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catfood03 
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:34 |
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I'm curious to know how many prog (or prog-related) musicians have also had careers of any length (or success) in television and movies? Here are two examples...
- Phil Collins who was in And The Band Played On and starred in his own Buster
- David Bowie who starred in The Man Who Fell To Earth and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The criteria for my search is that:
a) they must be a musician listed on this site (prog or prog-related)
b) they are in a film that featured acting roles (concert films and such performances do not count)
I've already thought of two other artists from this site (one of which should be really obvious!), but I'd like to see what others have found...
Edited by catfood03 - July 29 2011 at 19:36
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:46 |
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There was this one prog related band in this one movie this one time once... I forget what it was... like, oh yeah! The Song Remains The Same, Jimmy Page is a dirty cop, when one day he finds out his wife is cheating on him. It only goes downhill from there! With Ben Stiller as Jimmy Page, and Barbra Streisand as Robert Plant. This teen-romantic-comedy is rated G released in all theaters near you!
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:48 |
Bjork
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:50 |
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Fish appeared in the UK crime soap 'The Bill' (the only time he warranted the description 'a crim')
David Kaffinetti, the keyboard player in Rare Bird played the role of Spinal Tap's ivory tickler Viv Savage.
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catfood03
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:57 |
 Slaughternalia wrote:
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Yup, that's one of the other two I was thinking of
Dancer In the Dark of course
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 19:58 |
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Zappa made some movies.
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:03 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Zappa made some movies.
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I watched 200 motels the other day. It was kind of sh*tty in a slightly interesting way
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Dean
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:07 |
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Yellow Magic Orchestra & David Sylvian) was also in Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.
Fish (Derek Dick) has had a number of roles in TV and filum.
Rick Wakeman *acted* in Listomania
From Proto Prog:
The Beatles sort of acted in Help! - less so in Hard Days Night & Magical Mystery Tour
Roger Daltrey (The Who) acted in Listomania
Edited by Dean - July 29 2011 at 20:17
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:10 |
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i read that one time Atomic Rooster drummer Ric Parnell was the drummer in Spinal Tap
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:12 |
I'm guessing one of the obvious ones would be Roger Daltrey? He's done quite a bit of acting.
Of course - you also have John Lennon ("How I Won The War") & David Byrne ("True Stories").
None of these guys were in true-blue prog bands - but all are featured on the website.
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:15 |
<---- Toyah - she's acted (Jublilee & The Tempest) and she's sang with Fripp (Sunday All Over The World). 
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:18 |
She's done a bit more than just SING with Fripp.
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catfood03
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:20 |
captain2man wrote:
I'm guessing one of the obvious ones would be Roger Daltrey? He's done quite a bit of acting.
Of course - you also have John Lennon ("How I Won The War") & David Byrne ("True Stories").
None of these guys were in true-blue prog bands - but all are featured on the website.
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Roger Daltrey wasn't the other one I was thinking of, but good example! The other one was The Beatles (which Dean got two posts above)
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:22 |
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Sigur Ros' "Heima" is critically acclaimed at imdb.com ...
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:24 |
Related: Xavier Phideaux is a TV directory (General Hospital, Days Of Our Lives)
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:26 |
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The Moody Blues appeared on the Simpsons... does that count?
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:29 |
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The Man Who Fell to Earth is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I will quote some Netflix reviewer who has it dead on.
"I would rather eat sand than watch this movie again."
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catfood03
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:36 |
thellama73 wrote:
The Man Who Fell to Earth is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I will quote some Netflix reviewer who has it dead on.
"I would rather eat sand than watch this movie again."
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Well, I never said that the actor's performance (or the movie itself) had to be stellar to be included. I don't find Bowie to be a particularly great actor, just a cracked one! 
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catfood03
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:37 |
Dean wrote:
The Moody Blues appeared on the Simpsons... does that count? |
Yes, let's include voice-acting work in this list too, and animated portrayals!
Edited by catfood03 - July 29 2011 at 20:39
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Posted: July 29 2011 at 20:47 |
Hi,
David Bowie has done a lot of movies that are actually very good.
-- "The Man Who Fell To Earth" is an excellent film by Nicholas Roeg (Excellent)
-- "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" is also very good by Nagisa Oshima (Very very good)
-- "The Hunger" based on the Whitley Strieber novel (Good and moody)
-- "Labyrinth" (Ok, but not well directed)
-- "The Last Temptation of Christ" (ok, but not well directed on what otherwise was a very good film off Kazantzakis' novel)
-- "Basquiat" (All right. He plays Andy Warhol and ... hmmm ... the film was good, but the Andy Warhol stuff is when the film starts going down and I'm not sure it was David's fault)
Mick Jaegger probably doesn't deserve it, but I seriously doubt that "Performance" would be any good without him, who makes the film amazing, and extraordinary, and Nicholas Roeg and Donald Camel had the perfect role for him ... it is, by very far, one of the best films ever made, but it is very difficult to figure out and appreciate as it moves fast and it hits hard when it needs to, and has one of the best endings of any film out there that really turns the whole thing on its head and heels and leaves you going ... wow ...
Roger Daltrey was in quite a few episodes of "The Highlander" on TV and he was pretty darn good. He was also in two of Ken Russell's lesser extravaganzas, which were rather forgettable ... you and I might have to get quite drunk or ripped to be able to sit through them today.
Florian Fricke - appeared in quite a few of Werner Herzog films, many times uncredited.
Not sure we can make a list of the musicians that have appeared in Wim Wenders films ... you'll get a headache!
Prince -- Purple Rain. One of the best pure rock films ever made. And the music was quite progressive copmpared to what Genesis was doing!
Edited by moshkito - July 29 2011 at 20:50
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