John Entwistle

Acting

John Entwistle

Born — Died

1944-10-09 — 2002-06-27

Place of birth

Chiswick, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker basses in the 1…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited poster
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Sixteen performances, which total 73 minutes, of previously unreleased performances from the 1969 Woodstock Festival. This is the follow-up to 2009's Woodstock: Untold Stories Melanie: "Mr. Tambourine Man/Tuning My Guitar" (6:18) Joan Baez: "Oh Happy Day" (3:59) Joan Baez: "I Shall Be Released" (3:38) Santana: "Persuasion" (2:55) Canned Heat: "Woodstock Boogie" (8:38) The Grateful Dead: "Mama Tried" (2:53) The Who: "Sparks" (5:25) The Who: "Pinball Wizard" (2:51) Jefferson Airplane: "Volunteers" (2:53) Jefferson Airplane: "Come Back Baby" (5:56) Country Joe and the Fish: "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" (4:23) Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Helplessly Hoping" (2:27) Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Marrakesh Express" (2:55) The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (8:53) Sha Na Na: "Book of Love" (2:07) Jimi Hendrix: "Spanish Castle Magic" (7:09)

Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited

2014

The Who: Sensation—The Story of Tommy poster
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The Who's seminal double album 'Tommy', released in 1969, is a milestone in rock history. It revitalized the band's career and established Pete Townshend as a composer and Roger Daltrey as one of rock's foremost frontmen. The first album to be overtly billed as a 'rock opera', 'Tommy' has gone on to sell over 20 million copies around the world and has been reimagined as both a film by Ken Russell in the mid-seventies and a touring stage production in the early nineties. This new film explores the background, creation and impact of 'Tommy' through new interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, archive interviews with the late John Entwistle, and contributions from engineer Bob Pridden, artwork creator Mike McInnerney plus others involved in the creation of the album and journalists who assess the album s historic and cultural impact.

The Who: Sensation—The Story of Tommy

2014

Lambert & Stamp poster
7.1

In this crazy, chaotic gospel of chance, aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to search for a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor, and manage the iconic band known as The Who and create rock 'n' roll history.

Lambert & Stamp

2014

Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me? poster
8.7

In his home studio and revisiting old haunts in Shepherds Bush and Battersea, Pete Townshend opens his heart and his personal archive to revisit 'the last great album the Who ever made', one that took the Who full circle back to their earliest days via the adventures of a pill-popping mod on an epic journey of self-discovery. But in 1973 Quadrophenia was an album that almost never was. Beset by money problems, a studio in construction, heroin-taking managers, a lunatic drummer and a culture of heavy drinking, Townshend took on an album that nearly broke him and one that within a year the band had turned their back on and would ignore for nearly three decades. Contributors include: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Ethan Russell, Ron Nevison, Richard Barnes, Irish Jack Lyons, Bill Curbishley, John Woolf, Howie Edelson, Mark Kermode and Georgiana Steele Waller.

Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me?

2013

The Who: Live in Texas '75 poster
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The Who perform a live set at The Summit, Houston, Texas on 20 November 1975. Probably the best 'official' bootleg ever. All the classics including Substitute, I Can't Explain, My Generation & Won't Get Fooled Again.

The Who: Live in Texas '75

2012

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A compendium of TV and concert appearances from French Television, showcasing the prowess and power of The Who in their earlier days. Highlights include "Pictures of Lily", "Can't Explain", "My Generation", "Substitute" and many others.

The Who: French TV Archives 1965-1967

2015

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC poster
8.0

A celebration of rock 'n' roll in the shape of a compilation of classic artists and songs, featuring the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion and Dick Dale who all featured in the Rock 'n' Roll America series, alongside songs that celebrate rock 'n roll itself from artists such as Tom Petty (Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll), Joan Jett (I Love Rock 'n' Roll) and Oasis (Rock 'n' Roll Star).

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC

2015

The Who: Sensation - The Making of Tommy poster
9.0

1968 was a time of soul searching for the band - with three badly performing singles behind them they needed a big new idea to put them back at the top and crucially to hold them together as a band. Inspired by Indian spiritual master Meher Baba, Pete Townshend created the character of Tommy, the 'deaf, dumb and blind boy'. Broke and fragmenting when they started recording, the album went on to sell over 20 million copies. In this film, the Who speak for the first time about the making of the iconic album and how its success changed their lives.

