---
name: "Phil Spector"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phil-spector"
fi1m_id: "phil-spector"
imdb_id: "nm0817489"
tmdb_id: 8961
wikidata_id: "Q213793"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 December 1939"
died: "16 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:56:10.552830+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."
---

# Phil Spector

## Identity

Phil Spector

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phil-spector
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phil-spector
- **IMDb ID:** nm0817489
- **TMDB ID:** 8961
- **Wikidata ID:** Q213793
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8961

Actor. Born 26 December 1939 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 16 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 December 1939, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 16 January 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8961

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Easy Rider*](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Phil Spector (1939–2021) was an American record producer, songwriter and occasional actor. He originated the 'Wall of Sound' production technique and produced numerous hit singles in the 1960s, including work with the Righteous Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, and later the Beatles and George Harrison.

Spector appeared as Connection in the 1969 film *Easy Rider*. He also featured in archive footage in documentaries such as *Imagine: John Lennon* (1988) and *George Harrison: Living in the Material World* (2011). In 1989 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Easy Rider* (1969), Fi1m 76, as Connection — [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York* (1986), Recording Supervision
- *Phil Spector: He's a Rebel* (1982), as (archive footage)
- *Leonard Cohen: Under Review: 1934-1977* (1977), Actor
- *Let It Be* (1970), Music Producer
- *Easy Rider* (1969), as Connection — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md)
- *The Big T.N.T. Show* (1965), Producer, Music Director
- *The Teen-Age Revolution* (1965), Actor
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Steve Davis

## Gallery

- ![Phil Spector, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/3915393/gallery-d567a20053c8.jpg) Phil Spector, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front (1965) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Phil_Spector_in_1965.jpg/1280px-Phil_Spector_in_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![From Rock and Roll hall of Fame after party... March 6, 2000 N.Y.C. Copyright John Mathew Smith](https://film.one/media/person/3915393/gallery-73d0e131721a.jpg) From Rock and Roll hall of Fame after party... March 6, 2000 N.Y.C. Copyright John Mathew Smith — Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Phil_Spector_2000_%28cropped%29_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- Grammy Trustees Award 2000: Grammy Trustees Award (won)
- Grammy Hall of Fame 1998: Grammy Hall of Fame (won), for *A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector*
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1989: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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