Roger Daltrey Filmography

Born:: March 1, 1944 in London, England, UK
Occupation:: Actor, Composer (Music Score), Producer
Biography:: Together with Pete Townshend and Jon Entwhistle, London-born singer/guitarist Roger Daltrey was one of the founding members of the British hard-rock group The Who. While Townsend was at first the head man of the group, Daltrey quickly emerged as the lead singer, with a particular gift for...Read More

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The Wheels on the Bus: Mango's Big Dog Parade

Actors: Roger Daltrey

Synopsis: Designed for toddlers age 2-5, Wheels on the Bus: Mango's Big Dog Parade uses a combination of cartoon characters and puppets in order to tell a story about how the bus must stop at different places as it travels to the title event. Each stop along the way offers a different activity of lesson for Read More

2008
My Generation: Who's Still Who

Crew: Producer

2008
TCT: Concerts for Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall

Synopsis: A charity officially registered in the UK circa 1997 as an arm of Great Britain's National Health Service, the Teenage Cancer Trust strives to raise funds and build treatment facilities for teenagers and young adults stricken by many types of cancer, particularly leukemia and Hodgkin's Disease. Read More

2008
Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones

Synopsis: Oscar-winning filmmaker Murray Lerner and co-director Paul Crowder draw on the essential themes of The Who's music and lyrics to craft a definitive audio-visual document of the influential band's timeless legacy. From their origins as a 1960s R&B cover band to their transformation into the band Read More

2007
The Wheels on the Bus: Mango Helps the Moon Mouse

Synopsis: The award-winning "Wheels on the Bus" series continues with this release designed to teach youngsters such socialization skills as helping and sharing by telling the tale of two lovable characters who set out on a musical adventure to the moon to help their hungry rodent friend. With vocal cast Read More

2005
The Who: Tommy and Quadrophenia - Live with Special Guests

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Rock and roll legends The Who come alive for a whole new generation of fans in this release that offers a collection of unforgettable live performances. In addition to a stunning live performance of Tommy featuring special guest stars Elton John, Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Patty Labelle, and Steve Read More

2005
Johnny Was

Actors: Vinnie Jones, Eriq La Salle, Roger Daltrey, Patrick Bergin, Samantha Mumba

2005
The Wheels on the Bus: Mango & Papaya's Animal Adventure

Synopsis: This children's program features songs sung by The Who's Roger Daltrey as well as the occupants of the bus that takes Mango, Papaya and all their friends to the zoo for a day of exciting animal adventures. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2004
The Wheels on the Bus: Mango's Animal Adventure

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Janie Laurel Escalle

Synopsis: The family friendly program Wheels on the Bus: Mango's Animal Adventure concerns friends Mango and Papaya who, while attempting to find their way home, learn lessons about the many different kinds of homes there are for animals. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

2004
Extreme History With Roger Daltrey [TV Series]

Synopsis: Only cable's History Channel would be able to persuade Roger Daltrey, lead singer for the Who, to be the central figure in a reality series which arduously retraced famous historical journeys. On each week's episode, the grousing but game Daltrey linked up with a team of experts "on location" at Read More

2003
Yes: YesSpeak - 35th Anniversary

Actors: Yes

Synopsis: Prog rock godfathers Yes celebrates its 35th anniversary on the two-disc set Yesspeak. Narrated by Roger Daltrey, the three-hour documentary contains interviews, conversations, and live concert performances. Also Included are individual spotlights on each member of the 2004 lineup: Chris Squire, Jon Anderson Read More

2003
Strange Frequency [TV Series]

Actors: Roger Daltrey

2001
.com for Murder

Synopsis: Written and directed by Nico Mastorakis, .com for Murder centers around Sondra Brummel (Nastassja Kinski), who bedridden after a skiing accident, unwittingly chats it up online with a potential murderer. Along with Misty (Nicollette Sheridan), her sister, Sondra is determined to thwart her Read More

2001
Strange Frequency 2

Synopsis: Four tales of music and the unknown come together in this made-for-TV anthology feature. Strange Frequency 2 features the story "Soul Man," in which a hapless guitar roadie (James Marsters) makes the discovery of a lifetime when he finds a final, unrecorded song by Jimi Hendrix in a pawn shop Read More

2001
British Rock Symphony

Synopsis: This unique British rock collection features a full orchestra, gospel choir, and a very unlikely group of vocalists -- namely, Roger Daltry, Alice Cooper, Paul Young, and Darlene Love. Among the songs featured are "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Imagine," "Blackbird," "Come Together," "Kashmir," "Let It Read More

2000
Best

Actors: John Lynch, Ian Bannen, Jerome Flynn, Ian Hart, Patsy Kensit

Synopsis: Mary McGuckian directs this bleak biopic about famed Manchester United soccer star George Best, who dumped his career down the drain with booze, brawling, and drugs. The film charts Best's (John Lynch) rise from Belfast, to fame, to dissipation. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

