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Otis Redding (1941–1967)

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Voted the eighth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2013 The Voice (TV series)
The Battles, Part 3 (2013) (writer: "Hard to Handle")
 
2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (performer: "Try A Little Tenderness")
 
2012 Voices Reaching Out (TV movie) (writer: "Respect")
 
2012 Madea's Witness Protection (writer: "Respect")
 
2011-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #20.140 (2012) (writer: "Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
Episode #20.51 (2011) (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose" - uncredited)
Episode #19.186 (2011) (writer: "Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
Episode #19.143 (2011) (writer: "Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
 
2011-2012 Dancing Stars (TV series)
Episode #7.7 (2012) (writer: "Respect")
Episode #6.2 (2011) (writer: "Respect")
 
2012 Scandal (TV series)
Dirty Little Secrets (2012) ("Mr. Pitiful" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Voice UK (TV series)
Blind Auditions 2 (2012) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2012 Britain's Got Talent (TV series)
Episode #6.2 (2012) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
Festa i ball (2012) (performer: "Shake")
Bon rotllo (2012) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2011 Cuéntame (TV series)
El día de la mujer (2011) (writer: "Respect")
 
2011 New Year's Eve (writer: "Can't Turn You Loose")
 
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #19.24 (2011) (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose" - uncredited)
 
2011 Raising Hope (TV series)
Prodigy (2011) (writer: "Hard to Handle")
 
2011 State of Georgia (TV series)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (2011) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2011 The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Respect")
 
2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (documentary) (writer: "Respect")
 
2009-2010 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Episode #11.1 (2010) (writer: "These Arms of Mine" / "These Arms of Mine")
Round Three (2009) (writer: "Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
 
2010 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
Top 22 Performance (2010) (performer: "That's How Strong My Love Is")
 
2008-2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top Six Perform (2010) (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
1 of 11 Voted Off (2010) (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
The Top 10 Perform (2008) (performer: "These Arms of Mine")
 
2010 How to Make It in America (TV series)
Unhappy Birthday (2010) (performer: "Pain in My Heart")
 
2010 Chuck (TV series)
Chuck Versus First Class (2010) (performer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009) (writer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" / performer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
2009 Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (video) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2009 Der Mann auf der Brücke (TV movie) (writer: "Sitting in the dock")
 
2009 The Butcher (performer: "Tramp")
 
2009 Glee (TV series)
Pilot (2009) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
2009 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (TV movie) (writer: "Hard to Handle" - uncredited)
 
2009 Pirate Radio (writer: "These Arms of Mine" 1962 / performer: "These Arms of Mine" 1962)
 
2005-2008 How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
Little Minnesota (2008) (performer: "White Christmas" - uncredited)
Pilot (2005) (writer: "Cigarettes And Coffee" - uncredited / performer: "Cigarettes And Coffee" - uncredited)
 
2008 Soul Men (writer: " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay")
 
2008 Diary of a Nymphomaniac (writer: "Pain In My Heart" / as Ottis Redding / performer: "Pain In My Heart" / as Ottis Redding)
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #4.3 (2008) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" / performer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2008 A Christmas Tale (performer: "Merry Christmas Baby")
 
2008 Julia (performer: "Just One More Day")
 
2008 Definitely, Maybe (performer: "Cigarettes And Coffee" 1993)
 
2007 La rentadora (TV series)
És cosa d'homes (2007) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" / performer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2007 How Soon Is Now? (TV mini-series)
1968-1969 (2007) (writer: "I can't turn you loose" / performer: "Shake", "I can't turn you loose", "You don't miss your water")
 
2007 State of Mind (TV series)
Passion Fishing (2007) (performer: " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay")
 
2007 My Blueberry Nights (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
2007 Perfect Stranger (writer: "These Arms of Mine" / performer: "These Arms of Mine")
 
2007 Talk to Me (writer: "Sweet Soul Music", "I Can't Turn You Loose", "I've Been Loving You Too Long" / performer: "Tramp", "I Can't Turn You Loose")
 
2007 Esti showder (TV series)
Extrém séró-show (2007) (writer: "Respect")
 
2007 American Idol (TV series)
Auditions: Los Angeles (2007) ("Your One And Only Man")
 
2007 Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (documentary) (performer: "Pain My Heart")
 
2007 The Killing (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2007) (writer: "Hard to Handle")
 
2006 Tell No One (performer: "For Your Precious Love")
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
Greatest Songs of All Time (2006) (writer: "Respect")
 
2006 Lost (TV series)
S.O.S. (2006) (writer: "These Arms Of Mine")
 
2006 The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog (video documentary) (writer: "Hard to Handle")
 
2006 Las Vegas (TV series)
Like a Virgin (2006) (writer: "Respect")
 
2006 Akeelah and the Bee (writer: "Respect" 1965)
 
2006 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2006) (writer: "Ole Man Trouble" / performer: "Ole Man Trouble", "A Change is Gonna Come")
 
