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George Martin (I)


Known best as the record producer for The Beatles, George Martin had a long and varied musical career, and continues to enjoy a rare reputation as one of popular music's true "nice guys." Martin was born into a working-class family in Drayton Park, England, on 3 January 1926. His classical music... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideSoundtrack (16 titles)
2008 Frost/Nixon (writer: "By George It's David Frost" / as George Henry Martin)
 
2007 Across the Universe (performer: "A Day In The Life")
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1991 Ai monogatari (video) (producer: "I Want to Hold Your Hand")
 
1981 Honky Tonk Freeway (writer: "Ticlaw Anthem", "Love Keeps Bringing Me Down")
 
1980 Roadie (producer: "Everything Works If You Let It")
 
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (producer: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Fixing A Hole", "Getting Better", "Here Comes The Sun", "I Want You She's So Heavy", "Good Morning, Good Morning", "Nowhere Man", "Polythene Pam", "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Reprise, "Mean Mr. Mustard", "She's Leaving Home", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", "Oh! Darling", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Because", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite", "You Never Give Me Your Money", "When I'm 64", "Come Together", "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The Long And Winding Road", "A Day In The Life", "Get Back", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Finale)
 
1978 Ringo (TV movie) (arranger: "Yellow Submarine in Pepperland" instrumental)
 
1975 Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death ("Trespassers Will Be Eaten")
 
1970 Mister Jerico (TV movie) (music: "Mister Jerico")
 
1969 The Southern Star (arranger: "THE SOUTHERN STAR")
 
1967 The Bobo ("The Bulls of Salamanca", "The Girl from Barcelona")
 
1966 Alfie (producer: "Alfie")
 
1962 Crooks Anonymous (music: "I Must Resist Temptation" - uncredited)
 
1961 I Like Money (music: "I Like Money")
 
1956 Smiley (producer: "Smiley")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (12 titles)
1985 Rupert and the Frog Song (short) (music arranger)
 
1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street (music arranger, musical director, orchestrator)
 
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (conductor, music arranger, musical director, original soundtrack album produced by)
 
1972 Pulp (conductor)
 
1968 Frost on Sunday (TV series) (composer: theme "By George! It's the David Frost Theme")
 
1968 Yellow Submarine (musical director)
 
1966 The Family Way (music adaptor, music arranger, music supervisor)
 
1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey (musical director)
 
1964 A Hard Day's Night (composer: incidental music - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited, musical director, performers: "This Boy (Ringo's Theme - ")
 
1963 Take Me Over (arranger and conductor)
 
1963 Calculated Risk (conductor)
 
Show ShowComposer (9 titles)
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1997 The Rhythm of Life (TV series)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2002 Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill... - A Live Tribute (TV movie) (event producer - as Sir George Martin)
 
1997 Music for Montserrat (TV special documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2007 Across the Universe (very special thanks)
 
1992 Challenge Anneka (TV series) (thanks - 1 episode)
Tommy's Tape (1992) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (59 titles)
2011 Piers Morgan's Life Stories (TV series)
Himself
Rolf Harris (2011) … Himself (as Sir George Martin)
 
2011 George Harrison: Living in the Material World (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Beatles Stories (documentary)
Himself
 
1998-2011 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
Produced by George Martin (2011) … Himself
 
2010 On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2009 How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 All Together Now (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The 50th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
Matt Monro: The Man with the Golden Voice (2007) … Himself (as Sir George Martin)
 
1980-2007 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 14 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
2006 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
The Beatles in 'Love' (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
Episode #28.4 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Gloria's Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
Cilla Black (2005) … Himself (as Sir George Martin)
 
2004 UK Music Hall of Fame (TV series documentary)
2004 (2004)
 
2002 The Jubilee Girl (TV movie)
Himself/interviewee
 
2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2000 The Beatles Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1968-2000 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
John Barry: Licence to Thrill (2000) … Himself
All My Loving (1968) … Himself
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
Comedy Records (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Power Vision - Pop Galerie (TV series documentary)
Himself
Paul McCartney (1999) … Himself
Céline Dion (1999) … Himself
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
Beatle Wives (1999) … Himself
 
1998 In My Life (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.30 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Abbey Road Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Profile of a Performing Artist: Sir George Martin (documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Céline Dion: Let's Talk About Love (TV documentary)
 
1997 Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Music for Montserrat (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 An Audience with Elton John (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
July '66 to June '67 (1995) … Himself
August '64 to August '65 (1995) … Himself
July '40 to March '63 (1995) … Himself
March '63 to February '64 (1995) … Himself
June '67 to July '68 … Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Pebble Mill at One (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 August 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Cilla's Celebration (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Challenge Anneka (TV series)
Himself
Tommy's Tape (1992) … Himself
 
1984-1992 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992) … Himself
Under Milk Wood (1988) … Himself
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) … Himself
 
1989 The Ghost of Faffner Hall (TV series)
Himself
Sounds Become Music (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Imagine: John Lennon (documentary)
Himself - Beatles' producer
 
1987 It Was 20 Years Ago Today (documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The Compleat Beatles (video documentary)
Himself - Record Producer (also archive footage)
 
1980 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
George Martin (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.6 (1979) … Himself
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Himself
Mighty Good: The Beatles (1977) … Himself
 
1975 David Frost Salutes the Beatles (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 Anatomy of Pop (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.223 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Let It Be (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Himself
Music! (1970) … Himself
 
1969 With a Little Help from my Friends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1967 Our World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1965 The Music of Lennon & McCartney (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey
Himself
 
1963 Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)
Himself
Episode #5.13 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 Here Come the Girls (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 May 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1960 Spectacular (TV series)
Himself
The Ciff Richard Show (1960) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2005 Who Buried Paul McCartney? (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Georgie Fame 60 år (TV movie)
 
2001 Wingspan (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995 You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(9/16/02) Stage: Produced (w/Giles Martin) produced the tribute to Spike Milligan, "Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill", at the Guildhall Theatre in London, England with Eric Sykes, Kathy Burke, John Dankworth, Harry Enfield, Eddie Izzard, Terry Jones, Cleo Laine, Paul Merton... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

George Martin Music | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ray Cathode | Graham Fisher | George Henry Martin | Sir George Martin

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Without Pet Sounds, Sgt Pepper wouldn't have happened . . . Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds. See more »

Trivia:

Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. The award was presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. [14 November 2006] See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn