Rick Parfitt

Acting

Rick Parfitt

Born 1948-10-12 · Woking, Surrey, England, UK

Richard John Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday camps. He joined Status Quo in 1967 when they were looking for an additional singer. He wrote songs for the band and remained with them for 49 years. He occasionally guested with other bands, and recorded an unreleased solo album in 1985. In 2016, Parfitt temporarily retired from touring with the band due to ill health, and died in December of that year. His only solo album, Over and Out, was released posthumously in 2018. Richard John Parfitt was born in Woking, Surrey, on 12 October 1948. His father Richard was an insurance salesman "who was a drinker and a gambler", and his mother Lillian worked in cake shops. He described his upbringing as "wonderful", and described his childhood-self as a "typical naughty boy". He first started to learn to play the guitar at the age of 11. In 1963 Parfitt was playing guitar and singing in The Prince of Wales Feathers, a pub on Warren Street in Camden, London, when his father was approached by an agent from Sunshine Holiday Camp on Hayling Island, who gave Parfitt a performing job. At the camp Parfitt joined Jean and Gloria Harrison – performing as the double act The Harrison Twins – to form a cabaret trio called The Highlights. Following the season, the Harrison Twins' manager Joe Cohen – who had been one of the Keystone Cops – arranged for The Highlights to perform at Butlins in Minehead. Here, Parfitt met future Status Quo partner Francis Rossi, who was playing with Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan in a band called The Spectres (soon to be renamed Traffic Jam) – a forerunner to Status Quo. "I remember wandering over there one afternoon for the first time and watching them rehearse," Parfitt recalled. "I may still have been in my silver lamé suit, which I used to wear all the time. They were playing [Chuck Berry's] 'Bye Bye Johnny' and it sounded absolutely fantastic." After Parfitt befriended the band, their manager Pat Barlow invited him to join, as they needed another singer. In 1967, Traffic Jam changed their name to The Status Quo (they soon dropped the definite article and later still would often be known simply as 'Quo'), beginning Parfitt's almost 50-year career in the band. Early successes came with the Rossi-penned hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The single became the group's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single, "Black Veils of Melancholy", they had a hit again the same year with a Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott song, "Ice in the Sun", which climbed to number eight. The band's 1972 album Piledriver, which reached number 5, spent a total of 37 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. ... Source: Article "Rick Parfitt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Live Aid poster
7.9

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"

Live Aid

1985

An Audience with Billy Connolly poster
8.4

Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.

An Audience with Billy Connolly

1985

Hello Quo poster
5.8

Collecting hours of previously unseen footage and classic live material with full exclusive access to all band members this is the definitive story of a band that has done and seen it all. As well as full access to the band, Hello Quo! Also features input from a host of the biggest names in rock including: Brian May of Queen, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, Buzzcocks, Slade, Paul Weller, Sir Cliff Richard and Midge Ure. The documentary also exclusively features the moment when the original line up of the band met again for the first time in over 30 years. A truly poignant reunion, after years of legal wrangling, saw the band clear the air but also plug in and play together once again... This Access All Areas Collector s Edition includes 3 hours of astonishing never seen before Quo footage!

Hello Quo

2012

The Best of Cannon & Ball poster
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Double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball entertain us with their own unique brand of humour. The programmes feature various sketch shows along with many celebrity guests.

The Best of Cannon & Ball

1985

Bula Quo! poster
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Status Quo play a series of shows in Fiji and become embroiled in a secret Russian Roulette ring lorded over by Jon Lovitz.

Bula Quo!

2013

Queen: Champions of the World poster
8.3

This documentary on the music group Queen includes performance and rehearsal footage, and exclusive interviews from backstage at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.

Queen: Champions of the World

1995

Live Aid Against All Odds poster
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Documentary which traces the story of Live Aid from its humble beginnings, a pop tune cobbled together in the back seat of a taxi, to the eve of the biggest televised event ever. Artists from the time tell the story of the day that music rocked the world. Organiser Bob Geldof recalls how after 12 weeks of manic preparation, the big day finally arrived.

Live Aid Against All Odds

2005

Top of the Pops: The True Story poster
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BBC documentary on the long-running British TV show, Top of the Pops.

