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Actor

Ian Whitcomb

Acting

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Acting credits

9

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

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Movies: 9Series: 2Crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 219237

IMDb ID: nm0924369

Known for: Acting

Born: July 10, 1941

Died: April 19, 2020

Age: 78

Place of birth: Woking, Surrey, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1964 - 2014

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q5983247

Also known as

Ian Timothy Whitcomb

Other jobs

Music (1)Original Music Composer (1)Writer (1)

Biography

Ian Timothy Whitcomb (10 July 1941 – 19 April 2020) was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. He wrote several books on popular music, beginning with After the Ball, published by Penguin Books (Britain) and Simon & Schuster (United States) in 1972. He accompanied his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, helped to stimulate the revival of interest in the instrument. His re-creation of the music played aboard the RMS Titanic in the film of that name won a Grammy Award in 1998 for package design and a nomination for Whitcomb's liner notes (Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage).