Name
Leon Russell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-04-02
Deathday
2016-11-13 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges, was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, country, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk rock, blues rock, surf, standards, and Tulsa Sound.
Known For
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Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Ho...
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A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become vi...
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A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief...
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Hailed by one music reviewer as "the grooviest, wildest, slickest hit ever to pound the sc...
- 2021 Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen as Self
- 1971 Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen as Himself
- 1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? as Radio Preacher
- 1972 The Concert for Bangladesh as Self
- 2011 The Union as Self
- 2009 Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- 2010 The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water as Self
- 1974 A Poem Is a Naked Person as Self
- 1979 Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration
- 2016 Out in the Woods as Self
- 2002 J.J. Cale - In Session at the Paradise Studios 1979
- 2002 Leon Russell: A Song For You as Self
- 1964 The T.A.M.I. Show as Self - Pianist in House Band (uncredited)
- 1970 Leon Russell: The Homewood Session
- 2010 Elton John & Leon Russell: BBC Electric Proms 2010 as Self
- 2005 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited as Self
- 1974 Son of Dracula as The Count Downes
- 2005 Willie Nelson & Leon Russel - Partners In Music
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Solid Gold ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1964 Shindig! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer / Pianist
- 1975 Austin City Limits ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 CMT Crossroads ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1964 Shindig! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer
- 1964 Shindig! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Monochrome: Black, White & Blue ( 3 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
