Levon Helm
Known for Acting
Biography
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012), was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor. He achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. He is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
Shooter
2007
as Mr. Rate
The Right Stuff
1983
as Jack Ridley / Narrator
Fire Down Below
1997
as Reverend Bob Goodall
In the Electric Mist
2009
as General John Bell Hood
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
as Ted Webb
Elvis '56
1988
as Self - Narrator
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
as Old Man with Radio
The Last Waltz
1978
as Self
Mavis!
2015
as Self
Feeling Minnesota
1996
as Bible Salesman
End of the Line
1987
as Leo Pickett
Lightning in a Bottle
2004
as Self
Smooth Talk
1985
as Harry Wyatt
Staying Together
1989
as Denny Stockton
The Dollmaker
1984
as Clovis
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Juvie Bob
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
1990
as Self - Vocals
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
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as Himself
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2021
as Self (archive footage)