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Levon Helm

Acting Born May 26, 1940 Elaine, Arkansas, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest
Film

Shooter

as Mr. Rate

Classic Albums

as Self
Film

Fire Down Below

as Reverend Bob Goodall

Rosalinda

as Bible Salesman

Full filmography

  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
  • Shooter (2007) as Mr. Rate
  • Classic Albums (1997) as Self
  • The Right Stuff (1983) as Jack Ridley / Narrator
  • Fire Down Below (1997) as Reverend Bob Goodall
  • The Last Waltz (1978) as Self
  • Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) as Ted Webb
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) as Old Man with Radio
  • In the Electric Mist (2009) as General John Bell Hood
  • Feeling Minnesota (1996) as Bible Salesman
  • Smooth Talk (1985) as Harry Wyatt
  • Great Drives (1996) as Self - Host
  • The Dollmaker (1984) as Clovis
  • End of the Line (1987) as Leo Pickett
  • Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin (1990) as Self - Vocals
  • Best Revenge (1984) as Bo
  • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998) as Juvie Bob
  • Lightning in a Bottle (2004) as Self
  • Staying Together (1989) as Denny Stockton
  • Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003) as Self (archive footage)
  • Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame (1994) as Himself
  • The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021) as Self (archive footage)