Acting
Billy Preston
Acting · Born 1946-09-02 · Houston, Texas, USA
William Everett Preston was an American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, The Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
Credits · 48
FilmBilly Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 · Self
FilmLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
FilmSunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023 · Self (archive footage)
FilmThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back
2021 · Self
FilmKings of Soul
2015 · Self (archive footage)
FilmRappin' With The Rickster
2010 · Self
FilmMotown at the BBC
2009 · Self
FilmThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980
2007 · Self
FilmThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1975
2006 · Self
FilmGeorge Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
2005 · Self
FilmThe Derby Stallion
2005 · Will Gentry
FilmThe Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
2005 · Self (archive footage)
FilmEric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J
2004 · Self
FilmGenius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004 · Self
FilmEric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
2004 · Self
FilmConcert for George
2003 · Self
FilmEric Clapton: One More Car One More Rider
2001 · Self - Hammond B-3 Organ, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
FilmTicker
2001 · Blues Band Organ
FilmBlues Brothers 2000
1998 · The Louisiana Gator Boys
Good News
Good News
1997 · Billy
Classic Albums
1997 · Self
FilmRingo Starr and His All-Starr Band
1990 · Self
FilmThe Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten
1990 · Marvelous Mose (voice)
FilmBlame It on the Night
1984 · Billy Preston
FilmThe Compleat Beatles
1982 · Self
Na sowas!
Na sowas!
1982 · Self
Okay
Okay
1979 · Self
FilmStony Island
1978 · Self
FilmSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · Sgt. Pepper
Bio’s Bahnhof
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Self
FilmRolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
1977 · Self
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
FilmFlash and the Firecat
1975 · Music
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
FilmThe Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973
1973 · Self
Rock Concert
1973 · Self
Musikladen
1972 · Self
The Midnight Special
1972 · Self
FilmThe Concert for Bangladesh
1972 · Self
Rollin' On The River
1971
FilmLet It Be
1970 · Self (uncredited)
The Price of Fame or Fame at any Price
1969 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
FilmSt. Louis Blues
1958 · Will Handy as a Boy