The Who: Sensation - The Making of Tommy

2013

The Who:  Purple Hearts and Power Chords poster
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A 2-disc collection of live and TV performances by The Who. Before this release, several other bootleg DVDs had compiled the 1960s Who footage, with varying degrees of success. It's difficult, however, to imagine a better, more comprehensive one than this two-DVD collection, which assembles almost four hours of live, mimed, promo, interview, and documentary clips from various sources. The image and sound quality are usually as good as, or better than, what's seen or heard on those previous compilations.

The Who: Purple Hearts and Power Chords

2011

2000s · 13 titles

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who poster
7.1

A documentary on The Who, featuring interviews with the band's two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who

2007

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances poster
7.5

Additional musical performances from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California, shot for the film Monterey Pop (1968) and released on the Criterion Blu-ray The Complete Monterey Pop Festival.

Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances

2002

The Who: Tommy Live With Special Guests poster
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Just seven years after wrapping up one of rock's first farewell tours, The Who returned to the stage in 1989 with another first: the classic album show. It was the 20th anniversary of Tommy, which seemed like a good excuse to book a bunch of stadiums and play the album along with a healthy dose of Who classics, aided by a mere 12 other musicians. This is The Who live at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, 24 August 1989.

The Who: Tommy Live With Special Guests

2006

The Who: At Kilburn 1977 poster
7.8

Featuring one of the last public appearances by Keith Moon, the 1977 Kilburn show is a long-sought holy grail for fans of The Who, performing before a select audience on December 15, 1977 at Kilburn. Also included is a much earlier never-before-seen rarity and one of the band's personal favorites, The Who's powerhouse London Coliseum gig from 1969.

The Who: At Kilburn 1977

2008

The Who & Special Guests: Live At The Royal Albert Hall poster
7.2

The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a concert film of The Who's concert on November 27, 2000 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. Bryan Adams, Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Kennedy, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) and Paul Weller joined the Who on stage for a once-in-a-lifetime performance. The concert was also released on CD as Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Who & Special Guests: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

2000

Live Aid poster
9.2

4 × DVD, The broadcast of the biggest benefit concert in history, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. This entry is for the compilation box set released in 2004.

Live Aid

2004

The Who:  Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 poster
8.3

Mod rockers The Who are captured live by director Murray Lerner at the legendary Isle of Wight festival in 1970, attended by 600,000 people. All the old classics are included in a typically energetic set; Moon the Loon, Roger the Dodger and Pete... the guitarist. And John Entwistle on bass.

The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

2009

An Ox's Tale: The John Entwistle Story poster
7.0

An intimate portrait of the legendary bass guitarist for The Who. This documentary includes the last footage ever recorded with John Entwistle, and features interviews with Pete Townshend, as well as other major figures in rock history.

An Ox's Tale: The John Entwistle Story

2006

Rising Low poster
7.3

Based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov't Mule's The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2) featuring a host of legendary bass players. Throughout the film, director Mike Gordon (of Phish, who also plays on the album) interviews Woody's family and bandmates and also discusses the philosophy and technique of bass playing with a number of the instrument's legends, including Chris Squire, Les Claypool, John Entwistle, Flea, Bootsy Collins, Mike Watt, Roger Glover and others.

Rising Low

2002

The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live poster
7.0

Rhino Records is proud to present a 3-DVD boxed set showcasing one of the greatest live bands ever-The Who. Disc one features a live rendition of their full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy. Tommy was performed live in 1989 at The Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, with special guests Elton John, Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Patti LaBelle, and Steve Winwood. Disc two contains the band's second rock opus, this time built around the story of a young mod's struggle to come of age in the mid-60s. This live version of Quadrophenia, from the 1996/1997 U.S. Tour was the first time it was performed as Townshend and Daltrey had visualized it, with live action and featuring a then-unknown Alex Langdon in a spellbinding performance as Jimmy, the disillusioned Mod.

The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live

2005

The Who: Live at the London Coliseum 1969 poster
7.9

Concert of the Who's first filming of the Rock Opera «Tommy» at London's opera house, the Coliseum, 14 December 1969. At this point, the Who were in full stride, playing behind Tommy and making waves where ever they went. This performance, as rough and raw as it seems, is the Who at their all-time nastiest. Opening with the powerful «Heaven And Hell», the group slays each number — «I Can’t Explain», «Fortune Teller», «Tattoo» — before ascending the mountain of conceptual copiousness.

