Richie Havens

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Django Unchained (2012)

Collateral (2004)

Woodstock (1970)

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

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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: "Times They Are a Changin'")

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")

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Album: "Richard P. Havens, 1983" (1969) See more »

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6' 3" (1.91 m)

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I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, "What am I doing here? No, no, not me, not first!" I had to go on stage because there was no one else to go on first - the concert was already two-and-a-half hours late. Everyone was at the hotel seven miles away and couldn't get to the stage because the one back road they thought they could take was completely blocked... See more »

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Folk singer and guitarist. See more »

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	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 4,612 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Richie Havens (1941–2013) Soundtrack \| Actor \| Composer Trivia: Folk singer and guitarist. See more trivia » Born: Richard Pierce Havens January 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA Died: April 22, 2013 (age 72) in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA