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Harry Nilsson (1941–1994)

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Is referenced in the song "Life Is A Rock But the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion. See more trivia »

Born:

Harry Edward Nilsson III
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 52) in Agoura Hills, California, USA
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2013 The Hangover Part III (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'")
 
1999-2012 The Simpsons (TV series)
– To Cur with Love (2012) (writer: "Me and My Arrow" / performer: "Me and My Arrow")
– Mom and Pop Art (1999) (writer: "Coconut")
 
2012 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top 4 Perform (2012) (performer: "Without You")
 
2012 Frances Ha (writer: "Mrs. Butter's Lament" / performer: "Mrs. Butter's Lament")
 
2012 Shut Up and Play the Hits (documentary) (writer: "Jump Into The Fire")
 
2011 Bones (TV series)
– The Hole in the Heart (2011) (writer: "Coconut")
 
2011 Born to Be Wild (documentary short) (performer: "Let the Good Times Roll")
 
2011 Red Dog (writer: "Jump into the Fire" / as Nilsson / "Jump into the Fire")
 
2010 Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus (writer: "Coconut")
 
2010 Alan Wake (Video Game) (writer: "Coconut" / performer: "Coconut")
 
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie) (performer: "Early in the Morning", "City Life")
 
2009 44 Inch Chest (performer: "Without You")
 
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic (writer: "Coconut", "You're Breakin' My Heart", "Don't Forget Me")
 
2009 How to Boil a Frog (documentary) (writer: "I'd Rather Be Dead" / performer: "I'd Rather Be Dead")
 
2004-2008 House M.D. (TV series)
– Let Them Eat Cake (2008) (writer: "Coconut" - uncredited / performer: "Coconut" - uncredited)
– Occam's Razor (2004) (writer: "One" - uncredited)
 
2008 Life on Mars (TV series)
– The Man Who Sold the World (2008) (performer: "Spaceman" - uncredited)
 
2008 Cuéntame (TV series)
– La cigüeña dijo 'sí' (2008) (performer: "Without You")
– Por la boca muere el pez (2008) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'")
– La huelga nuestra de cada día (2008) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'")
 
2008 The Early Bird Catches the Worm (writer: "ONE" / performer: "ONE")
 
2008 Bottle Shock (writer: "Jump Into the Fire" / performer: "Jump Into the Fire")
 
2007 Life (TV series)
– Farthingale (2007) (writer: "One" - uncredited)
 
2007 CSI: NY (TV series)
– Comes Around (2007) (writer: "Jump Into The Fire" / performer: "Jump Into The Fire")
 
2006 A Good Year (writer: "How Can I Be Sure of You", "Gotta Get Up", "Jump into the Fire" / performer: "How Can I Be Sure of You", "Gotta Get Up", "Jump into the Fire")
 
2006 Crank (performer: "Everybody's Talkin")
 
2006 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'" 1966)
 
2006 LiTTLEMAN (writer: "Best Friend" / performer: "Best Friend")
 
2006 American Hardcore (documentary) (writer: "Best Friend" / as H. Nilson)
 
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown (writer: "One")
 
2001-2006 The King of Queens (TV series)
– Buggie Nights (2006) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'" / as Nilsson)
– Wedding Presence (2001) (performer: "Best Friend")
 
2006 The Elementary Particles (performer: "Without You")
 
2005-2006 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– Something to Live For (2006) (performer: "Joy")
– Stole Beer from a Golfer (2005) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'")
 
2005 ER (TV series)
– Dream House (2005) (writer: "Coconut" - uncredited)
 
2005 Breakfast on Pluto (writer: "Me & My Arrow" 1971, "You're Breakin' My Heart" 1972, "The Moonbeam Song" 1971 / performer: "Me & My Arrow" 1971, "You're Breakin' My Heart" 1972, "The Moonbeam Song" 1971)
 
2004 Peep Show (TV series)
– Wedding (2004) (performer: "Without You" - uncredited)
 
2004 Around the Bend (writer: "Daddy's Song" / performer: "Daddy's Song")
 
2004 Shrek 2 (writer: "One" 1968)
 
2004 The Girl Next Door (writer: "JUMP INTO THE FIRE" / performer: "JUMP INTO THE FIRE")
 
2003 Monkey Dust (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (2003) ("All I think about is you" - uncredited)
– Episode #2.1 ("All I Think About Is You" - uncredited)
 
2003 Good Boy! (writer: "The Puppy Song")
 
2003 Daddy Day Care (writer: "Coconut")
 
2003 Shanghai Knights (writer: "One" / performer: "One")
 
2002 The Rules of Attraction (performer: "Without You")
 
2002 Boat Trip (writer: "Coconut")
 
2002 Stuart Little 2 (writer: "One")
 
2002 Hey Arnold! The Movie (writer: "Coconut")
 
2002 Punch-Drunk Love (writer: "He Needs Me" / producer: "He Needs Me")
 
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys (writer: "Me And My Arrow", "Evrything's Got 'Em" / performer: "Me And My Arrow", "Evrything's Got 'Em")
 
2001 Recess: School's Out (writer: "One")
 
2000 Black Books (TV series)
– He's Leaving Home (2000) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin")
 
2000 High Fidelity (writer: "The Moonbeam Song" / performer: "The Moonbeam Song")
 
1999 Magnolia (writer: "One")
 
1999 Futurama (TV series)
– Brannigan, Begin Again (1999) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'")
 
1999 Mission Hill (TV series)
 
1999 Dick (writer: "Coconut" / performer: "Coconut")
 
1998 You've Got Mail (writer: "The Puppy Song", "Remember", "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" / performer: "The Puppy Song", "Remember", "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City", "Over The Rainbow")
 
1998 That '70s Show (TV series)
– Eric's Buddy (1998) (performer: "Best Friend")
 
1998 Practical Magic (writer: "Coconut" / performer: "Coconut")
 
1998 The Quiet Family (performer: "Jump Into the Fire")
 
1997 Ellen Foster (TV movie) (writer: "Remember Christmas" / performer: "Remember Christmas")
 
1997 Contact (writer: "Spaceman" / performer: "Spaceman")
 
1997 The Ice Storm (writer: "Coconut" / performer: "Coconut")
 
1996 The Craft (writer: "Jump Into the Fire")
 
1995 Casino (performer: "Without You")
 
1995 Houseguest (writer: "Coconut")
 
1994 Forrest Gump (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'" 1966)
 
1994 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
– Ride the High School (1994) (music: "Best Friend" - uncredited / lyrics: "Best Friend" - uncredited)
 
1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV series)
– The Patient in Spite of Himself (1992) (performer: "Coconut" - uncredited)
 
1992 Baywatch (TV series)
– Tequila Bay (1992) (performer: "As Time Goes by" - uncredited)
 
1992 Reservoir Dogs (writer: "COCONUT" / performer: "COCONUT")
 
1992 Me, Myself and I (writer: "ME MYSELF AND I" OPENING CREDITS / performer: "ME MYSELF AND I" OPENING CREDITS)
 
1991 Home Improvement (TV series)
– Flying Sauces (1991) (performer: "Without You" - uncredited)
 
1991 The Fisher King (performer: "How About You?")
 
1990 Goodfellas (writer: "Jump into the Fire" / performer: "Jump into the Fire")
 
1989 Only Fools and Horses.... (TV series)
– The Jolly Boys' Outing (1989) (writer: "Everybody's Talking At Me" - uncredited)
 
1989 Camp Candy (TV series)
 
1988 First Impressions (TV series)
 
1987 Zärtliche Chaoten (performer: "Without You")
 
1986 Webster (TV series)
– McGruff (1986) ("One")
 
1983 Private School (writer: "You're Breaking My Heart" / performer: "You're Breaking My Heart")
 
1983 Group Madness (documentary) (writer: "Men At Sea" / performer: "Men At Sea")
 
1982 Ziggy's Gift (TV short) (writer: "Give, Love, Joy" / performer: "Give, Love, Joy")
 
1980 Popeye (writer: "It's Not Easy Bein' Me" - uncredited / music: "I Yam What I Yam" - uncredited, "He Needs Me" - uncredited, "Everything Is Food" - uncredited, "Sail With Me" - uncredited, "Swee'pea's Lullaby" - uncredited, "Sweethaven" - uncredited, "Blow Me Down" - uncredited, "I'm Mean" - uncredited, "He's Large" - uncredited, "Children" - uncredited / lyrics: "I Yam What I Yam" - uncredited, "He Needs Me" - uncredited, "Everything Is Food" - uncredited, "Sail With Me" - uncredited, "Swee'pea's Lullaby" - uncredited, "Sweethaven" - uncredited, "Blow Me Down" - uncredited, "I'm Mean" - uncredited, "He's Large" - uncredited, "Children" - uncredited)
 