2000
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula

Synopsis: Charles Band has been making horror movies in Rumania for several years, so it should come as no surprise to find his local collaborators, associate producer Vlad Paunescu and costume designer Oana Paunescu, among the crew of this ambitious historical epic from The Kushner-Locke Company and Read More

2000
Chasing Destiny

Synopsis: A repossession agent falls in love with a woman whose father is high on his list of priority accounts in this romantic drama. Jet James (Christopher Lloyd) was a popular and influential rock star in the late '60s, but 30 years down the road, things are not going well for him. He's in poor health Read More

2000
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Actors: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey, Colm Meaney, Kieran Culkin

Synopsis: An American businessman rents a cottage in Ireland, only to find the cottage is also inhabited by leprechauns as well. Soon, the American finds himself embroiled in a fierce dispute between the leprechauns and their enemies, the fairies, that only he can help settle. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1999
The Comedy of Errors

Actors: Roger Daltrey

1999
The Who: Who's Next

Synopsis: Part of the Classic Album series, this documentary details the process by which the Who created 1971's outstanding {^Who's Next} album. Featuring insider information, such as how the final mixes were worked out, the documentary also explains that the songs on the album were initially written to be Read More

1999
Like It Is

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Dani Behr, Ian Rose, Steve Bell, Christopher Hargreaves

Synopsis: Paul Oremland made his directorial debut with this low-budget UK romantic drama. Latent gay Blackpool boxer Craig (British amateur featherweight Steve Bell) collects cash from illegal bare-knuckle bouts, but his life changes after he becomes attracted to record producer Matt (Ian Rose), who's in Read More

9/4/98
Vampirella

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Talisa Soto

Synopsis: The beautiful vampire from space who starred in her own successful comic book series comes to the screen in this adaptation produced in part by Roger Corman and Forrest J. Ackerman. The planet Drakulon is populate by a race of vampires who are able to feed on the rivers of blood that flow Read More

1996
Roger Daltry: A Celebration - With Pete Townshend and Music of the Who

Actors: Roger Daltrey

Synopsis: Former Who vocalist Roger Daltrey celebrated his fiftieth birthday with this concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, in which he pays tribute to the songs of his former bandmate Pete Townshend (who makes a guest appearance, as does the other surviving member of the original Who lineup, John Read More

1994
Lightning Jack

Actors: Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beverly D'Angelo, Pat Hingle

Synopsis: In this humorous Western, Aussie Paul Hogan plays a cowboy running from the law. Lightning Jack Kane is a member of the notorious Younger Brother gang. He is the only member to survive their last shoot-out. Fortunately, he was only a minor member of the gang and escapes notice. Jack decides to rob Read More

1994
Tales From the Crypt: Forever Ambergris

1993
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Actors: Queen

Synopsis: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert features the surviving members of Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon) reuniting for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London on April 20, 1992, following the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. Songs include "Crazy Little Thing Called Read More

1992
If Looks Could Kill

Actors: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett, Gabrielle Anwar

Synopsis: Television flavor-of-the-month Richard Grieco made his feature-film debut in this juvenile spoof of James Bond films. He plays a high-school senior named Michael Corben who has flunked out of his French class, but has the chance to make up his grade on the French Club's summer trip to Europe. On Read More

3/15/91
Buddy's Song

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Producer

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Sharon Duce, Chesney Hawkes, Michael Elphick, Douglas Hodge

Synopsis: A young man in the '60s deals with his estranged parents and the desire to find a career in rock 'n' roll. Based on the book by Nigel Hinton, who also wrote the screenplay, this music related drama stars Chesney Hawkes, Roger Daltrey and Sharon Duce. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
The Chieftains: An Irish Evening

Synopsis: This video captures the beloved Irish band the Chieftains performing with such luminaries as Roger Daltrey and the gifted folk singer Nanci Griffith. The band and their guests play more than a dozen songs, including "Red Is the Rose," "Full of Joy," "Ford Econoline," and "Around the Horse and Mind Read More

1991
Mack the Knife

Actors: Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julia Migenes, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters

Synopsis: This film adaptation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's musical play The Threepenny Opera portrays the engagement of a gangster (Raul Julia) to an innocent girl (Rachel Robertson) in Victorian-era London. The girl's family attempts to thwart the marriage by catching the thief in the act. ~ John Read More

2/2/90
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

Synopsis: Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files stars Ron Silver as a lawyer for Amnesty International. Despite governmental indifference, Silver insists upon investigating human rights violations in Turkey. Appalled by the shocking conditions in Turkish prisons, the lawyer dedicates himself to seeing that Read More

1990
Cold Justice

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Dennis Waterman

Synopsis: When a washed-up boxer (Roger Daltrey) invites a British priest (Dennis Waterman) to minister in his South Chicago neighborhood, he never suspects that the priest is not who he says he is. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Who: Who's Better, Who's Best