Top of the Pops: The True Story

2001

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? poster
8.0

Forty years on from the release of the hit single by charity supergroup Band Aid, this documentary unearths 75 minutes of rare and previously unseen film footage from the day of recording

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

2024

Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009 poster
8.3

Status Quo's album "Pictures" (released in November 2008) celebrated 40 years of Status Quo filling the UK charts with hit after hit. The album was an instant success, charting at No.8 and selling over a quarter of a million copies in the UK alone. In July 2009 the Pictures live tour landed at Montreux in Switzerland as part of the world famous festival.

Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009

2009

Status Quo: Accept No Substitute! - The Definitive Hits & More! poster
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Compilation of Status Quo videos and performances

Status Quo: Accept No Substitute! - The Definitive Hits & More!

2015

John Peel's Record Box poster
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John Peel's Record Box is a documentary film made by Elaine Shepherd, released on 14 November 2005 on Channel 4. It was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award. It is about a small private collection of the British radio DJ John Peel who died in 2004 at the age of 65. Peel's main archive contained more than 100,000 vinyl records and CDs. This smaller private collection, however, contains 143 singles - some of them doublettes - stored in a private wooden box representing some of his personal favourites. According to the documentary, there are no singles by Peel's favorite group, The Fall, because he kept them in a separate box. The film features interviews with John's wife Sheila Ravenscroft, radio DJs and artists like Mary Anne Hobbs, Sir Elton John, Ronnie Wood, Roger Daltrey, Fergal Sharkey, Jack White, Michael Palin and Miki Berenyi.

John Peel's Record Box

2005

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1 poster
8.0

The Prince's Trust celebrates it's 10th anniversary in 1986 with a concert at Wembley Arena featuring a variety of rock stars and attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1

1986

Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World

2024

Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits poster
NR

The DVD features 40 video performances taken from promotional videos, TV performances and concerts, and features previously unseen footage.

Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits

2004

Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion poster
6.8

Full coverage of Status Quo's March 2013 gig at Wembley Arena. The show saw the band's original line-up of Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan and Alan Lancaster reunite to perform a number of hits from their 1970s heyday including 'Down Down', 'Is There a Better Way', 'Junior's Wailing' and 'Little Lady'.

Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion

2013

Status Quo – Live Alive Quo poster
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Filmed at the Radio 1 FM "Party In The Park" at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, on sunday the 30th august 1992 in celebration of their 25th anniversary and includes an exclusive anniversary version of Roadhouse Medley.

Status Quo – Live Alive Quo

1992

Status Quo - Avo Session 2005 poster
8.0

Near perfect quality Pro-shot broadcast recording of the Status Quo, recorded Live at AVO sessions, in Basel, Switzerland on November 10th 2005.

Status Quo - Avo Session 2005

2005

Status Quo – Live In Mexico Neza 2003 poster
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concert in neza February 22, 2003

Status Quo – Live In Mexico Neza 2003

2003

Status Quo - Live Legends poster
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Status Quo are veterans of the English rock scene, can count Prince Charles amongst their fans, and performed a rousing set at the legendary Live Aid concert. LIVE LEGENDS was originally released to coincide with their 25th anniversary, and features a welter of material, including candid backstage clips and live performance footage..

Status Quo - Live Legends

2004

Status Quo: Aquostic - Live at The Roundhouse poster
8.0

Status Quo gave a ninety-minute performance of their 'Aquostic - Stripped Bare' album at The Roundhouse in London on 22 October 2014. The concert was recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. The band were augmented on stage by guitarist Freddie Edwards, son of bassist John Edwards. The concert was introduced by BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley. Its setlist differed from the order of the eventual album track listing.

Status Quo: Aquostic - Live at The Roundhouse

2015

Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport poster
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In 2004, Status Quo was one of a number of major artists to play a special show to mark the opening of the recently renovated Zürich Airport, Switzerland. The show was performed inside of an aircraft hangar in front of a crowd of over 10,000.

Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport

2024

Status Quo - Just Doin' It! poster
9.0

40 Years of Quo Classics filmed Live at Birmingham NEC, England, May 21st, 2006.

Status Quo - Just Doin' It!

2006

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Live at Wembley

Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013