Billy Preston

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Elf (2003)

Bad Teacher (2011)

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1975-2013 Saturday Night Live (TV series)

– Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men (2013) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful You Are So Aniston")

– George Carlin/Billy Preston/Janis Ian (1975) (writer: "Nothing from Nothing", "Fancy Lady" / performer: "Nothing from Nothing", "Fancy Lady")

2012 Joyful Noise (writer: "That's The Way God Planned It")

2011 Cuéntame (TV series)

– La hora de la verdad (2011) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2011 Bad Teacher (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" / performer: "Nothing from Nothing")

2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)

– Episode #19.102 (2011) (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" - uncredited)

2008-2010 The X Factor (TV series)

– Auditions 3 (2010) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

– Episode #5.29 (2008) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

2010 Legends (TV series documentary)

– Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy (2010) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

2010 Águila Roja (TV series)

– Episode #2.2 (2010) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2009 Inglourious Basterds (writer: "SLAUGHTER" 1972 / performer: "SLAUGHTER" 1972)

2008 Queridos Amigos (TV mini-series)

– Episode #1.1 (2008) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2008 Be Kind Rewind (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" / performer: "Nothing from Nothing")

2007 Two and a Half Men (TV series)

– Anteaters. They're Just Crazy-lookin (2007) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

2007 Talk to Me (writer: "Outa-Space" / performer: "Outa-Space")

2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)

– World's Best Love Songs (2006) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2006 My Name Is Earl (TV series)

– Sticks & Stones (2006) (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" - uncredited / performer: "Nothing from Nothing" - uncredited)

2006 Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (TV movie) (writer: "Will it Go 'Round in Circles?")

2006 Desperate Housewives (TV series)

– Don't Look at Me (2006) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

2004 Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J (video documentary) (performer: "Kind Hearted Woman", "They're Red Hot", "Hell Hound on My Trail", "Sweet Home Chicago", "When You Got a Good Friend", "Milk Cow's Calf Blues", "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day", "Stop Breaking Down", "Little Queen of Spades", "Traveling Riverside Blues")

2003 Elf (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" 1974 / performer: "Nothing from Nothing" 1974)

2003 Wonderland (writer: "Stranger in a Strange Land" 1971)

2002 Comedy Lab (TV series)

– Meet the Magoons (2002) (writer: "You Are so Beautiful")

2002 Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001 (video documentary) (writer: "Will It Go Round in Circles?")

2002 Door to Door (TV movie) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2002 K-9: P.I. (video) (writer: "Nothing From Nothing" / as Everett Preston / performer: "Nothing From Nothing")

2001 Rush Hour 2 (writer: "Outa-Space" / performer: "Outa-Space")

2001 Evolution (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

2000 Steal This Movie (performer: "Power to the People")

1999 The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (performer: "Nothing from Nothing")

1999 Muppets from Space (writer: "Outa-Space" / performer: "Outa-Space")

1990-1998 The Simpsons (TV series)

– Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble' (1998) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

– Simpson and Delilah (1990) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

1998 Will & Grace (TV series)

– The Buying Game (1998) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

1998 Get Real (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

1998 Esrim plus (TV series)

– Ba'it Patu'ah (1998) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

1996 Unhook the Stars (writer: "You Are so Beautiful")

1996 Beautiful Girls (writer: "Will It Go Round in Circles?" / performer: "Will It Go Round in Circles?")

1995 Nothing Personal (writer: "Nothing From Nothing" / performer: "Nothing From Nothing")

1995 To Die For (writer: "NOTHING FROM NOTHING" / performer: "NOTHING FROM NOTHING")

1994 Takin' Over the Asylum (TV series)

– You Always Hurt the One You Love (1994) (performer: "Don't Let Me Down")

1994 The Little Rascals (writer: "YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL TO ME")

1993 Carlito's Way (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

1992 The Ben Stiller Show (TV series)

– On Melrose Avenue (1992) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

1991 Full House (TV series)

– Happy Birthday, Babies: Part 1 (1991) (writer: "You Are So Beautiful" - uncredited)

1989 Wired (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

1988 Two Moon Junction (writer: "You Are So Beautiful")

1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary) ("Nothing From Nothing")

1986 One Crazy Summer (writer: "Outa-Space" / performer: "Outa-Space")

1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills (writer: "IT'S A MATTER OF TIME" / producer: "IT'S A MATTER OF TIME")

1985 Rm 328 (performer: "Nothing from Nothing" - uncredited)

1982 O'Hara's Wife (performer: "I'LL NEVER SAY GOOD BYE")

1981 Body and Soul (performer: "You Make Me Feel Born Again")

1981 Time Bandits (performer: "Dream Away" - uncredited)

1981 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia ("It's So Easy")

1980 Loving Couples (performer: "I'LL MAKE IT WITH YOUR LOVE")

1979 Being There (performer: "Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces")

1979 When a Stranger Calls (performer: "Space Race")

1979 Fast Break (performer: "With You I'm Born Again" - uncredited, "Go for It", "More Than Just a Friend" - uncredited, "Go for It Disco" - uncredited / "Go for It")

1979 J-Men Forever (performer: "Wide Stride")

1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (performer: "Get Back")

1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)

– Pearl Bailey (1978) (music: "My Soul Is a Witness")

1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming (performer: "My Country, 'Tis of Thee")

1976 Flash and the Firecat (writer: "Nothing from Nothing" / performer: "Nothing from Nothing")

1974 Angel Number 9 (writer: "Nothing From Nothing" - uncredited / performer: "Nothing From Nothing" - uncredited)

1974 Rock Concert (TV series)

– Episode #1.15 (1974) (performer: "We're Gonna Make It", "Will It Go Round In Circles", "I Wrote a Simple Song", "Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music", "You're So Unique", "Outta-Space")

1973 Go Ask Alice (TV movie) (music: "Outa-Space")

1971 Honky (performer: "Hey Girl")

1968 The Split (performer: "The Split", "It's Just A Game, Love")

1965-1966 Shindig! (TV series)

– Episode #2.34 (1966) (performer: "Jenny, Jenny", "Uptight")

– Episode #2.26 (1965) (performer: "Heartbeat")

– Episode #2.22 (1965) (performer: "Lucille")

– Shindig in Hawaii: Part 1 (1965) (performer: "Ain't That Peculiar")

– Episode #2.14 (1965) (performer: "Bony Moronie")

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1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)

– Episode #1.46 (1965) (performer: "The Octopus")

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	STARmeter SEE RANK Down 5,137 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Billy Preston (I) (1946–2006) Soundtrack \| Actor \| Music Department Trivia: Remained close to George Harrison until his death in 2001. See more trivia » Born: William Everett Preston September 9, 1946 in Houston, Texas, USA Died: June 6, 2006 (age 59) in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA