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Phil Ochs(1940-1976)

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Phil Ochs
From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the scandals of Watergate, protest singer Phil Ochs wrote songs that engaged his audiences in the issues of the 1960s and 70s. In this biographical documentary, veteran director Kenneth Bowser shows how Phil's fascinating life story and music were intertwined with the history-making events that defined a generation.
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Phil Ochs was born on 19 December 1940 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was a composer, known for Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010), The Terminal List (2022) and Made in U.S.A. (1987). He was previously married to Alice Ochs. He died on 9 April 1976 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA.
BornDecember 19, 1940
DiedApril 9, 1976(35)
BornDecember 19, 1940
DiedApril 9, 1976(35)
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010)
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
7.8
  • Soundtrack("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War", "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Bwatue", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War", "There But for Fortune", "Bwatue")
  • 2010
Chris Pratt in The Terminal List (2022)
The Terminal List
7.9
TV Series
  • Music Department("The Men Behind The Guns")
Chris Penn, Lori Singer, and Adrian Pasdar in Made in U.S.A. (1987)
Made in U.S.A.
5.3
  • Soundtrack("Draft Dodger Rag")
  • 1987
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Melvin and Howard
6.8
  • Soundtrack("My Kingdom for a Car")
  • 1980

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Music Department

  • Chris Pratt in The Terminal List (2022)
    The Terminal List
    • writer: "The Men Behind The Guns"
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Nova (1974)
    Nova
    • composer: "Crucifixxion"
    • performer: "Crucifixxion"
    • TV Series
    • 1988

Composer

  • Chords of Fame (1984)
    Chords of Fame
    • Composer
    • 1984

Soundtrack

  • Chris Pratt in The Terminal List (2022)
    The Terminal List
    • writer: "The Men Behind The Guns"
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • The Vietnam War (2017)
    The Vietnam War
    • performer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • writer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (2017)
    Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?
    • performer: "William Moore"
    • 2017
  • 50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary (2014)
    50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary
    • writer: "There But for Fortune"
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Something in the Air (2012)
    Something in the Air
    • writer: "Ballad of William Worthy"
    • 2012
  • Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010)
    Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
    • lyrics: "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"
    • music: "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"
    • performer: "Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Bwatue", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War" ...
    • 2010
  • Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)
    Soundtrack for a Revolution
    • writer: "Here's to the State of Mississippi"
    • 2009
  • Tchéky Karyo, Valerie Mahaffey, Daniel Stern, Juliet Stevenson, Elizabeth Whitmere, Simon Woods, and Claire Brosseau in A Previous Engagement (2008)
    A Previous Engagement
    • performer: "No More Songs", "Cross My Heart"
    • writer: "No More Songs", "Cross My Heart"
    • 2008
  • Steal This Movie (2000)
    Steal This Movie
    • performer: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"
    • writer: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore", "When I'm Gone"
    • 2000
  • Aileen Wuornos in Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
    Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
    • writer: "Iron Lady"
    • 1992
  • Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
    Berkeley in the Sixties
    • performer: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"
    • writer: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"
    • 1990
  • Chris Penn, Lori Singer, and Adrian Pasdar in Made in U.S.A. (1987)
    Made in U.S.A.
    • writer: "Draft Dodger Rag"
    • 1987
  • Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
    Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
    • performer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • writer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • TV Movie
    • 1987
  • Melvin and Howard (1980)
    Melvin and Howard
    • performer: "My Kingdom for a Car"
    • writer: "My Kingdom for a Car"
    • 1980
  • The War at Home (1979)
    The War at Home
    • performer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • writer: "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
    • 1979

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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
  • Born
    • December 19, 1940
    • El Paso, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • April 9, 1976
    • Far Rockaway, New York, USA(suicide by hanging)
  • Spouse
    • Alice OchsMay 16, 1963 - April 9, 1976 (his death, 1 child)
  • Relatives
      Michael Ochs(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Album: "The Best of Phil Ochs"
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Biographical Movies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 5 Articles

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  • Trivia
    The Harry Chapin song, "The Parade's Still Passing By", is about him.
  • Quotes
    The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.
  • Nickname
    • John Butler Train

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