Musicians Who've Made Films

Here's one I almost forgot.... Ghost Goes Gear starring the Spencer Davis Group with Lorne Gibson as the Ghost. Found the DVD MediaPlay last year for $2.

 

Tiny Tim starred in the slasher film "Blood Harvest". It's pretty bad.

 

WOW I GOT ONE,

John Denver in - "OH GOD" with George Burns!!!

 

John Carpenter in all his films

 

GaryW mentioned Joe Strummer in Straight to Hell, which also featured Elvis Costello, Courtney Love and I think some of the Pogues. the best thing I can say about their acting is they were all good musicians.

Strummer also was in Mystery Train, in which he played a drunken bank robber pretty effectively.

someone else mentioned Dwight Yoakam, but I thought I'd re-emphasize one of his roles. he was the no-good boyfriend in Sling Blade and played the part so well I absolutely hated him by the end of that movie. probably my favorite acting performance by a musician.

oh, and let us not forget -- let us NOT forget -- Flea in The Big Lebowski. he was a nihilist so his role pretty much amounted to nohsing, but that movie's so great I have to mention it every chance I get.

 

Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come
Bing Crosby -- too many too mention
DMX - Belly
Tupac Shakur - Gang Related
Snoop Dogg - Bones
Elton John - Tommy

 

Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur in "Poetic Justice"

I almost died when I heard the term Poohnahnnie (sp) for the first time in the Theater!

 

Aimee Mann had a few minutes in The Big Lebowski...

Sammy Davis Jr.-Convicts Four

 

LL Cool J's been in a lot of movies, including Toys (ouch), Halloween H20, and S.W.A.T.

Queen Latifah was nominated for an Oscar for her work in Chicago.

Jello Biafra had a great quick scene as an FBI agent in Tapeheads, which also featured Sam Moore, Junior Walker, Doug E. Fresh, Michael Nesmith, and Fishbone!

And speaking of Flea, don't forget his role as Marty's boss, Needles, in Back to the Future 2 & 3.

 

Roland Gift, the singer for the Fine Young Cannibals, is now acting. He was in "My Beautiful Laundrette" I think and in other films.

 

Anthony Kiedis was in Point Break
Someone mentioned Rollins earlier but he was also in Heat with Pacino and Deniro
Siilverheads Michael Des Barres was in a few forgetable films.
Vic Chesnut was in Sling Blade

Peace-
Norm

 

I think I've got a couple no one else has mentioned yet:

Levon Helm: Coal Miner's Daughter and The Right Stuff
Robbie Robertson: Carny (I think that's what it was called. Also had Gary Busey in it)

Robbie was buddies with Scorcese, but Levon made the better films by far...

 

Oh, and how about Julie London?

 

Billy Bob Thorton, Angelina Jolie's ex. Was he first known as a musician?

Jim W.

 

Re: BOBBY DARIN/THE VENDORS

Thanks for the heads-up. Who knows, but stuff like this comes out on DVD, eventually. I'd be interested in seeing the completed version.

Who do we contact about this ?

 

First you have to find out a bit more information to see if any Major Studio had their hands on this. Paramount, Warner, MGM, and so on.

If this was going to be just an independant film perhaps contacting someone from the Estate of Bobby Darin to see if they own the rights to it.

If it's not Public Domain and it's really worth there wild, I'd say write a company like Anchor Bay aka Goodtimes Video and explain to them the why's and stuff of that it should see the light of day and perhaps they might contact the right people to purchase the rights to produce it onto DVD and Video!

Companies like Anchor Bay are always looking for material that none of their other compition has and they are willing to find this type of product to round out there already good library of titles.

 

So Anchor Bay and GoodTimes are the same company with GoodTimes being used as their PD company with some licensed titles and Anchor Bay for the bulk of their licensed titles?

 

Julie London was in the TV show Emergency. Mick Jagger in Freejack. Jon Bon Jovi was in U-571. Lionel Richie was in the Preacher's Wife.

David Bowie was in The Hunger.

 

Tom Waits in "Rumblefish"

 

Bobby Darin was in "Captain Neuman M.D", which he was nominated for an oscar.

 

That is correct my good man!!

 

Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin was also in a slew of other films including Happy Mother's Day, Love George. It also starred Ron Howard and was shot in Canada (Nova Scotia) in 1972.

 

Paul Jones, the singer for Manfred Mann in the 60's, was in a film called Privilege in 1968.