2006 Glory Road (writer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long To Stop Now", "These Arms of Mine" / performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long To Stop Now", "These Arms of Mine")
 
2005 The Ringer (writer: "Respect")
 
2005 Monk (TV series)
Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa (2005) (performer: "White Christmans" - uncredited)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary) (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose" - uncredited)
 
2005 Are We There Yet? (writer: "Respect")
 
2005 Coach Carter ("Can't Turn You Loose")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (TV movie) (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose" - uncredited)
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (Video Game) ("Respect")
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (Video Game) (" Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2004 The WB's Superstar USA (TV series)
 
2004 Ella Enchanted (writer: "Respect")
 
2004 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
John Lennon's Jukebox (2004) (performer: "My Girl")
 
2003 Operación triunfo (TV series)
Episode #3.11 (2003) (writer: "Respect")
 
2003 Radio (performer: "For Your Precious Love" 1958)
 
2003 Love Actually (performer: "White Christmas" 1940)
 
2003 The Simpsons (TV series)
I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can (2003) (writer: "Respect")
 
2003 Confidence (writer: "Respect" One Rascal Mix)
 
2002 Two Weeks Notice (writer: "Respect")
 
2002 Friday After Next (performer: "Merry Christmas Baby")
 
2002 American Dreams (TV series)
 
2002 The Chubbchubbs! (short) (writer: "Respect")
 
2002 Women or Children First (writer: "Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa" / performer: "Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa", "You Don't Miss Your Water")
 
2002 La bande du drugstore (writer: "Security" / performer: "Security")
 
2001 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Born to Run (2001) (performer: "Tramp" - uncredited)
 
2001 Rat Race ("Respect")
 
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (writer: "Respect" / as Redding)
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) ("Vocal Clip")
 
2000 Big Momma's House (writer: "Security" / performer: "Security")
 
2000 Circus (writer: "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.")
 
2000 The Sopranos (TV series)
From Where to Eternity (2000) (writer: "My Lover's Prayer" / performer: "My Lover's Prayer")
 
2000 28 Days (writer: "Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Sad Song" 1966 / performer: "Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Sad Song" 1966)
 
1999 Bicentennial Man (writer: "Respect")
 
1999 Happy End (performer: "These Arms of Mine")
 
1999 The King of Queens (TV series)
Art House (1999) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1999 Edtv (writer: "These Arms Of Mine" / performer: "These Arms Of Mine")
 
1998 Get Real (writer: "Respect")
 
1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1998 All I Wanna Do (writer: "Come to Me" / performer: "Come to Me")
 
1998 Sex and the City (TV series)
Bay of Married Pigs (1998) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1998 Another Day in Paradise (writer: "Hard to Handle", "I'll Let Nothing Separate Us" / performer: "Hard to Handle", "I'll Let Nothing Separate Us")
 
1998 A Cool, Dry Place (writer: "Hard To Handle" / performer: "Hard To Handle")
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (writer: "Respect", "Can't Turn You Loose")
 
1997 Trial and Error (writer: "Mr. Pitiful", "Respect")
 
1997 7th Heaven (TV series)
Say Good-Bye (1997) (writer: "Respect")
 
1997 That Darn Cat (writer: "Respect")
 
1997 The Powder Room (documentary) ("RESPECT")
 
1996 Cybill (TV series)
Buffalo Gals (1996) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1996 2 Days in the Valley (performer: "Down In the Valley")
 
1995 Casino (writer: "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Sad Song" / performer: "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Sad Song")
 
1995 Dead Presidents (performer: "Down In The Valley")
 
1995 Dangerous Minds (writer: "RESPECT" SAMPLE)
 
1995 Georgia (performer: "FA FA FA FA FA SAD SONG" / "FA FA FA FA FA SAD SONG")
 
1995 Denise Calls Up (performer: "New Years Resolution")
 
1994 Chicago Hope (TV series)
With the Greatest of Ease (1994) (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness" - uncredited)
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
A Whole New Ball Game (1994) (writer: "Respect" / performer: "Respect")
 
1994 I Like It Like That (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1994 Forrest Gump (writer: "Respect" 1967)
 
1993 Grumpy Old Men (writer: "LOVE MAN" / performer: "LOVE MAN")
 
1993 A Bronx Tale (performer: "Hawg for You")
 
1993 The Last Supper (short) (writer: "These Arms of Mine" / performer: "These Arms of Mine")
 
1992 Love Potion No. 9 (performer: "PAIN IN MY HEART")
 
1992 Rich in Love (writer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1992 Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV series)
Money Talks (1992) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1992 Sjans (TV series)
Oude Liefde (1992) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited / performer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1992 The Cutting Edge (writer: "I've Got Dreams to Remember")
 
1991 Amnesty International's Big 30 (TV movie) (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose", "Hard to Handle")
 
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91 (writer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
1991 De provincie (performer: "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-FA")
 
1991 Mississippi Masala (performer: "Ton Of Joy")
 
1991 The Commitments (writer: "Mr. Pitiful")
 
1991 Rover Dangerfield (writer: "Respect")
 
1991 Only the Lonely (writer: "I'VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER")
 
1991 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
Tiny Toon Music Television (1991) (music: "Respect" / lyrics: "Respect")
 
