Garth Hudson

Biography

Garth Hudson (August 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025) was a Canadian musician, best known for his time with The Band.

Career Overview

Garth Hudson has 26 screen credits in a career dating back to 1968. Signature works include Mr. Manuel, The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.), Festival Express. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

26

Birth Date

1937-08-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Known For

• Mr. Manuel
• 

  The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)
• 

  Festival Express
• 

  The Last Waltz
• 

  The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971
• The Band With The Cate Brothers Band Live In Tokyo 1983

Frequent Collaborators

• Rick Danko (5 collaborations)
• Levon Helm (5 collaborations)
• Robbie Robertson (4 collaborations)
• Richard Manuel (4 collaborations)
• Ronnie Hawkins (2 collaborations)
• Stephen Ingram (1 collaborations)
• Brock Reid (1 collaborations)
• John Garlicki (1 collaborations)
• Drew Danko (1 collaborations)
• Janis Joplin (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (24 credits)

  • The Band: The Authorized Biography

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Mr. Manuel

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Dancing Man of L.A.

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Band: Stage Fright (50th Anniversery Ed.)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971

    Organo sax Sintetizzatore

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Bob Dylan & The Band: Down In The Flood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Band With The Cate Brothers Band Live In Tokyo 1983

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Levon Helm on Drums and Drumming

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Festival Express

    Self - The Band

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Band - The Band Is Back

    Keyboards, Accordion and Saxophone

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Classic Albums: The Band - The Band

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Let It Rock - The 60th Birthday Concert

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Marianne Faithfull: Blazing Away

    Keyboards, Accordion

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

    Self - Accordion, saxophone

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Man Outside

    Cheney

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Last Waltz

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Eat the Document

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • You Are What You Eat

    actor

    actors
    1968

• sound (2 credits)

  • Tuesday Tuesday

    music

    sound
    2026
  • The Facts

    original music composer

    sound
    1982