In addition to the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968) and Let It Be (1970), Ringo Starr also acted in films such as Candy (1968), The Magic Christian (1969, alongside Peter Sellers), Blindman (1971), Son of Dracula (1974) and Caveman (1981).Starr directed and appeared in Born to Boogie (1972), a concert film featuring Marc Bolan and T. Rex. For the 1979 documentary film on the Who, The Kids Are Alright, Starr appeared in interview segments with fellow drummer Keith Moon.[1] He starred as Larry the Dwarf in Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1971).[2] His voice is also featured in Harry Nilsson's animated film The Point! (1971).
In 1972, Starr made a brief cameo appearance at the end of an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, entitled "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular". He co-starred in That'll Be the Day (1973) as a Teddy Boy, and went on to appear in The Last Waltz, the Martin Scorsese film about the 1976 farewell concert of the Band, a favourite of the Beatles. Starr played 'The Pope' in Ken Russell's Lisztomania (1975), and a fictionalised version of himself in Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street in 1984. He also appeared as himself, and downtrodden alter-ego Ognir Rrats, in Ringo (1978), an American-made television comedy film based loosely on The Prince and the Pauper.
Starr was the first narrator of the children's programme Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984–86 for the British broadcast and from 1989–90 in the United States.
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | Ringo | |
| scope=row | Help! | 1965 | ||
| scope=row | Yellow Submarine | 1968 | ||
| scope=row | Candy | Emmanuel | ||
| scope=row | The Magic Christian | 1969 | Youngman Grand | |
| scope=row | Let It Be | 1970 | Himself | Documentary film |
| scope=row | 200 Motels | 1971 | Larry the Dwarf | |
| scope=row | Blindman | Candy | ||
| scope=row | The Concert for Bangladesh | 1972 | Himself | Concert film |
| scope=row | Born to Boogie | Concert film; also director | ||
| scope=row | That'll Be the Day | 1973 | Mike | |
| scope=row | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Himself | Documentary film | |
| scope=row | Son of Dracula | 1974 | Merlin | Also producer |
| scope=row | Lisztomania | 1975 | The Pope | |
| scope=row | Sextette | 1978 | Laslo Karolny | |
| scope=row | The Last Waltz | Himself | Concert film | |
| scope=row | The Kids Are Alright | 1979 | Documentary film | |
| scope=row | Caveman | 1981 | Atouk | |
| scope=row | Give My Regards to Broad Street | 1984 | Ringo | |
| scope=row | Water | 1985 | Singing Rebels' member | Cameo |
| scope=row | Walking After Midnight | 1988 | Himself | Documentary film |
| scope=row | Concert for George | 2003 | ||
| scope=row | Radio | Stinger the Mascot | Cameo | |
| scope=row | All Together Now | 2008 | Himself | Documentary film |
| scope=row | 2011 | |||
| scope=row | The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed | 2014 | Fibonacci Sequins | Voice role |
| scope=row | 2016 | Himself | Cameo | |
| scope=row | Documentary film |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | Ringo | Television movie | |
| scope=row | The Point! | 1971 | Narrator / Father | Home video releases only | |
| scope=row | Ringo | 1978 | Ringo / Ognir Rrats | Television movie | |
| scope=row | Princess Daisy | 1983 | Robin Valerian | Main role | |
| scope=row | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends | 1984–1986 | Narrator | Series 1–2 | |
| scope=row | Alice in Wonderland | 1985 | Mock Turtle | Episode: "Part 1 – Alice in Wonderland" | |
| scope=row | The Return of Bruno | 1988 | Himself | Television movie | |
| scope=row | Shining Time Station | 1989–1990 | Mr. Conductor | Lead role (season 1 + Christmas special) | |
| scope=row | The Simpsons | 1991 | Himself | Episode: "Brush with Greatness" | |
| scope=row | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | 1992 | Narrator | Episode: "Elbert's Bad Word / Weird Parents" | |
| scope=row | The Beatles Anthology | 1995 | Himself | Docuseries | |
| scope=row | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | 1998 | Mummy | Episode: "Good Will Haunting" | |
| scope=row | 2021 | Himself | Docuseries |