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Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Known For Acting
Birthday May 26, 1940
Died Apr 19, 2012 (71)
Birthplace Elaine, Arkansas, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012), was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor. He achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. He is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighte ... d on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

2016

as Ted Webb (archive footage) (uncredited)

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

2009

as General John Bell Hood

Shooter

Shooter

2007

as Mr. Rate

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005

as Old Man with Radio

Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

1997

as Reverend Bob Goodall

Feeling Minnesota

Feeling Minnesota

1996

as Bible Salesman

Staying Together

Staying Together

1989

as Denny Stockton

The Man Outside

The Man Outside

1987

as Sheriff Leland Laughlin

End of the Line

End of the Line

1987

as Leo Pickett

Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

1985

as Harry Wyatt

The Dollmaker

The Dollmaker

1984

as Clovis

Best Revenge

Best Revenge

1984

as Bo

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Jack Ridley / Narrator

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980

as Ted Webb

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Organization Category Movie
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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

Classic Albums

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1997

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