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Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an British and American musician, singer-songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in August 1962, taking the place of Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead vocals on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and The Beatles version of "Act Naturally"), as co-writer with the song "What Goes On" and primary writer with "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden". As drummer for The Beatles, Starr was musically creative, and his contribution to the band's music has received high praise from notable drummers in more recent times. Starr described himself as "your basic offbeat drummer with funny fills", technically limited by being a left-handed person playing a right-handed kit. Drummer Steve Smith said that Starr's popularity "brought forth a new paradigm" where "we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect" and that Starr "composed unique, stylistic drum parts for The Beatles songs". In 2011, Starr was picked as the fifth-best drummer of all-time by Rolling Stone readers, behind drummers such as John Bonham, Keith Moon and Neil Peart. Starr is the most documented and critically acclaimed actor-Beatle, playing a central role in several Beatles films, and appearing in numerous other movies, both during and after his career with The Beatles. After The Beatles' break-up in 1970, Starr achieved solo musical success with several singles and albums, and recorded with each of his fellow ex-Beatles as they too developed their post-Beatle musical careers. He has also been featured in a number of TV documentaries, hosted TV shows, and narrated the first two series of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. He currently tours with the All-Starr Band.
Ringo Starr
Samwise Gamgee
for Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings (1968)
Suggested by marconix1
In our actual timeline, Liverpudlian pop rock band The Beatles wanted to adapt The Lord of the Rings to film, in which Paul would play Frodo, Ringo would play Sam, George would play Gandalf, and John would play Gollum. They did not get their wish, but let's hop into a timeline where they had. For starters, more astute casting directors would place John and George into much more fitting roles. With their immense influence at the time, the budget is virtually infinite. Let's pretend that everyone can do an appropriate accent, even if they can't in real life.
