Merle Haggard(1937-2016)

Music Artist
Music Department
Actor

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Billy Mize & the Bakersfield Sound (2014)

Merle Haggard was born on 6 April 1937 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Wag the Dog (1997), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and Jack Reacher (2012). He was previously married to Theresa Ann Lane, Debora J Parret, Leona Bell Williams, Bonnie Owens and Billie Leona Hobbs. He died on 6 April 2016 in Redding, California, USA.

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Awards
- 30 wins & 114 nominations

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Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard in Dolly (1987)

Merle Haggard in Dolly Parton: Treasures (1996)

Known for

Wag the Dog

7.1

Merle Haggard

1997

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

4.9

Balladeer

1981

Jack Reacher

7.0

Soundtrack("The Fightin' Side of Me")

2012

Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Ma Dong-seok, Brian Tyree Henry, Kit Harington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, and Lia McHugh in Eternals (2021)

Eternals

6.3

Soundtrack("Mama Tried")

2021

Credits

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Music Department

Keith Urban Feat. Julia Michaels: Coming Home
- Music Department
- Music Video
- 2018
Get Lost
- songwriter: "The Bottle Let Me Down"
- Short
- 2015
Movin' On
- composer: theme music
- TV Series
- 1974–1976

Actor

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard: Alice in Hulaland
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2015
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard: It's All Going to Pot
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2015
Willie Nelson Feat. Merle Haggard: A Horse Called Music
- Merle Haggard (voice)
- Music Video
- 2012
Gretchen Wilson Feat. Merle Haggard: Politically Uncorrect
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2006
Merle Haggard: America First
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2005
Merle Haggard: That's the News
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2004
Marty Stuart & Merle Haggard: Farmer's Blues
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2003
Merle Haggard: If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2001
Merle Haggard: (Think About A) Lullaby
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2000
Merle Haggard: Motorcycle Cowboy
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 2000
Wag the Dog
- Merle Haggard
- 1997
Merle Haggard: Kern River
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 1985
Merle Haggard: Natural High
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 1985
The All American Cowboy
- TV Movie
- 1985
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson: Pancho & Lefty
- Merle Haggard
- Music Video
- 1983

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Personal details

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Official sites
- Apple Music
- Deezer
Alternative name
- Merle Ronald Haggard
Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- April 6, 1937
- Bakersfield, California, USA
Died
- April 6, 2016
- Redding, California, USA(double pneumonia)
Spouses
Other works
CD: "Platinum & Gold Collection"
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Trivia
As an inmate at San Quentin from 1958 to 1960, Merle Haggard saw Johnny Cash play at the prison on January 1, 1959. It changed his life. Haggard was later granted a pardon by Ronald Reagan when the former actor was Governor of California.