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Actor
Peter Yarrow
- Born May 31, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died January 7, 2025
Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 - January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's greatest hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He was also a political activist and supported causes that ranged from opposition to the Vietnam War to support for school anti-bullying programs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Yarrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
While We're Young2015
77 Sunset Strip1958
The Jack Benny Program1950
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon1968
Puff, the Magic Dragon1978
You Are What You Eat1968
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies1979
Filmography
- TBAI Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with WarFilmSelf
- 2024Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction CeremonyFilmSelf - interviewee / performer
- 2015While We're YoungFilmIra Mandelstam
- 201450 Years with Peter Paul and MaryFilmHimself
- 2013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a GenerationFilmSelf
- 2013Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonFilmSelf
- 2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk FestivalFilmSelf
- 2005No Direction Home: Bob DylanFilmSelf
- 2004Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It OnFilmSelf
- 1993Peter, Paul and Mommy, TooFilmSelf – Vocals / Guitar
- 1988Peter, Paul & Mary: The Holiday ConcertFilmHimself
- 1986Peter, Paul and Mary: 25th Anniversary ConcertFilmSelf
- 1983Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. LowensteinFilmSelf
- 1982Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. NobodyFilmSongs, Producer, Music
- 1979Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living LiesFilmFather (voice), Producer, Music, Songs
- 1978Puff, the Magic DragonFilmFather (voice), Music, Producer, Songs
- 1977Phil Ochs Memorial CelebrationFilmSelf
- 1971Peter Paul and Mary: The Song Is LoveFilmHimself
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1968The Sixth Side of the PentagonFilm
- 1968You Are What You EatFilmProducer
- 1967FestivalFilmSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf
- 195877 Sunset StripSeries
- 1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf - Mystery Guest
- 1950The Jack Benny ProgramSeriesPeter Yarrow