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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. moreAlternate Names:
Harry 'Leadbelly' LeadbetterFilmography
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Soundtrack:
- Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007) (V) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Meat Loaf - 3 Bats Live (USA: DVD box title) - The Brave One (2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
- TMNT (2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA: long title) - The Condemned (2007) (writer: "Black Betty")
- Kurt Cobain About a Son (2006) (performer: "The Bourgeois Blues")
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) (writer: "Black Betty")
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (writer: "Ramblin' Round", "Goodnight Irene", "Green Corn") (performer: "Goodnight Irene")
... aka Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia) - Guess Who (2005) (writer: "Black Betty" (1935))
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) (writer: "Black Betty")
- The Aviator (2004) (writer: "Howard Hughes" (1940)) (performer: "Howard Hughes" (1940))
... aka Aviator (Germany) - White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004) (V) (writer: "Take a Whiff on Me", "De Ballit of de Boll Weevil")
- Without a Paddle (2004) ("Black Betty")
- American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land (2002) (TV) (writer: "Cotton Fields")
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002) (writer: "Black Betty")
... aka Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA: video box title) - Blow (2001) (writer: "Black Betty")
- Kiss the Girls (1997) ("Goodnight Irene")
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997) (writer: "Goodnight, Irene") (performer: "Goodnight, Irene")
- Squish Story (1996) (writer: "Tight Like That")
... aka Squish Story: The Making of 'Commander Squish' - Houseguest (1995) (writer: "Goodnight Irene")
- "Unplugged" (1 episode, 1992)
... aka "MTV Unplugged"
- Eric Clapton (1992) TV episode (arranger: "Alberta") - Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (writer: "THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL")
- The Jerk (1979) (music: "Pick A Bale Of Cotton")
- Renaldo and Clara (1978) (writer: "In the Pines")
- Bound for Glory (1976) ("Roll On, Columbia")
- "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1 episode, 1963)
... aka "Ozzie and Harriet"
- June Music Festival (1963) TV episode (lyrics: "Rock Island Line") - "The Lux Show" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney" (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.9 (1957) TV episode (music: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine")
Archive Footage:
- Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy (2009) .... Himself
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007) .... Himself
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"American Masters"
- Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006) TV episode .... Himself -
"Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
- The Road to Rock 'n' Roll (2001) TV episode (as Harry 'Leadbelly' Leadbetter) .... Himself - Blues Odyssey (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Blues Masters (1999) (V)
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993) .... Himself
- A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988) (V) .... Himself
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CD: "Bourgeous Blues--Golden Classics, Part 1" (VCL) moreMessage Boards
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