---
name: "John Densmore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-densmore-122378"
fi1m_id: "john-densmore-122378"
imdb_id: "nm0219730"
tmdb_id: 122378
wikidata_id: "Q310113"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:46:43.635996+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."
---

# John Densmore

## Identity

John Densmore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-densmore-122378
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-densmore-122378
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219730
- **TMDB ID:** 122378
- **Wikidata ID:** Q310113
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Densmore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310113, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122378

Producer. Born 1 December 1944 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 December 1944, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Also known as:** The Doors
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Densmore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310113, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122378

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*When You're Strange*](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Densmore is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer for the rock band The Doors from its formation in 1965 until the death of singer Jim Morrison in 1971.

Densmore has appeared in several films and television series. He played the role of Engineer - Last Session in the 1991 biographical film *The Doors* and portrayed Ben in an episode of *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1992). He is also featured in archive footage as himself in the 2010 documentary *When You're Strange*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *When You're Strange* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Doors: Break on Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek* (2020), Executive Producer
- *The Best Of The Doors* (2017), Actor
- *Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties* (2017), Actor
- *The Summer of Love* (2017), Actor
- *The Doors - Feast of Friends: Encore* (2014), Actor
- *Reworking The Doors* (2012), Actor
- *You Had to Be There* (2012), Actor
- *When You're Strange* (2010), Music Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)
- *The Doors - Soundstage Performances* (2002), Actor
- *The Doors* (1991), as Engineer - Last Session · Book
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Ben — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Chuck
- *Dudes* (1987), as Beeson
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, Actor
- *Get Crazy* (1983), as Toad
- *Square Pegs* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Doors vs Led Zeppelin* (1973), Actor
- *Feast of Friends* (1969), Producer

## Gallery

- ![John Densmore](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-a263fcac9f22.png) John Densmore — Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/John_Densmore_1971.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Promotional photo of The Doors. (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-350c9ab0a161.jpg) Promotional photo of The Doors. (1966) — Joel Brodsky; Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Doors_electra_publicity_photo.JPG/1280px-Doors_electra_publicity_photo.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Densmore attends the "When You're Strange: The 60th Anniversary Of The Doors" Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2025 in ](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-a1c72bd3c9f3.jpg) John Densmore attends the "When You're Strange: The 60th Anniversary Of The Doors" Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2025 in  — Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/John_Densmore.jpg/1280px-John_Densmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Densmore attends the "When You're Strange: The 60th Anniversary Of The Doors" Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2025 in ](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-09a6d2af4182.jpg) John Densmore attends the "When You're Strange: The 60th Anniversary Of The Doors" Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2025 in  — Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/John_Densmore_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-John_Densmore_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Densmore](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-8b8601a67078.jpg) John Densmore — Image via TMDB
- ![Trade ad for The Doors' album Other Voices.To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-b6d76b580470.png) Trade ad for The Doors' album Other Voices.To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. (1971) — Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The_Doors_%281971%29.png/1280px-The_Doors_%281971%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of the rock group The Doors, from a promotional photo session in November 1966 in New York. From left: Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and seat](https://film.one/media/person/5397029/gallery-a752129ac755.jpg) Photo of the rock group The Doors, from a promotional photo session in November 1966 in New York. From left: Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger and seat — Joel Brodsky; Distributed by Agency for the Performing Arts (APA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/The_Doors_1968.JPG/1280px-The_Doors_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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