Van Dyke Parks: movies and TV shows
Van Dyke Parks has 80 credits in the archive: 69 films and 11 TV series, from 1948 to 2024. Highest rated: Twin Peaks (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2024 · busiest year: 1988 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Beach Boys | Self (archival footage) | Film | 6.6 | 81 |
| 2022 | Peter Case: A Million Miles Away | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2021 | Sayonara America | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2020 | A World Without Beethoven? | Self | Film | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2019 | No Smoking | Self | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2015 | Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George | Self / Producer Musician | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2010 | Ceremony | Film | 5.0 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) | Self | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2010 | Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 67 |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Self | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2009 | 1974: On the Road With The Beach Boys | Self | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2008 | Dark Matter | Film | 5.6 | 65 | |
| 2007 | Silverchair: Making of Young Modern | Himself | Film | — | 64 |
| 2006 | Broken Trail | TV | 6.9 | 63 | |
| 2005 | The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Film | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 2004 | Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile | Self | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | Stuart Little: The Animated Series | TV | 5.3 | 60 | |
| 2003 | The Company | Film | 5.2 | 60 | |
| 2003 | Ringo Rama | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Film | 6.2 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Charms for the Easy Life | Film | 8.5 | 59 | |
| 2001 | In the Time of the Butterflies | Film | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 2001 | Call Me Claus | Film | 5.7 | 58 | |
| 2001 | The Ponder Heart | Film | 5.7 | 58 | |
| 2000 | The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony | Self | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2000 | Harlan County War | Film | 7.1 | 57 | |
| 1999 | Border Line | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1998 | Barney's Great Adventure | Film | 5.0 | 55 | |
| 1998 | Shadrach | Film | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 1998 | Noah | Film | 5.6 | 55 | |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | Film | 5.9 | 55 | |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1997 | Oliver Twist | Film | 6.2 | 54 | |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Film | 7.2 | 53 | |
| 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Film | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Film | 5.7 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times | Self | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | Next Door | Film | 4.9 | 51 | |
| 1994 | One Christmas | Film | 5.7 | 51 | |
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | Film | 5.3 | 49 | |
| 1991 | Eerie, Indiana | TV | 7.6 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Frogs! | Film | 3.5 | 48 | |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Jack Racine | TV | 8.3 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Francis Hannah | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Film | 6.0 | 47 | |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Minister of Merriment | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Film | 5.0 | 47 | |
| 1989 | Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1988 | Casual Sex? | Film | 5.2 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Vibes | Dr. Weiner | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1988 | Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special | Film | 7.2 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Rented Lips | Film | 3.8 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball | Himself | Film | 9.5 | 45 |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 1986 | Ponce de Leon | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1986 | Darlin' Clementine | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird | Film | 6.4 | 42 | |
| 1985 | The Beach Boys: An American Band | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Film | 5.0 | 40 | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Musician | TV | 8.1 | 39 |
| 1982 | The Tale of the Frog Prince | The Musician | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1980 | Popeye | Hoagy the Piano Player | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1980 | Popeye | Film | 5.6 | 37 | |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Film | 5.8 | 35 | |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Indian #2 | Film | 3.8 | 35 |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Self | Film | 1.0 | 33 |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Self | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1970 | Ry Cooder: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1956 | The Swan | George | Film | 6.9 | 13 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Horace | TV | 6.8 | 10 |
| 1953 | Bonino | Andrew Bonino | TV | 7.0 | 10 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Eddie Stone | TV | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Robbie | TV | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Lawrence Alden | TV | 5.4 | 5 |