1979 All That Jazz (performer: "A Perfect Day")
 
1979 Doing Time (performer: "WITHOUT YOU" - uncredited)
 
1979 Real Life (writer: "Jump Into The Fire")
 
1978 Martine (TV series)
– Episode #3.1 (1978) (writer: "Puppy Song")
 
1977 The World's Greatest Lover (performer: "Ain't It Kinda Wonderful")
 
1975 Rosebud (writer: "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City")
 
1974 Son of Dracula (writer: "Daybreak", "The Moonbeam Song", "Remember Christmas", "Down", "Jump Into The Fire" / performer: "Daybreak", "At My Front Door", "The Moonbeam Song", "Remember Christmas", "Without You", "Down", "Jump Into The Fire" / producer: "Daybreak")
 
1971 Dusty and Sweets McGee (writer: "Don't Leave Me Baby" / as Nilsson / performer: "Don't Leave Me Baby" / as Nilsson)
 
1971 The Point (TV movie) (writer: "Everything's Got 'Em", "Me and My Arrow", "Poli High", "Think About Your Troubles", "Life Line", "P.O.V. Waltz", "Are You Sleeping?" / performer: "Everything's Got 'Em", "Me and My Arrow", "Poli High", "Think About Your Troubles", "Life Line", "P.O.V. Waltz", "Are You Sleeping?")
 
1969 Midnight Cowboy (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'" / as Nilsson)
 
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
– The Music Maker (1969) (music: "Without Her", "If Only" / as Nilsson / lyrics: "Without Her" / as Nilsson)
 
1968 Skidoo (writer: "I Will Take You There", "Living in a Garbage Can" / performer: "I Will Take You There", "Living in a Garbage Can")
 
1968 Head (writer: "Daddy's Song" / as Nilsson)
 
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode #1.36 (1968) (writer: "The Battle of the Bands" - uncredited, "The Story of Rock & Roll" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Monkees (TV series)
– Monkees on the Wheel (1967) (writer: "Cuddly Toy")
– Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik (1967) (writer: "Cuddly Toy" / as Harry Nilssen)
 
1966 The Big T.N.T. Show (documentary) (writer: "This Could Be the Night")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (4 titles)
1988 First Impressions (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1988) (composer: theme music)
 
1980 Popeye (songs: Music & Lyrics by)
 
1969-1972 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series) (composer: theme music - 73 episodes)
– We Love Annie (1972) (composer: theme music)
– Time for a Change (1972) (composer: theme music)
– In the Eye of the Beholder (1972) (composer: theme music)
– A Little Help from My Friend (1972) (composer: theme music)
– It's All Write with Me (1972) (composer: theme music)
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1968 Skidoo (composer: original music, lyricist)
 
Show ShowComposer (5 titles)
2010 Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (documentary)
 
1988 Mutts (TV movie)
 
1982 Ziggy's Gift (TV short)
 
1971 The Point (TV movie)
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
– Sparrowhawk (1966) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1974 Son of Dracula
Count Downe
 
1974 Ringo and Harry's Night Out (short)
 
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Tim Seagirt
– The Music Maker (1969) … Tim Seagirt
 
1968 Skidoo
Tower Guard (as Nilsson)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1988 The Telephone (screenplay)
 
1971 The Point (TV movie) (original fable / story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1971 The Point (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1992 Reservoir Dogs (special thanks)
 
1986 Monster in the Closet (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1983 The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 Wings Over the World (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1975 The Hoyt Axton Country Western Boogie Woogie Gospel Rock and Roll Show (TV movie)
Himself/Singer
 
1973 The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1972 Did Somebody Drop His Mouse? (documentary short)
Himself/Narrator
 
1969 Playboy After Dark (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Beat-Club (TV series)
– Episode #1.36 (1968) (as Nilsson)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010 Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (documentary)
Himself/Narrator/Singer
 
2004 The Singer and the Song (video)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Nilsson

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Trivia:

Is referenced in the song "Life Is A Rock But the Radio Rolled Me" by Reunion. See more »

Trademark:

Three-and-a-half-octave vocal range; usually provided all his own harmonies on record. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini