---
name: "Andy Summers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-summers"
fi1m_id: "andy-summers"
imdb_id: "nm0814047"
tmdb_id: 56004
wikidata_id: "Q315758"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 December 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:51:22.013448+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andy Summers

## Identity

Andy Summers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-summers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-summers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0814047
- **TMDB ID:** 56004
- **Wikidata ID:** Q315758
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Summers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56004

Composer. Born 31 December 1942 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 December 1942, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Andrew James Summers, The Police
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Summers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56004

## Biography

Andy Summers is an English guitarist, composer and actor. Born on 31 December 1942 in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, he is best known as a member of the rock band The Police.

He composed the score for the film *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986). Summers has also acted in films and television, including the role of Bandleader in *Another You* (1991).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ve Panayır Köyden Gider* (2016), Music
- *Motorama* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Another You* (1991), as Bandleader
- *Poochinski* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Out of Time* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *End of the Line* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Band of the Hand* (1986), as Songs
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1986), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/down-and-out-in-beverly-hills.md)
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Hodie
- *Kevin Ayers - Musical Express 1981*, Actor
- *I Love Amsterdam and... You*, Executive Producer
- *Leica – A Century of Vision*, Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Andy Summers](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-e564cefe3e89.jpg) Andy Summers — Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Andy_Summers_1989.jpg/1280px-Andy_Summers_1989.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A portrait of Andy Summers with a guitar in 2015. Other information Cropped from the original image.](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-173c8bb0c5ce.jpg) A portrait of Andy Summers with a guitar in 2015. Other information Cropped from the original image. — Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Andy_Summers_with_guitar_2015.jpg/1280px-Andy_Summers_with_guitar_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Summers 2023](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-68eb264e453d.jpg) Summers 2023 — Drussel1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Andy_Summers_2023.jpg/1280px-Andy_Summers_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andy Summers at the Police concert at the Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Duplicated black and white negative.](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-e443b5959af6.jpg) Andy Summers at the Police concert at the Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Duplicated black and white negative. — Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Andy_Summers_Atlanta_8.jpg/1280px-Andy_Summers_Atlanta_8.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andy Summers](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-91276f29dd1d.jpg) Andy Summers — Image via TMDB
- ![Andy Summers](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-b5ccfa87a29a.jpg) Andy Summers — Image via TMDB
- ![Andy Summers, The Police on tour 2007 Boston](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-830a7439d5e3.jpg) Andy Summers, The Police on tour 2007 Boston — S Pisharam from Columbus, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Andy_Summers_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andy Summers at the Police concert at the Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Duplicated black and white negative.](https://film.one/media/person/5549462/gallery-8d887c6f8461.jpg) Andy Summers at the Police concert at the Agora Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. Duplicated black and white negative. — Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Andy_Summers_Atlanta_5.jpg/1280px-Andy_Summers_Atlanta_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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