--- name: "Steve Cropper" canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-cropper" fi1m_id: "steve-cropper" imdb_id: "nm0188936" tmdb_id: 7176 wikidata_id: "Q471811" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 October 1941" died: "3 December 2025" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:34:39.419932+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." --- # Steve Cropper ## Identity Steve Cropper - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-cropper - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** steve-cropper - **IMDb ID:** nm0188936 - **TMDB ID:** 7176 - **Wikidata ID:** Q471811 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7176 Actor. Born 21 October 1941 in Willow Springs, Missouri, USA. Died 3 December 2025. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 October 1941, Willow Springs, Missouri, USA - **Died:** 3 December 2025 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7176 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*The Blues Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Steve Cropper was an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was a founding member of the Stax Records house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s and played on numerous soul hits by artists including Otis Redding and Sam & Dave. Cropper appeared as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper in the films *The Blues Brothers* (1980) and *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998). He also had a role in *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s in 1992. Born on 21 October 1941 in Missouri, Cropper died on 3 December 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *In Performance BB King & The Guitar Legends* (2014), Actor - *Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador* (2013), Actor - *Stax/Volt Revue Live In Norway 1967* (2007), Actor - *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd* (2005), as Blues Brothers Band (archive footage) - *Blues Brothers 2000* (1998), as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper - *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987), as Customer (segment "Titan Man") - *The Best of John Belushi* (1985), as Various Characters - *The Blues Brothers* (1980), as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) - *The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland* (1978), Actor ## Gallery - ![Donald Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper arrived in Australia on the 20th February 2008, to back Guy Sebastian for his 18 date concert tour - The Memphis Tour.](https://film.one/media/person/117530/gallery-891d21429502.jpg) Donald Duck Dunn and Steve Cropper arrived in Australia on the 20th February 2008, to back Guy Sebastian for his 18 date concert tour - The Memphis Tour. — DianeSunshineCoast, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Donald_Duck_Dunn_tours_with_Guy_Sebastian_on_the_Memphis_Tour_2008.JPG/1280px-Donald_Duck_Dunn_tours_with_Guy_Sebastian_on_the_Memphis_Tour_2008.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Guy Sebastian and Steve Cropper in concert on the Memphis Tour 2008.](https://film.one/media/person/117530/gallery-f41d932c9a26.jpg) Guy Sebastian and Steve Cropper in concert on the Memphis Tour 2008. — DianeSunshineCoast. DianeSunshineCoast, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Guy_Sebastian_The_Memphis_Tour_7_Mar_2008.JPG/1280px-Guy_Sebastian_The_Memphis_Tour_7_Mar_2008.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Justin Timberlake y Steve Cropper interpretando «(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay» en el concierto In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul, realizado en](https://film.one/media/person/117530/gallery-2b614209c885.jpg) Justin Timberlake y Steve Cropper interpretando «(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay» en el concierto In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul, realizado en — Chuck Kennedy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Justin_Timberlake_and_Steve_Cropper_performing_at_the_White_House.jpg/1280px-Justin_Timberlake_and_Steve_Cropper_performing_at_the_White_House.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![American guitarist Steve Cropper in concert in Deauville (Normandy, France) in 1990.](https://film.one/media/person/117530/gallery-281a4cc00818.jpg) American guitarist Steve Cropper in concert in Deauville (Normandy, France) in 1990. — Roland Godefroy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/SteveCropper05.JPG/1280px-SteveCropper05.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Steve Cropper](https://film.one/media/person/117530/gallery-1db3547e019d.jpg) Steve Cropper — Thomas Andersen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Steve_Cropper.JPG/1280px-Steve_Cropper.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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