for

The Simpsons poster
The Simpsons
Series · 1989 · ★ 8.0
Life of Brian poster
Life of Brian
Film · 1979 · ★ 7.8
Yesterday poster
Yesterday
Film · 2019 · ★ 6.7
Across the Universe poster
Across the Universe
Film · 2007 · ★ 7.1
Time Bandits poster
Time Bandits
Film · 1981 · ★ 6.6
A Hard Day's Night poster
A Hard Day's Night
Film · 1964 · ★ 7.3
Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
Series · 1963 · ★ 7.9
Withnail & I poster
Withnail & I
Film · 1987 · ★ 7.2
Yellow Submarine poster
Yellow Submarine
Film · 1968 · ★ 7.2
Saturday Night Live poster
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975 · ★ 6.9
The Long Good Friday poster
The Long Good Friday
Film · 1980 · ★ 7.2
The Beatles: Get Back poster
The Beatles: Get Back
Series · 2021 · ★ 8.4

Filmography