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Merle Haggard

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Has scored 38 No. 1 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles charts between 1967 to 1988. Among his biggest hits included "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (1967); "Sing Me Back Home," "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" and "Mama Tried" (all 1968); "Hungry Eyes," "Working Man Blues" and "Okie From Muskogee"... See more trivia »

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Merle Ronald Haggard
in Oildale, California, USA
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2012 Jack Reacher (writer: "The Fightin' Side of Me" / performer: "The Fightin' Side of Me")
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie) (performer: "That's The Way Love Goes")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #19.89 (2011) (performer: "I Am What I Am")
 
2011 Memphis Rising: Elvis Returns (writer: "From GraceLand To The Promise Land" / performer: "From GraceLand To The Promise Land")
 
2010 Country Strong (writer: "Silver Wings")
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video) (performer: "Texas Playboy Theme/Bob Wills Special/Ida Red/Faded Love/Roly Poly/San Antonio Rose")
 
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story (documentary) (performer: "Jesus Christ")
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
– Episode dated 11 June 2009 (2009) (performer: "That's The Way Love Goes")
 
2009 Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always - Live from Texas (video) (performer: "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink")
 
2009 Legion (writer: "If We Make It through December" / performer: "If We Make It through December")
 
2008 The Strangers (writer: "Mama Tried" / performer: "Mama Tried")
 
2006 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie) (performer: "Okie From Muskogee")
 
2006 CMT Insider (TV series)
– 2006 CMA Nominee Report (2006) (performer: "Politically Uncorrect")
 
2006 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (documentary) (writer: "Okie from Muskogee", "Mama Tried" / performer: "Okie from Muskogee", "Mama Tried")
 
2006 Come Early Morning (writer: "SILVER WINGS" / performer: "THE WAY I AM", "SILVER WINGS")
 
2005 Brokeback Mountain (writer: "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" / performer: "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall")
 
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (writer: "Workin' Man Blues" 1969 / performer: "Workin' Man Blues" 1969)
 
2005 Rail Kings (video) (performer: "Waitin' For a Train")
 
2005 The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (writer: "Working Man Blues")
 
2004 Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (documentary) (performer: "Pancho & Lefty")
 
2004/I Crash (writer: "Swinging Doors" 1966)
 
2003 Dolly Parton & Friends on the Country Train (video) (performer: "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink")
 
2002 Ken Park (performer: "Mom and Dad's Waltz")
 
2000 County Kilburn (writer: "Mixed up a mess of Heart" / performer: "Mixed up a mess of Heart")
 
1999 Rituals and Resolutions (short) (performer: "Blue Christmas")
 
1997 Wag the Dog (writer: "COURAGE MOM" / performer: "COURAGE MOM")
 
1997 Full Tilt Boogie (documentary) (writer: "Mama Tried")
 
1997 Fathers' Day (writer: "The Bottle Let Me Down" / performer: "The Bottle Let Me Down")
 
1996 Dolly Parton: Treasures (TV documentary) (writer: "Today I Started Loving You Again")
 
1996 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 November 1996 (1996) (writer: "Today I Started Loving You Again")
 
1996 Fargo (writer: "Big City" / performer: "Big City")
 
1994 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
– Arthur's Crises (1994) (writer: "Untanglin' My Mind" - uncredited)
 
1992 The Turning (writer: "Make Up And Faded Blue Jeans" / performer: "Make Up And Faded Blue Jeans")
 
1990 Big Bad John (writer: "Big City" / performer: "Pancho and Lefty", "Big City" / producer: "Big City")
 
1989 For All Mankind (documentary) (writer: "Someday We'll Look Back" / performer: "Someday We'll Look Back")
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (1988) (writer: "Workin' Man Blues/Swinging Doors/Today I Started Loving You Again/Mama Tried/Okie From Muskogee Medley" / performer: "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star", "Workin' Man Blues/Swinging Doors/Today I Started Loving You Again/Mama Tried/Okie From Muskogee Medley", "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms")
 
1986 Platoon (writer: "OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE" / performer: "OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE")
 
1984-1986 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Out of the Woods (1986) (writer: "Workin' Man Blues")
– The Rotten Apples (1984) (writer: "C.C. Waterback")
 
1983 China Lake (short) (performer: "You Don't Have Very Far to Go" / "You Don't Have Very Far to Go")
 
1982 Six Pack (writer: "Rainbow Stew" / performer: "Rainbow Stew")
 
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger (performer: "The Man in the Mask")
 
1980 Honeysuckle Rose (writer: "WORKING MAN BLUES")
 
1980 Bronco Billy (performer: "Misery and Gin", "Barroom Buddies")
 
1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)
– The Scream of Eagles (1979) (performer: "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado")
 
1978 Convoy (performer: "Okie from Muskogee" / "Okie from Muskogee")
 
1976 Pony Express Rider (performer: "There's a New World Waitin'")
 
1976 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Comeback (1976) (performer: "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine")
 
1976 Drive-In (performer: "Today I Started Loving You Again")
 
1976 Dolly (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (1976) (writer: "Today I Started Loving You Again")
 
1975 Young and Abused (writer: "Okie from Muskogee" - uncredited / performer: "Okie from Muskogee" - uncredited)
 
1972 Cocksucker Blues (documentary) (writer: "If You've Got Time To Say Goodbye" - uncredited / performer: "If You've Got Time To Say Goodbye" - uncredited)
 
1969-1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.11 (1970) (writer: "Sing Me Back Home" / performer: "Sing Me Back Home")
– Episode #2.5 (1970) (writer: "Mama Tried")
– Episode #1.31 (1970) (writer: "New York City Blues" / performer: "New York City Blues", "Nobody Knows", "In the Jailhouse Now")
– Episode #1.24 (1970) (writer: "The Fightin' Side of Me" / performer: "The Fightin' Side of Me")
– Episode #1.8 (1969) (writer: "Sing Me Back Home" / performer: "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive", "Sing Me Back Home", "Walk With Your Neighbor")
See all 6 episodes »
 
1970 Chisum (performer: "Turn Me Around", "Ballad of John Chisum")
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 February 1970 (1970) (writer: "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am")
 
1970 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
– Merle Haggard with Bonnie Owens and the Strangers (1970) (performer: "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Okie From Muskogee")
 
1969 Hee Haw (TV series)
– Episode #1.13 (1969) (writer: "Okie from Muskogee" - uncredited / performer: "Okie from Muskogee" - uncredited)
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1969) (performer: "Okie From Muskogee")
 
1969 From Nashville with Music (music: "Branded Man", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "Hungry Eyes" / lyrics: "Branded Man", "Today I Started Loving You Again", "Hungry Eyes" / performer: "Branded Man", "Today I Started Loving You Again")
 
1969 Mondo Trasho ("I'm a Lonesome Fugitive")
 
1958 Cannonball (TV series)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1978 Convoy (composer: song "Okie from Muskogee")
 
1974-1976 Movin' On (TV series) (composer: theme music - 44 episodes)
– Sing It Again, Sonny (1976) (composer: theme music)
– Full Fathom Five (1976) (composer: theme music)
– No More Sad Songs (1976) (composer: theme music)
– A Home Is Not a House (1976) (composer: theme music)
– Living It Up! (1976) (composer: theme music)
See all 44 episodes »
 
Show ShowActor (11 titles)
2011 My Fool Heart (post-production)
Country Preacher
 
2004 Merle Haggard: Ol' Country Singer (video)
Lead Vocals
 
1985 All American Cowboy (TV movie)
 
1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Balladeer
 
1979 Centennial (TV mini-series)
Cisco Calendar
– The Scream of Eagles (1979) … Cisco Calendar
 
1976 The Waltons (TV series)
Red Turner
– The Comeback (1976) … Red Turner
 
1975 Huckleberry Finn (TV movie)
Duke
 
1974 Doc Elliot (TV series)
Owen Henderson
– The Gold Mine (1974) … Owen Henderson
 
1969 From Nashville with Music
Merle Haggard
 
1968 Killers Three
Charlie
 
1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Merle Haggard - Singer
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2000 Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (video documentary) (photo provider)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (67 titles)
2013 Billy Mize & the Bakersfield Sound (documentary) (pre-production)
 
2012 From Dust to Dreams: Opening Night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 Hank Cochran: Livin' for a Song (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah (documentary)
Himself - Songwriter
 
1996-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #19.89 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #9.50 (2001) … Himself
– Episode #4.81 (1996) … Himself
 
2010 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Hempsters: Plant the Seed (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2010 CMT Insider (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
– 2006 CMA Nominee Report (2006) … Himself
 
2007-2010 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself (2010) … Himself
– Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) … Himself
 
2010 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
Himself - Special Guest
– Episode #2.21 (2010) … Himself - Special Guest
 
2008 Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Johnny Cash's America
Himself
 
2008 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.3 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Last of the Breed: Live in Concert (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Race to the Red Carpet: 2006 Country Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself (singing voice)
 
2005 CMT Outlaws 2005 (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2005 CMT: 20 Greatest Country Bands (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 All We Are Saying (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
Himself
 
2005 Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of 'Walk the Line' (TV documentary short)
Himself - Musician/Friend
 
2004 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 CMT Outlaws (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 October 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The American Hobo (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 American Roots Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– This Land Is Your Land (2001) … Himself
 
1996-2001 Austin City Limits (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Merle Haggard/The Derailers (2001) … Himself
– Alison Krauss & Union Station/Merle Haggard (1996) … Himself
– Pam Tillis/A Guitar Pull with Willie Nelson and Others (1996) … Himself
 
2000 Johnny Cash: The Anthology (video)
Himself
 
2000 Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Asleep at the Wheel: The Making of 'Ride with Bob' (TV movie)
Himself
 
1999 Century of Country (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1999 Poet of the Common Man (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Merle Haggard: Live in Concert (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Best of Merle Haggard (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Tammy Wynette: First Lady of Country Memorial Service (TV movie)
Himself/Speaker/Performer
 
1998 Workin' Man: A Tribute to Merle Haggard (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 Wag the Dog
Himself
 
1996 Dolly Parton: Treasures (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Lost in Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Out of Country (1995) … Himself
 
1994 28th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Hall-of-Fame Honoree
 
1991 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The 18th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 An All Star Salute to Country Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 July 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1969-1989 Hee Haw (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Co-Host
– Episode #20.19 (1989) … Himself - Co-Host
– Episode #1.28 (1970) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.22 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.19 (1970) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.13 (1969) … Himself - Guest
See all 8 episodes »
 
1988 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1988) … Himself
 
1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 Elvis: Memories (video documentary)
 
1984 The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1982 Let Me Tell You About a Song (TV documentary)
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 May 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Encore! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 Bronco Billy
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 50 Years of Country Music (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 Jamboree in the Hills (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Himself / Host
 
1971 The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer
– History of Country Music: Part 2 (1971) … Himself
– The History of Country Music: Part 1 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.31 (1970) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.24 (1970) … Himself - Singer
See all 6 episodes »
 
1969-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– 4th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1970) … Himself
– 3rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1969) … Himself
 
1970 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
– Merle Haggard with Bonnie Owens and the Strangers (1970) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.108 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.5 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.59 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 The Jimmy Dean Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2011 The Joy of Country (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video)
Himself
 
2009 Crook & Chase (TV series)
 
2009 Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always - Live from Texas (video)
Himself - Performer
 
2008 The Best of the Porter Wagoner Show! Classic Shows: Vol. 3 (video)
Himself
 
2006 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Dolly Parton & Friends on the Country Train (video)
Himself
 
2001 Country Legends (video)
Himself - Performer
 
1994 Merle Haggard: An American Story (TV special)
Himself
 

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2 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Merle Ronald Haggard
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Personal Quote:

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it. See more »

Trivia:

Has scored 38 No. 1 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles charts between 1967 to 1988. Among his biggest hits included "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" (1967); "Sing Me Back Home," "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" and "Mama Tried" (all 1968); "Hungry Eyes," "Working Man Blues" and "Okie From Muskogee"... See more »

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Okie From Muskogee See more »

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