Rick Wakeman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-18 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Perivale, London, England

Rick Wakeman

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes. He is also known for his solo albums, contributing to the BBC comedy series Grumpy Old Men and for Rick's Place, his former radio show on Planet Rock that aired until December 2010. Born in west London, Wakeman purchased his first electronic keyboard at 12 years of age. In 1968, he studied the piano, clarinet, orchestration and modern music at the Royal College of Music before leaving after a year in favour of session music w...

Acting

1975

Yessongs

as Himself - Keyboards

2013

Yes: Close to the Edge

as Organ, Grand Piano, Mellotron, Synthesizer

1975

2004

Moog

as Self

1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

as Self - Audience Member

2018

2007

2002

YES: Fragile

as Keyboards

1996

1984

Crimes of Passion

as Wedding Photographer (uncredited)

2003

Yes: Yesspeak

as Keyboards

2011

Yes - Union Live

as Self - Keyboards

Production

1984

She

as Music

1981

The Burning

as Original Music Composer

1987

Creepshow 2

as Additional Music

1977

White Rock

as Music

1995

1986

Hero

as Original Music Composer

1984

Crimes of Passion

as Original Music Composer

1996

Midnight in Saint Petersburg

as Original Music Composer

1975

Lisztomania

as Original Music Composer

1975

Lisztomania

as Music

1983

G'olé!

as Original Music Composer

2001

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