Levon Helm
Actor
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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Filmography
The Right Stuff
as Jack Ridley / Narrator 1983
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
as Old Man with Radio 2005
In the Electric Mist
as General John Bell Hood 2009
Fire Down Below
as Reverend Bob Goodall 1997
The Last Waltz
as Self 1978
Coal Miner's Daughter
as Ted Webb 1980
Feeling Minnesota
as Bible Salesman 1996
Smooth Talk
as Harry Wyatt 1985
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
as Self - Vocals 1990
Festival Express
as Self - The Band 2003
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
as Juvie Bob 1998
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
as Self (archive footage) 2020
Mavis!
as Self 2015
The Dollmaker
as Clovis 1984
End of the Line
as Leo Pickett 1987
Staying Together
as Denny Stockton 1989