Levon Helm

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-05-26

Deathday 2012-04-19 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Elaine, Arkansas, USA

Levon Helm

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.

Known For

Actor

2021
Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Dancing Man of L.A.

as Self (archive footage)

2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Ted Webb (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Mavis!

as Self

2013
2009
2009
In the Electric Mist

as General John Bell Hood

2007
Shooter

as Mr. Rate

2005
2003
Festival Express

as Self - The Band

2003
The Band - The Band Is Back

as Vokals, mandolin and Drums

2003
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Fire Down Below

as Reverend Bob Goodall

1997
1996
Feeling Minnesota

as Bible Salesman

1989
Staying Together

as Denny Stockton

1988
Elvis '56

as Self - Narrator

1987
The Man Outside

as Sheriff Leland Laughlin

1987
End of the Line

as Leo Pickett

1985
Smooth Talk

as Harry Wyatt

1984
1984
The Dollmaker

as Clovis

1983
The Right Stuff

as Jack Ridley / Narrator

1980
1978
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Producer

2009
Ramble At The Ryman

as Executive Producer

Sound