Biography
Arguably one of the most commanding singers in rock-n-roll history, Roger Daltrey delivered maximum power as frontman for Britain's legendary the Who, from their inception in the early 1960s through their rise to international fame with the albums Tommy (1962), Who's Next (1971) and Who Are You (1978) and subsequent reunions over a period of nearly five decades. His seemingly innocent appearance - compact, blonde-haired and blue-eyed amidst …
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Career Milestones
2001 | Hosted the VH1 series "Strange Frequency" | |
1999 | Appeared in the NBC miniseries "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns" | |
1999 | Played recurring role of a burnt-out alcoholic rock star in the Showtime series "Rude Awakening" | |
1998 | Played Scrooge in the annual NYC production of "A Christmas Carol" | |
1998 | Had small role as an aging gay music executive in "Like It Is" | |
1998 | Toured USA with a 60-piece orchestra performing hits by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and other rock bands | |
1997 | Portrayed William Dampier--The Pirate Storyteller--in TNT special "Pirate Tales" | |
1996 | Played Vlad to Talisa Soto's title character "Vampirella" (Showtime) | |
1995 | Seen with The Who in "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus", recorded in 1968 but not released for 27 years | |
1995 | Joined star-studded cast as the Tin Man in TNT's "The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True" | |
1994 | Appeared in "Lightning Jack", starring Paul Hogan | |
1993 | Acted in "Forever Ambergris", an episode of HBO's "Tales From the Crypt" | |
1992 | Provided the voice of Barnaby the Stableboy for HBO's animated special "Happy Birthday to You" | |
1991 | Acted the role of an English priest who ingratiates himself to the inhabitants of a rough Chicago neighborhood in "Cold Justice" | |
1991 | Played Blade in "If Looks Could Kill" | |
1991 | Starred as Terry Clark in "Buddy's Song" | |
1990 | Appeared in the TNT TV-movie "Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files" | |
1989 | Returned to the familiar themes of "The Beggar's Opera", playing the Street Singer in "Mack the Knife", Menahem Golan's feature adaptation of "The Threepenny Opera", which Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill had adapted from the John Gay opus | |
1989 | Reunited with The Who for an American tour, restaging "Tommy" in full (in celebration of its 20th anniversary as well as the 25th anniversary of the band); Fox broadcast tape of August performance in Los Angeles | |
1986 | Appeared on "The Noel Edmunds Show", a British import shown in the USA for a week on ABC | |
1984 | Critically acclaimed for his turn as the Dromio twins in "The Comedy of Errors" part of the BBC/PBS Shakespeare series | |
1983 | Portrayed the highwayman MacHeath in Jonathan Miller's production of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" for BBC-TV | |
1982 | Proclaimed an "open-ended" sabbatical from The Who | |
1980 | Starred as England's Public Enemy Number 1 John McVicar in "McVicar" | |
1979 | The Who's new lineup's reception marred when 11 concertgoers were killed--trampled to death or asphyxiated--in a rush for "festival seating" at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum in December | |
1979 | Acted in Richard Marquand's "The Legacy" | |
1979 | Executive producer for feature "Quadrophenia"; also music director | |
1978 | The Who's original drummer Keith Moon died of an overdose of the seditive Heminevrin, prescribed to curb his alcoholism | |
1975 | Reteamed with Russell, portraying piano legend Franz Liszt in "Lisztomania" | |
1975 | Starred in rock opera film, "Tommy" (composed by The Who member, Pete Townshend), directed by Ken Russell | |
1973 | Released first solo album, "Daltrey" | |
1968 | Appeared with The Who in "Monterey Pop" | |
| The Detours became the High Numbers and finally The Who, establishing themselves with violent stage shows that often ended with them destroying their equipment | ||
| Played lead guitar for the Detours, switching to lead vocals when the original singer left, allowing rhythm guitarist Pete Townsend's power chords to serve as both rhythm and lead guitar | ||
| Grew up in the London working-class area of Shepherd's Bush | ||
Awards
1975 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor |