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Richie Havens (1941–2013)

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Folk singer and guitarist. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2012 Django Unchained (writer: "Freedom" / performer: "Freedom")
 
2011 Green Lantern (writer: "Hands Of Time")
 
2009 Taking Woodstock (writer: "Handsome Johnny", "Freedom 2009" / as Richard Havens / performer: "Handsome Johnny", "High Flyin' Bird", "Freedom 2009")
 
2009 ...Sings The Beatles (TV documentary) (performer: "Here Comes The Sun")
 
2009 Life (TV series)
Re-Entry (2009) (writer: "Hands of Time" - uncredited)
 
2008 ER (TV series)
Life After Death (2008) (performer: "The Times They Are A Changing" - uncredited)
 
2007 I'm Not There. (performer: "Tombstone Blues")
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Music (2007) (writer: "Freedom" / performer: "Freedom")
 
2007 Classic Artists: Yes (video documentary) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
2007 The Condemned (writer: "Hands of Time")
 
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness (performer: "Morning, Morning" 1967)
 
2006 Tell No One (writer: "Hands of time" / as Richard Havens / performer: "Hands of time")
 
2006 The Hoax (performer: "Here Comes the Sun" 1969)
 
2005 Domino (writer: "Hands Of Time")
 
2005 A Lot Like Love (writer: "Hands of Time")
 
2004 Collateral (writer: "Hands Of Time" / as Richard Havens / performer: "Hands Of Time")
 
2003 Yesspeak (video documentary) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
2002 The West Wing (TV series)
Election Night (2002) (performer: "The Times They Are a Changin" - uncredited)
 
2002 Spun ("Freedom")
 
2002 Searching for Debra Winger (documentary) ("Freedom")
 
2002 Oz (TV series)
Variety (2002) ("Handsome Johnny")
 
2001 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Prog Rock (2001) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
2000 Steal This Movie (performer: "Follow")
 
1999 Glimmer (short) (performer: "Wandering Angus")
 
1999 A Walk on the Moon (writer: "Freedom" 1969 / performer: "Freedom" 1969, "Follow" 1967)
 
1998 Rock Family Trees (TV series documentary)
The Prog Rock Years (1998) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
1998 Hideous Kinky (performer: "Here Comes the Sun", "Follow")
 
1998 The Practice (TV series)
Rhyme and Reason (1998) (performer: "Follow")
 
1998 Tex Murphy: Overseer (Video Game) (writer: "Trying to Try" / performer: "Trying to Try")
 
1997 Warriors of Virtue (performer: "Inside Of You")
 
1996 The Pallbearer (performer: "Follow")
 
1996 The Pandora Directive (Video Game) (performer: "Tex's Lament")
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary) (writer: "Handsome Johnny")
 
1994 The War (performer: "Follow" / as Ritchie Havens)
 
1993 Ordinary Magic (performer: "Peace Train")
 
1988-1991 The Wonder Years (TV series)
The Wonder Years (1991) (performer: "Here Comes the Sun" - uncredited)
Heart of Darkness (1988) (performer: "Here Comes the Sun")
 
1991 YesYears (video) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
1990 Navy Seals (performer: "Hardline")
 
1990 Woodstock: The Lost Performances (video documentary) (performer: "Strawberry Fields Forever")
 
1990 Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (video documentary) (performer: "Freedom")
 
1989 Living Dolls (TV series)
 
1989 Wired (performer: "Still Looking For A Way To Say Goodbye")
 
1989 Speed Zone (writer: "Drivin" / performer: "Drivin")
 
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams (performer: "One Good Reason" / producer: "One Good Reason")
 
1987 Stingray (TV series)
Anytime, Anywhere (1987) (performer: "To The Silent Soldier")
The Greeter (1987) (performer: "There's No One Home")
 
1980 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (TV movie) (performer: "Two Hearts in Perfect Time")
 
1979 The American Game (documentary) (performer: "Yesterday Is Gone, The American Game")
 
1978 The Boss' Son (performer: "From Day One", "Why Don't You Walk Away")
 
1978 Do You Remember Vietnam (TV documentary) (performer: "Minstrel From Gaul")
 
1978 Coming Home (performer: "Follow" 1967)
 
1977 Greased Lightning (performer: "All Come True")
 
1972 Ciao Manhattan (writer: "To Give All Your Love Away", "Shouldn't All The World Be Dancing? / performer: "To Give All Your Love Away", "Shouldn't All The World Be Dancing?, "Can't Make It Anymore")
 
1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (performer: "Magic Mountain")
 
1970 Woodstock (documentary) (performer: "Handsome Johnny", "Freedom" Improvisation)
 
1969 Beat-Club (TV series)
Episode #1.49 (1969) (writer: "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed")
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1969) (performer: "Rocky Raccoon")
 
Show ShowActor (8 titles)
1991 Perfect Harmony (TV movie)
Scrapper Johnson
 
1990 Street Hunter
Daze
 
1987 Hearts of Fire
Pepper Ward
 
1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (TV movie)
Amos
 
1978 The Boss' Son
Albert
 
1977 Greased Lightning
Woodrow
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1974 The Fighters (documentary)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (TV movie) (singer: title music)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
2009 Woodstock: Now & Then (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Soundtrack for a Revolution (documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Music (2007) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2006 Best of the Jammys, Volume One (video)
Himself
 
2006 The Empire in Africa (documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour (TV series)
Himself
Richie Havens (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The Ballad of Greenwich Village (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
Episode #20.3 (2002) … Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
Woodstock (1999) … Himself
 
1997 New York Undercover (TV series)
Himself
The Promised Land (1997) … Himself
 
1987-1996 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Troubadours of Folk Music (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Woodstock Diary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Married with Children (TV series)
Himself
Rock of Ages (1992) … Himself
 
1992 New Orleans Live! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Tribute to Harry Chapin (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 6 March 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1990 Woodstock: The Lost Performances (video documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1977 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Himself
How the Beatles Changed the World (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 October 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1974 Richie Havens in Concert (TV movie)
Himself - Singer/Guitarist
 
1974 The Fighters (documentary)
Himself
 
1970-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 26 September 1973 (1973) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 8 May 1973 (1973) … Himself
Episode dated 21 November 1972 (1972) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 26 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 18 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1973 Rock Concert (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.4 (1973) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.54 (1971) … Himself
Episode #2.229 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.49 (1969) … Himself
 
1971 Beat-Club (TV series)
Episode #1.72 (1971)
 
1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #23.30 (1970) … Himself - Singer
 
1970 Woodstock (documentary)
Himself
 
1969 Music Scene (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.7 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.6 (1969) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1969 Set 'em Up Joe (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.3 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.67 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 September 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (1968) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2009 ...Sings The Beatles (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album: "Richie Havens Classics" (USP) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me. See more »

Trivia:

Folk singer and guitarist. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius