George Harrison

from Liverpool, England, UK

Artwork for Life of BrianImage of George Harrison

Biography

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.

Timeline

2026Aged 83

  • Poster for Evolver 62

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Man on the Run

    Self (archive footage)

2025Aged 82

  • Poster for The Beatles

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for TWST / Things We Said Today

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution

    Self

  • Poster for A Love Letter to the Beatles

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn

    Self

2024Aged 81

  • Poster for The Beach Boys

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Bannfoot Ferry

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles '64

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for No Hamburg, No Beatles

    Self (voice) (archive footage)

  • Poster for La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Beatles LOVE

    Music

2023Aged 80

  • Poster for Roy Orbison at the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Louder Than Rock

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles and the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

    Self (archive footage)

  • By My Side

    Music

2022Aged 79

2021Aged 78

  • Poster for Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

    Self (archival footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles and India

    Self (archive footage)

2020Aged 77

  • Poster for Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

    Self (archive footage)

  • The Shadows At Sixty

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for Meeting the Beatles in India

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 76

  • Poster for Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for An Accidental Studio

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

    Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Yesterday

    Songs

2018Aged 75

  • Poster for 14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981–1988

    Self

  • Poster for Take Your Pills

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison - All Things Pass

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

    Self

  • Poster for ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Understanding Lennon/McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

2017Aged 74

  • Poster for Året var 1967

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Free to Rock

    Self - The Beatles (archive footage)

  • Poster for It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Summer of Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Self - Musician (archive footage)

  • Poster for Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for My Generation

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for How the Beatles Changed the World

    Self (archive footage)

2016Aged 73

2015Aged 72

  • Poster for The Beatles 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles 1+

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 71

  • Poster for Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969

    Self

  • Poster for Beatles på Sverigeturné

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Awake: The Life of Yogananda

    Self (archive footage)

2013Aged 70

  • Poster for Året var 1963

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Good Ol' Freda

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

    (Archive footage)

  • Poster for Badfinger - They Sold A Million

    Self (Archive Footage)

2012Aged 69

  • Poster for Becoming the Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for The Winged Beetle

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Their Golden Age

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

    Self

  • Poster for Palme

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Genius

    Self (archive footage)

2011Aged 68

  • Poster for The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison: Living in the Material World

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Beatles Stories

    Self (archive footage)

2010Aged 67

2009Aged 66

  • Poster for The Beatles: Parting Ways

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles on Record

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

    Self (archive footage)

2008Aged 65

2007Aged 64

2006Aged 63

  • Poster for Doctor Who: Origins

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for To John With Love

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Love

    Self

2005Aged 62

  • Poster for The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Meet the Beatles

    Self (Archival footage)

  • Poster for Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

    Self (archive)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

    Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

  • Poster for George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited

    Self

2004Aged 61

2003Aged 60

  • Poster for The Beatles - Trilogy

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Hagström: Allt i musik

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles: The Journey

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

    Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer (archive footage)

  • Poster for Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Concert for George

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Around the World

    Self (archive footage)

  • Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

    Self (archive footage)

2002Aged 59

  • Poster for Elvis: King of Entertainment

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison - The Quiet one

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Naqoyqatsi

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Things They Said Today

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 58

  • Poster for Wingspan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles: Big Beat Box

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

    Additional Music

2000Aged 57

  • Poster for Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

    Self

1999Aged 56

1998Aged 55

  • Poster for Everest

    Music

1996Aged 53

  • Poster for Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles Unauthorized

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles Story

    Self (archive footage)

1995Aged 52

  • Poster for You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    Self

1994Aged 51

1993Aged 50

  • Poster for Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

    Self

  • Poster for Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

    Self

  • Poster for Curves Contours & Body Horns

    Self

1992Aged 49

1991Aged 48

  • Poster for My Sweet Lord in the Far East

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison: Live in Japan

    (Unknown)

1990Aged 47

  • Poster for The Prince's Trust Rock Gala

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Nuns on the Run

    Producer

  • Poster for Cold Dog Soup

    Executive Producer

1989Aged 46

  • Poster for The Movie Life of George

    Self

  • Poster for Powwow Highway

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for How to Get Ahead in Advertising

    Executive Producer

1988Aged 45

  • Poster for Imagine: John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Checking Out

    Cleaner

  • Poster for Track 29

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Raggedy Rawney

    Executive Producer

1987Aged 44

  • Taj Mahal and Friends

    Self

  • Poster for Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2

    Self

  • Poster for Jimi Plays Monterey

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Withnail & I

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Five Corners

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Bellman and True

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    Producer

1986Aged 43

  • Poster for Fun with the Fab Four

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine: The Sixties

    Self

  • Poster for Shanghai Surprise

    Nightclub Singer

  • Poster for Mona Lisa

    Executive Producer

1985Aged 42

1984Aged 41

  • Poster for A Private Function

    Executive Producer

1983Aged 40

  • Poster for James Bond: The First 21 Years

    Self

  • Poster for Privates on Parade

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Bullshot

    Executive Producer

1982Aged 39

  • Poster for Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Compleat Beatles

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Scrubbers

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Missionary

    Executive Producer

1981Aged 38

  • Poster for This Is Elvis

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Beatlemania

    Songs

  • Poster for Time Bandits

    Additional Music

1980Aged 37

  • Poster for The Long Good Friday

    Executive Producer

1979Aged 36

  • Poster for Life of Brian

    Mr. Papadopolous (uncredited)

1978Aged 35

  • Poster for Eric Clapton and His Rolling Hotel

    Self

  • Poster for The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

    The Interviewer (Jimmy “The Wallasey Warbler” Climmer)

  • Poster for I Wanna Hold Your Hand

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Ringo

    George Harrison

1977Aged 34

  • Poster for The Day the Music Died

    Self

  • Poster for Mighty Good: The Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles at Shea Stadium

    Self

1976Aged 33

  • Poster for All This and World War II

    Songs

1975Aged 32

  • Poster for Night Lunch

    Self

1974Aged 31

1972Aged 29

  • Poster for The Concert for Bangladesh

    Self

  • Poster for Imagine

    Self

1971Aged 28

  • Poster for Raga

    Self

1970Aged 27

  • Poster for Let It Be

    Self - The Beatles (uncredited)

1969Aged 26

  • Poster for Beatles Electroniques

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Abbey Road

    Self - Guitar, Vocals

  • Poster for The Beatles: Something

    Self

  • Poster for 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Wonderwall

    Original Music Composer

1968Aged 25

  • Poster for The Movie Orgy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Yellow Submarine

    George (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Revolution

    Self

  • Poster for All My Loving

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Mod Odyssey

    Self

  • Revolution

    Songs

1967Aged 24

1966Aged 23

  • Poster for Reflections on Love

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)

    Self - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

    Self - The Beatles

  • Poster for El Rey en Londres

    Self (archive footage)

1965Aged 22

  • Poster for Pop Gear

    Self

  • Poster for Doctor Who: The Chase

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Help!

    George

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live in Paris

    Self

  • Poster for The Music of Lennon & McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

1964Aged 21

  • Poster for Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum

    Self

  • Poster for Around the Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles in Australia

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Sing for Shell

    Self

  • Poster for A Hard Day's Night

    George

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

    Self

  • Poster for What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

    Self - The Beatles Member

1963Aged 20

  • Poster for The Mersey Sound

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Come to Town

    Self

Year unknown

  • Poster for Beatles

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Building the Beatles

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - 1967-1970

    Self (archive footage)

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