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Ringo Starr
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Director, Producer, Composer (Music Score), Actor Born: July 7, 1940 in Dingle, Liverpool, England Biography:Fresh from a nondescript Liverpudlian musical group known as Rory Storme and the Hurricanes, "Ringo Starr" made the quantum leap to superstardom in 1962 when he replaced Pete Best as drummer for the burgeoning Beatles. Starr was regarded by many music aficionados as the least creative of the foursome, though he may well have enjoyed the largest fan following -- especially among young ladies who felt the urge to "mother" the diminutive Mr. Starr (though he appeared to be the baby of the group, Ringo was in fact the oldest of the Fab Four). In the Beatles' first two films, "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Help!" (1965), most of the comedy material went to Ringo, whose Chaplinesque demeanor and droll, deadpan dialogue delivery paid off in big laughs. Upon the group's breakup in 1970, it was Ringo who fared best as a solo screen actor. He had already brightened up the dull proceedings of "Candy" (1968) and... Full Biography
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