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Born: [[Ringo Starr|Richard Starkey]] July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, UK
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[[File:Ringo Starr 200 Motels.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ringo Starr on the set of ''200 Motels''.]]
  
Drummer with [[The Beatles]]
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'''Ringo Starr''' (Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 7, 1940) is a British rock musician, most famous as the drummer of [[The Beatles]]. After the band split up in 1970 he started a solo career.
  
Appeared as Larry The Dwarf in [[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]
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Starr was at one time a near neighbour of the Zappa's at 7708 Woodrow Wilson Drive, the house once occupied by Mama Cass, but the house suffered from a severe fire in November 1979<ref>[https://p-w-islandoraweb01.library.ucla.edu/islandora/object/edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.latimes%3A4753  Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection]</ref>.
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He played Larry The Dwarf in ''[[200 Motels (The Film)|200 Motels]]'' (1971). His driver [[Martin Lickert]] plays [[Jeff Simmons]] in the same film. Ringo and Lickert consequently also appear in behind-the-scenes footage in ''[[Video From Hell]]'', ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]'' and ''[[Peefeeyatko]]''.
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Ringo Starr is included in the list of names on the cover of the ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.
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==Zappa about Ringo Starr==
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'''Bourne''': ''I assume you liked how Ringo played you?''
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'''Zappa''': ''He was fine.''
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- Quoted from ''[[Frank Zappa: a Mother Only a Face Could Love]]'', Interview for American Eye, by Michael Bourne, October 23, 1974.
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==Ringo Starr about Zappa==
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''"Naturally, I, like everyone else, thought Frank was a real weirdo, but when you get to know him, he isn't. He's probably one of the straightest men I've ever met."'' - Ringo Starr, interviewed by Brian Mewborn for Rolling Stone, 30 April 1981. <ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ringo-starr-in-the-afternoon-71841/</ref>
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==Sources==
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:Ringo Starr]]
  
 
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[[Category:Supporting Cast|Starr]]

Latest revision as of 09:33, 19 October 2021

Ringo Starr on the set of 200 Motels.

Ringo Starr (Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 7, 1940) is a British rock musician, most famous as the drummer of The Beatles. After the band split up in 1970 he started a solo career.

Starr was at one time a near neighbour of the Zappa's at 7708 Woodrow Wilson Drive, the house once occupied by Mama Cass, but the house suffered from a severe fire in November 1979[1].

He played Larry The Dwarf in 200 Motels (1971). His driver Martin Lickert plays Jeff Simmons in the same film. Ringo and Lickert consequently also appear in behind-the-scenes footage in Video From Hell, The True Story Of 200 Motels and Peefeeyatko.


Ringo Starr is included in the list of names on the cover of the The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album.

Zappa about Ringo Starr

Bourne: I assume you liked how Ringo played you?

Zappa: He was fine.

- Quoted from Frank Zappa: a Mother Only a Face Could Love, Interview for American Eye, by Michael Bourne, October 23, 1974.

Ringo Starr about Zappa

"Naturally, I, like everyone else, thought Frank was a real weirdo, but when you get to know him, he isn't. He's probably one of the straightest men I've ever met." - Ringo Starr, interviewed by Brian Mewborn for Rolling Stone, 30 April 1981. [2]

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