1988-1991 The Wonder Years (TV series)
The Candidate (1991) (writer: "Respect")
Dance with Me (1988) (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1990 Rampe & Naukkis - Kaikkien aikojen superpari (writer: "Sweet Soul Music", "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" / performer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" / arranger: "Sweet Soul Music", "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
1990 Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (TV movie) (writer: "Mr. Pitiful" - uncredited)
 
1989 Immediate Family (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1989 Wired (writer: "I Can't Turn You Loose")
 
1989 Mystery Train (performer: "Pain in my Heart")
 
1989 Road House (writer: "These Arms of Mine" / performer: "These Arms of Mine")
 
1989 Dream a Little Dream (writer: "DREAMS TO REMEMBER" / performer: "DREAMS TO REMEMBER")
 
1989 Cousins (writer: "LOVE MAN" / performer: "LOVE MAN")
 
1989 Cold Justice (writer: "RESPECT")
 
1988 Alien Nation (writer: "SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY")
 
1988 Stormy Monday (music: "I've Been Loving You Too Long" / lyrics: "I've Been Loving You Too Long" / performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary) ("RESPECT", " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1987 Screenplay (TV series)
The Road (1987) (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1987 Wiseguy (TV series)
 
1987 Hamburger Hill (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" / performer: "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1987 Dirty Dancing (writer: "Love Man" / performer: "Love Man", "These Arms of Mine")
 
1987 The Allnighter (music: "RESPECT" / lyrics: "RESPECT")
 
1987 Street Smart (performer: "My Girl")
 
1987 Tin Men (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1986 Platoon (writer: "RESPECT" 1965 - uncredited, "SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY" 1967 - uncredited / performer: "SITTIN ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY" 1967 - uncredited)
 
1986 Soul Man (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long" / "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1986 Children of a Lesser God (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long" / "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1986 Le môme (writer: " Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" / performer: "Try a Little Tenderness", " Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
1986 Back to School (writer: "Respect")
 
1986 Top Gun (performer: "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" / "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1986 Pretty in Pink (performer: "Try a Little Tenderness")
 
1986 Women in Rock (video documentary) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1985 St. Elmo's Fire (writer: "RESPECT")
 
1985 Desperately Seeking Susan (writer: "RESPECT")
 
1985 Heaven Help Us ("I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1985 Fame (TV series)
Tomorrow's Children (1985) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited, "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited / performer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1984 Heartbreakers (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1983 Lianna (performer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long")
 
1982 Piratensender Powerplay (writer: "Love Man" / performer: "Love Man")
 
1980 Airplane! ("Respect")
 
1980 Brubaker (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1980 The Blues Brothers (writer: "I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE" - uncredited)
 
1977 The George Burns One-Man Show (TV special) (writer: "Rescue Me/I Can't Turn You Loose")
 
1975 The Decline and Fall of Lacey Bodine (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1973 Blume in Love (music: "Ive Got Dreams To Remenber" / lyrics: "Ive Got Dreams To Remenber")
 
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (performer: "I Can't Turn You Loose")
 
1970 Gimme Shelter (documentary) (writer: "I've Been Loving You Too Long To Stop Now")
 
1970 C.C. and Company ("I Can't Turn You Loose")
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge (writer: "Hard to Handle")
 
1970 Pornography in Denmark: A New Approach (documentary) (performer: "Shake" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 26 February 1970 (1970) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1969 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
Veteran's Day Show (1969) (writer: " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Ann-Margret Show (TV movie) (writer: "Respect" - uncredited)
 
1968 High School (documentary) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited / performer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Woody Allen Looks at 1967 (1967) (writer: "Respect")
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Episode #1.53 (1965) (performer: "Respect")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #1.46 (1965) (writer: "Pain in My Heart")
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1997 L'amour fou
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1989 Shake!: Otis at Monterey (documentary short)
Himself
 
1969 Popcorn (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Monterey Pop (documentary)
Performer
 
1965-1967 Where the Action Is (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.140 (1967) … Himself
Episode #3.99 (1967) … Himself
Episode #3.93 (1967) … Himself
Episode #3.43 (1966) … Himself
Episode #3.37 (1966) … Himself
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.24 (1967) … Himself
 
1966-1967 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.19 (1967) … Himself
Episode #10.12 (1966) … Himself
Episode #9.35 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Ready, Steady, Go! (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Otis Redding Special (1966) … Himself - Singer
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Himself - Singer
Episode #1.53 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2007 Dreams to Remember (The Legacy of Otis Redding) (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2006 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2003 My Kinda People (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Soulsville (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The Atlantic Records Story (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 Remembering Otis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 The Day the Music Died (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Rock City (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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In 1965 he wrote and recorded "Respect", which became a much bigger hit two years later when recorded by Aretha Franklin. See more »

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Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Voted the eighth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo