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Actor
Levon Helm
- Born May 26, 1940 in Elaine, Arkansas, USA
- Died April 19, 2012
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012), was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor. He achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. He is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
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His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known for
Shooter2007
The Right Stuff1983
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005
In the Electric Mist2009
Fire Down Below1997
Coal Miner's Daughter1980
Feeling Minnesota1996
Smooth Talk1985
Filmography
- TBAThe Band: The Authorized BiographyFilm
- 2021Bob Dylan: Odds and EndsFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)Film
- 2021The Dancing Man of L.A.FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the BandFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Mavis!FilmSelf
- 2013The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971FilmBatteria Mandolino voce
- 2012Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The FloodFilmSelf
- 2011The Band With The Cate Brothers Band Live In Tokyo 1983FilmHimself
- 2010Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon HelmFilmSelf
- 2009In the Electric MistFilmGeneral John Bell Hood
- 2009Levon Helm: Ramble At The RymanFilmSelf, Executive Producer
- 2007ShooterFilmMr. Rate
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaFilmOld Man with Radio
- 2005The Life and Hard Times of Guy TerrificoFilmHimself
- 2005Levon Helm on Drums and DrummingFilmSelf
- 2004Lightning in a BottleFilmSelf
- 2003Festival ExpressFilmSelf - The Band
- 2003The Band - The Band Is BackFilmVokals, mandolin and Drums
- 2003World Tour 1966: The Home MoviesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1998The Adventures of Sebastian ColeFilmJuvie Bob
- 1997Fire Down BelowFilmReverend Bob Goodall
- 1997Classic AlbumsSeriesSelf
- 1997Classic Albums: The Band - The BandFilmSelf
- 1996Feeling MinnesotaFilmBible Salesman
- 1996Great DrivesSeriesSelf - Host
- 1995Let It Rock - The 60th Birthday ConcertFilmHimself
- 1994Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of FameFilmSelf
- 1990Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in BerlinFilmSelf - Vocals
- 1990Martin Scorsese DirectsFilmMusic
- 1990Ringo Starr and His All-Starr BandFilmSelf
- 1989Staying TogetherFilmDenny Stockton
- 1988Elvis '56FilmSelf - Narrator
- 1987End of the LineFilmLeo Pickett
- 1987The Man OutsideFilmSheriff Leland Laughlin
- 1985Smooth TalkFilmHarry Wyatt
- 1984The DollmakerFilmClovis
- 1984Best RevengeFilmBo
- 1983The Right StuffFilmJack Ridley / Narrator
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesHarry
- 1980Coal Miner's DaughterFilmTed Webb
- 1978The Last WaltzFilmSelf
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSeriesSelf - Musical Guest