The Who: Live at the London Coliseum 1969

2008

Woodstock: Untold Stories poster
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2 hours of musical performances from Woodstock which weren't included in the original Woodstock film. Joan Baez: "{I Live} One Day at a Time" (4:17) Country Joe McDonald: "Flying High" (2:21) Santana: "Evil Ways" (3:56) Canned Heat: "I'm Her Man" (5.33) Canned Heat: "On the Road Again" (10.49) Mountain: "Beside the Sea" (3:38) Mountain: "Southbound Train" (6:17) The Grateful Dead: "Turn on Your Love Light" (37:44) Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Born on the Bayou" (5:12) Creedence Clearwater Revival: "I've Put a Spell On You" (4:10) Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Keep on Chooglin" (9:25) The Who: "We're Not Going to Take It" (9:07) The Who: "My Generation" (7:36) Jefferson Airplane: "3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds" (5:40) Joe Cocker: "Something's Coming On" (4:14) Johnny Winter: "Mean Town Blues" (10:52) Paul Butterfield: "Morning Sunrise" (8:26) Sha Na Na: "Teen Angel" (3:21)

Woodstock: Untold Stories

2009

The Who: Quadrophenia Live With Special Guests poster
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Elaborate mixed-media production documenting the Who's 1996/97 tour of the USA with special guests Billy Idol and PJ Proby.

The Who: Quadrophenia Live With Special Guests

2006

1990s · 10 titles

Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next poster
7.5

In this 1999 documentary, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle discuss the making of what many consider the Who's greatest testament to Townshend's songwriting talent: their classic album "Who's Next." Others close to the group weigh in with insights about the late Keith Moon's importance to the band. The retrospective also features unseen performances of tunes from the platter, including "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley."

Classic Albums: The Who - Who's Next

1999

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus poster
7.4

A 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. The film is comprised of two concerts on a circus stage and included such acts as The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and his fiancee Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards.

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

1996

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

Listening to You: The Who Live at the Isle of Wight poster
7.4

Mod rockers the Who are captured live by director Murray Lerner at the legendary Isle of Wight festival in 1970, attended by 600,000 people. All the old classics are included in a typically energetic set; Moon the Loon, Roger the Dodger and Pete... the guitarist. And John Entwistle on bass. This is the first DVD release, without the extra material found on the DVD/Blu-ray re-release of 2006.

Listening to You: The Who Live at the Isle of Wight

1998

Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin poster
6.6

This film celebrates the long and successful collaboration of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, including a compilation of Elton John performances and in-depth interviews with both men.

Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin

1991

Guitar poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Guitar

1991

The Who - Who's Next 1971-2023 poster
8.0

The Who's landmark album, Who's Next, in a new remix by Steven Wilson, featuring bonus tracks from the 10 disc super deluxe box set. Includes stereo, 5.1, and Atmos mixes.

The Who - Who's Next 1971-2023

1999

A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who poster
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A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and later album documenting a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall in 1994. It broke Carnegie Hall's two day box office gross record, and was the fastest sell-out in the historic venue's history. The concert also raised money for Columbia Presbyterian Babies Hospital. This event was produced by Richard Flanzer and Roger Daltrey of English rock band The Who in celebration of his fiftieth birthday. The Who's music was arranged for orchestra by Michael Kamen, who directed The Juilliard Orchestra for the event. Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Eddie Vedder, Sinéad O'Connor, Lou Reed, David Sanborn, Alice Cooper, Linda Perry, The Chieftains and others performed as special guests.

A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who

1994

The Who: Maximum R&B Live poster
8.0

A celebration of 30 years of The Who.

The Who: Maximum R&B Live

1994

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Wind in the Willows is a rock musical based on the legendary children's novel by Kenneth Grahame. Eddie Hardin (Spencer Davis Group) adapted the classic novel and, together with Zak Starkey (Ringo Starr's son!) co-wrote a breath-taking stage project! A first-class cast - with world-renowned musicians like Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Donovan, Ray Fenwick (Ian Gillan Band), Maggie Bell (Stone the Crows, Alex Harvey), Tony Ashton (Roger Chapman), and Don Airey (Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest) - makes this stage performance a perfect enjoyment!

