Billy Preston - Actor Profile

Billy Preston

35Movies
9.5 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

★9.5
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (1990) movie poster
★9.5

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band — After an absence of several years (1983's Old Wave had been his last release to date), Ringo surprised everyone by hitti

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

1990
★9.0
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 (1973) movie poster
★9.0

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 — The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973

1973•Music
★8.5
The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten (1990) movie poster
★8.5

The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten — Join Petey, Annie, and Osborne as they meet the Kingdom Chums and embark on a fun-filled, colorful quest. Essie, Christo

The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten

1990•Animation
★8.4
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004) movie poster
★8.4

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival — Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 Recorded Live at the Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Captures Highlights fro

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

2004•Music
★8.3
Kings of Soul (2015) movie poster
★8.3

Kings of Soul — A documentary celebrating the men whose vocal stylings have carried the torch for soul across six decades.. Featuring fo

Kings of Soul

2015•Music

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self (archive footage) ★ 7.7 HIT
2023 Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
2022 The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert Self (archive footage) ★ 8.0 HIT
2017 In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2015 Kings of Soul Self (archive footage) ★ 8.3 HIT
2014 Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969 Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2010 Rappin' With The Rickster Self ★ 2.0 FLOP
2009 Motown at the BBC Self ★ 5.0 FLOP
2007 The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980 Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2006 The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1975 Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2005 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited Self ★ 8.0 HIT
2005 The Derby Stallion Will Gentry ★ 5.9 FLOP
2005 The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent Self (archive footage) ★ 6.8 HIT
2004 Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J Self ★ 7.4 HIT
2004 Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Self ★ 7.3 HIT
2004 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival Self ★ 8.4 HIT
2003 Concert for George Self ★ 8.1 HIT
2003 Alan Simon ‎– Gaia Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
2001 Eric Clapton: One More Car One More Rider Self - Hammond B-3 Organ, Keyboards, Backing Vocals ★ 7.3 HIT
2001 Ticker Blues Band Organ ★ 3.7 FLOP
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 The Louisiana Gator Boys ★ 5.3 FLOP
1990 Billy Preston: In Concert - Ohne Filter Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1990 Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Self ★ 9.5 HIT
1990 The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten Marvelous Mose (voice) ★ 8.5 HIT
1984 Blame It on the Night Billy Preston ★ 7.5 HIT
1982 The Compleat Beatles Self ★ 7.6 HIT
1978 Stony Island Self ★ 8.0 HIT
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Sgt. Pepper ★ 4.3 FLOP
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1975 The Rolling Stones: L.A. Friday (Live 1975) Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1974 George Harrison: Live in North America 1974 - ★ 0.0 FLOP
1973 The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 Self ★ 9.0 HIT
1972 The Concert for Bangladesh Self ★ 7.8 HIT
1970 Let It Be Self (uncredited) ★ 7.6 HIT
1958 St. Louis Blues Will Handy as a Boy ★ 7.6 HIT