Synopsis: The Who were one of the most exciting and original rock bands to come out of England in the 1960's, combining a distinctive and intelligent lyrical perspective with a music that was passionate and explosive. The Who: Who's Better, Who's Best is a video compilation that features performances of Read More

1988
The Little Match Girl

1987
Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce

Synopsis: Murder is the name of the game when an evil couple decide to turn against their vacation companions while on a camping trip. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Ready Steady Go, Vol. 2

Synopsis: One of a series of volumes containing tapes of live performances as seen on the fab British rock 'n roll TV show so popular in the 60s. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
The Beggar's Opera

Synopsis: Dr. Jonathan Miller, onetime Beyond the Fringe trouper, who was one of the leading lights of the PBS Shakespeare productions of 1978-83, serves as director of The Beggar's Opera. This adaptation of John Gay's lusty 18th-century "play with song" stars The Who's Roger Daltrey as robber captain Read More

1984
The Who: The Who Rocks America

Synopsis: This final performance on their North American tour includes tunes like "Pinball Wizard" and "Tommy." Filmed at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1983
McVicar

Crew: Producer

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Steven Berkoff, Brian Hall

Synopsis: The autobiography of British prison-escapee John McVicar is given a no-frills screen treatment herein. Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the Who, plays McVicar, who after breaking out of prison reestablishes himself in London's seamy underworld. Another British singing star, Adam Faith, is Read More

1980
The Who: The Kids Are Alright

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon

Synopsis: The classic rock group The Who are featured in this 1979 documentary about the career of the group. It is enhanced by rare footage of the performers, including a television interview with the later-deceased Keith Moon. Highlights include footage from many of the band's early performances. Among Read More

1979
Quadrophenia

Crew: Executive Producer, Musical Direction/Supervision

Actors: Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Sting, Garry Cooper, Leslie Ash

Synopsis: This film version of the Who's rock opera {^Quadrophenia} makes a few tentative stabs at "explaining" the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R&B musical score, including the hit single "Love Reign O'er Me." Phil Daniels (replacing Read More

1979
Roger Daltrey: Ride a Rock Horse

1978
The Legacy

Actors: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Hildegard Neil, Ian Hogg, Roger Daltrey, John Standing, Margaret Tyzack

Synopsis: Richard Marquand directed this second-rate retread of Haunted House Horror, with The Devil added to spice up the proceedings. Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot play Margaret Walsh and Pete Danner, a couple of American architects who are inexplicably summoned to the English countryside for an Read More

1978
Lisztomania

Actors: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Fiona Lewis, Veronica Quilligan

Synopsis: This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul Nicholas Read More

1975
Tommy

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, Robert Powell

Synopsis: Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is a "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who retreats into himself after the death of his father. His mother, Nora (Ann-Margret), and stepfather Frank (Oliver Reed) take him to see a specialist (Jack Nicholson) but Tommy is apparently a hopeless case. That is, until Tommy discovers Read More

1975
Legacy

Actors: Joan Hotchkis, George McDaniel, Sean Allan, Dixie Lee

Synopsis: This modestly budgeted feminist feature was written by actress Joan Hotchkis, who also stars. She plays a wealthy young wife who is sick to death of her well-ordered existence. She begins experimenting with any number of aberrations, ranging from bizarre mind games to what used to be called "self Read More

1975
Woodstock

Actors: Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, The Who, Crosby, Stills & Nash

Synopsis: This musical documentary covers the three-day 1969 music festival on the property of Max Yasger's farm that symbolized the late 1960s in terms of musical, social and political ideology of the era. American audiences are introduced to Ten Years After, featuring guitar great Alvin Lee. Jimi Hendix Read More

1970
Monterey Pop

Synopsis: The first concert film of the rock & roll era, Monterey Pop is an invaluable record of some of the major musical figures of the late 1960s. The organizers of the Monterey International Pop Festival, held June 16-18, 1967, wisely chose to record the proceedings on film for commercial distribution. Read More

1968
The Who: Quadrophenia Live

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: The struggles of a disillusioned young mod to come of age in the tumultuous 1960's is portrayed with musical thunder as The Who's {^Quadrophenia} comes to the stage in this filmed version of the live performance taken from the band's 1996-1997 U.S. concert tour. Then-unknown actor Alex Langdon Read More
Highlander: The Hunters

Actors: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Van Der Noot, Stan Kirsch, Werner Stocker, Roger Daltrey

Synopsis: Alerted to the disappearances of several acquaintances by his friend Hugh Fitzcairn (Roger Daltrey), Duncan (Adrian Paul) discovers the existence of a group of mortal who are systematically hunting down and beheading Immortals. Things get personal when Duncan's mentor Darius (Werner Stocker) falls Read More

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