Paul McCartney
Born June 18, 1942 (Age: 83)
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Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records. McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK. BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone. McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in the history of popular music, according to Guinness World Records.
McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the UK.
BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history. As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 32 number one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the US alone.
McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.
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Filmography
High in the Clouds
2027
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as McKenzie (voice)
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Age: 85
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
2026
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as Self
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Age: 83
Evolver 62
2026
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
Kenny Dalglish
2025
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as Self
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Age: 83
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
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as Self
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Age: 83
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution
2025
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as Self
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Age: 83
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
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as Self
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Age: 82
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024
2024
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as
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Age: 82
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024
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as Self - The Beatles (voice)
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Age: 81
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
The Beatles: 1964 US Tour Reconstruction
2022
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as Self
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Age: 80
Ringo Starr: One of Them
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Parkinson at 50
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Understanding McCartney
2020
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as Self
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Age: 78
One World: Together at Home
2020
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as Self
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Age: 77
The BRITs at 40
2020
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool
2020
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as Self
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Age: 77
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Understanding Lennon/McCartney
2018
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
Paul McCartney: Live from NYC
2018
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as Self
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Age: 76
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
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as Uncle Jack
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Age: 74
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
2016
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as Self
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Age: 74
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
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as Self
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Age: 73
No Image
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 73
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
2014
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as Self - Vocals, Bass
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Age: 71
Good Ol' Freda
2013
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
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as Self
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Age: 70
The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966
2012
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as Self
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Age: 70
The Beatles: Their Golden Age
2012
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as Self
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Age: 70
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 69
Paul McCartney On the Run Tour - Estadio Azteca
2012
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as Self
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Age: 69
The Winged Beetle
2012
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as Self
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Age: 69
Becoming the Beatles
2012
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as Self
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Age: 69
Paul McCartney à Manchester
2011
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as self
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Age: 69
Annie Nightingale: Bird on the Wireless
2011
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as Self
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Age: 68
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
2011
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 68
No Image
The Beatles: Fifty Fabulous Years
2010
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
2009
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as Self
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Age: 67
The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972
2009
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as Self (Archive Footage)
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Age: 67
The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
No Image
...Sings the Beatles
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Paul McCartney - Live in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2009
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as Self
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Age: 67
Al's Brain
2009
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as Man on the Street
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Age: 67
Brüno
2009
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 67
The Beatles: Parting Ways
2009
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as Self
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Age: 66
The Beatles: Destination Hamburg
2007
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 65
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007
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as Self
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Age: 64
Doctor Who: Origins
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 63
Who Buried Paul McCartney?
2005
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as Self
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Age: 63
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
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as Self
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Age: 62
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
No Image
Meet the Beatles
2005
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as Self (Archival footage)
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Age: 62
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 61
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002
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as Self
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Age: 60
Things They Said Today
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 60
Naqoyqatsi
2002
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
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as Self - Performer
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Age: 59
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
Paul McCartney : Live at Atlanta
2002
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as self
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Age: 59
Paul McCartney & Friends: The PeTA Concert for Party Animals
2002
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as Self
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Age: 59
Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda
1999
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as Self
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Age: 56
The Brian Epstein Story
1998
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as Self
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Age: 56
The Abbey Road Story
1998
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as Self
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Age: 55
Tropic Island Hum
1997
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as Wirral / Froggo / Bison / Various
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Age: 54
The Beatles Unauthorized
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 53
Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary
1996
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as Self
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Age: 53
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
1994
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as Self
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Age: 51
Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live
1993
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as Self
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Age: 51
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
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as Self
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Age: 51
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
1993
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as Self
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Age: 50
No Image
A Carlton New Year
1993
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as Self
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Age: 50
No Image
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 50
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
1992
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as Self
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Age: 50
No Image
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special
1992
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as Self
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Age: 50
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 49
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991
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as Self - Vocals, Bass
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Age: 49
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991
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as Self
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Age: 48
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990
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as Self
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Age: 48
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 46
Eat the Rich
1987
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as Banquet Guest
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Age: 45
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 45
No Image
British Rock: The First Wave
1985
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 43
The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
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as Self
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Age: 43
Live Aid
1985
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as Self
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Age: 43
Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
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as Various Characters
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Age: 42
Desert Island Discs
1982
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years
1982
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as Self
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Age: 39
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 39
This Is Elvis
1981
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
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as Self
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Age: 38
No Image
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
1980
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as Self
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Age: 38
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 35
Mighty Good: The Beatles
1977
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as Self
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Age: 34
The Day the Music Died
1977
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as Self
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Age: 34
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
1975
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as Self
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Age: 33
No Image
Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles
1974
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 32
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 31
James Paul McCartney
1973
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as Self
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Age: 30
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
1972
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as Self / Soily McMouse (voice)
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Age: 29
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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as Self
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Age: 27
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko
1969
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 27
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
1969
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as Self
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Age: 27
Abbey Road
1969
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as Self (audio)
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Age: 27
Beatles Electroniques
1969
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 26
The Beatles Mod Odyssey
1968
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as Self
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Age: 26
Yellow Submarine
1968
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as Paul (uncredited)
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Age: 26
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 23
The Beatles: Live in Paris
1965
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as Self
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Age: 23
Help!
1965
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as Paul
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Age: 23
Pop Gear
1965
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as Self
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Age: 22
What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA
1964
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as Self - The Beatles Member
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Age: 22
The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands
1964
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as Self
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Age: 22
A Hard Day's Night
1964
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as Paul
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Age: 22
The Beatles Sing for Shell
1964
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as Self
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Age: 22
The Beatles in Australia
1964
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as Self
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Age: 21
Around the Beatles
1964
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as Self
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Age: 21
The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum
1964
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as Self
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Age: 21
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
1964
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 21
The Beatles Come to Town
1963
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as Self
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Age: 21
The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool
1963
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as Self
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Age: 21
The Mersey Sound
1963
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as Self
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Age: 21