The Wind in the Willows

1991

1980s · 8 titles

Live Aid poster
7.8

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

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea poster
8.0

Organized by Paul McCartney and the United Nations, these concerts were in response to the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge’s reign, where three million persons perished in Cambodia. During the concerts, McCartney brought three generations of popular musicians together. The older generation included McCartney and the Wings, The Who and members of Procol Harum. The middle generation was represented by Queen and members of Led Zeppelin. Most notably, there was the new generation of mainly New Wavers and Punk Rockers, such as The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Clash, and The Specials.

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea

1981

The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy poster
8.5

This live rendition of The Who’s full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy was performed live in 1989 at The Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, with special guests Elton John, Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Patti LaBelle, and Steve Winwood.

The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy

1989

The Who: Live from Toronto poster
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Widely considered one of the greatest bands ever, rock legends The Who bring down the house in this 1982 concert recorded at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens during the group's North American tour. Former Small Faces drummer Kenny Jones and keyboardist Tim Gorman join guitar-god Pete Townshend, lead singer Roger Daltrey and bassist John Entwistle onstage. Selections include "My Generation," "Pinball Wizard," "Squeeze Box" and more.

The Who: Live from Toronto

1984

The Who Rocks America 1982 poster
5.5

The Who presents their last concert of the 1982 "Farewell" tour in Toronto, Canada, 1982.

The Who Rocks America 1982

1983

The Who at Live Aid poster
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The Who reunite for the first time at Wembley

The Who at Live Aid

1985

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Documentary about the first 20 years of the Rolling Stones with interviews and a lot of rare archive footages all over the world, pictures, TV and live songs 1962-1982 ("Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Time Is On My Side" and many more). Hosted by punk star Nina Hagen. Interviews of Mick Jagger, his brother Chris, his father Joe, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Ron Wood, Ian Stewart, Bianca Jagger, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithfull, Rod Stewart, Wendy O'Williams (from the Plasmatics), Diana Ross and Bill Graham (manager).

The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years

1982

The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 poster
7.8

The Who’s 1982 tour, which was all in North America apart from two warm-up dates at the Birmingham NEC in England, was their last to feature Kenney Jones on drums and the band did not tour again until 1989. The tour promoted the recent IT’S HARD album, which had been released in June 1982, and the set list included a number of tracks from that album, some of which the band would only play live on this tour. This concert film features the show from the second of their two nights at New York’s Shea Stadium and was filmed on 13 October 1982.

The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982

1982

1970s · 4 titles

Tommy poster
6.5

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Tommy

1975

Woodstock poster
7.6

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Woodstock

1970

The Who: The Kids Are Alright poster
7.3

Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group in 1964 to 1978. It notably features the band's last performance with long-term drummer Keith Moon, filmed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978, three months before his death.

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

1979

The Who ‎– Live At Tanglewood 1970 poster
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1 Heaven And Hell 2 I Can't Explain 3 Water 4 I Don't Even Know Myself 5 Young Man Blues 6 Overture / It's A Boy 7 1921 8 Amazing Journey 9 Sparks 10 Eyesight To The Blind / Christmas 11 Acid Queen 12 Pinball Wizard 13 Do You Think It's Alright? 14 Tommy, Can You Hear Me? 15 There's A Doctor / Go To The Mirror 16 Smash The Mirror 17 Miracle Cure / I'm Free 18 Tommy's Holiday Camp 19 We're Not Gonna Take It 20 See Me, Feel Me 21 My Generation

The Who ‎– Live At Tanglewood 1970

1970

1960s · 3 titles

Undated · 4 titles

Series credits

The Simpsons poster
8.0

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

The Simpsons

1989

Top of the Pops poster
6.6

The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

Top of the Pops

1964

Top of the Pops poster
6.6

The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.

Top of the Pops

1964

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
7.1

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Behind the Music poster
7.3

An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

Behind the Music

1997

Classic Albums poster
7.7

A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

Classic Albums

1997

Rockpalast poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Rockpalast

1974

The BRIT Awards poster
10.0

The biggest night in the British music calendar, the BRIT Awards celebrate the biggest successes in music & promote new talent.

The BRIT Awards

1977

MTV Rockumentary poster
7.0

The 30-minute documentaries feature a series of interviews, archive footage, and music of the most influential rock bands and artists of the century.

MTV Rockumentary

1989