1. The Kids Are Alright (1979)
PG
Role:
Self (The Who)
Roger Harry Daltrey started as lead-singer with band ‘Detour,’ and later made huge strides in field of music as co-founder and lead-singer of legendary rock-band ‘The Who’ and also, as a solo artist.
Daltrey made his acting debut as lead in Ken Russell’s fantasy-drama film ‘Tommy’ (1975), adapted from rock-opera album ‘Tommy’ by ‘The Who,’ and received ‘Golden Globe’ nomination for ‘Best Acting Debut in Motion Picture.’ He portrayed Hungarian music-maestro ‘Franz Liszt’ in Russell’s musical-film ‘Lisztomania’ (1975) and also contributed to its soundtrack.
Daltrey’s next starrer was horror-film ‘The Legacy’ (1978), and was producer-star of drama-film ‘McVicar’ (1980) wherein he played titular armed robber who turned writer McVicar. In 1983, he starred in musical TV-production ‘The Beggar’s Opera,’ and TV-film ‘The Comedy of Errors.’ He played lead in thriller-film ‘Murder: Ultimate Grounds for Divorce’ (1984) then appeared in adventure-film ‘Pop Pirates’ (1984) and musical-film ‘The Little Match Girl’ (1986).
Daltrey appeared in various TV-series such as ‘Buddy’ (1986), ‘Crossbow’ (1987), ‘Gentry’ (1987), ‘How to be Cool’ (1988), ‘Midnight Caller’ (1991) and others. He starred in film-adaption of musical ‘The Threepenny Opera’-- ‘Mack the Knife’ (1990), TV-film ‘Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files’ (1990) and ‘Cold Justice’ (1989).
Daltrey was producer, music-composer, star of comedy-drama film ‘Buddy’s Song’ (1991), then appeared in action-comedy film ‘If Looks Could Kill’ (1991). Many of his concert performances were filmed and broadcast on TV. He provided voice for children’s animated short ‘The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You’ (1992).
Further TV-series Daltrey appeared on include ‘Tales from the Crypt’ (1993), ‘Highlander’ (1993-1998), ‘Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman’ (1996), ‘Sliders’ (1997), miniseries ‘Pirate Tales’ (1997), ‘The Bill’ (1999), ‘Rude Awakening’ (1999-2000), ‘The Simpsons’ (2000), ‘Witchblade’ (2001), ‘CSI’ (2006), ‘The Last Detective’ (2007).
Daltrey’s later movie appearances were in—Western-comedy ‘Lightning Jack’ (1994), ‘Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit’ (1995), ‘Vampirella’ (196), gay-romantic film ‘Like It Is’ (1998), sports-drama ‘Best’ (2000), ‘Chasing Destiny’ (2001), sci-fi horror-film ‘.Com for Murder’ (2001) and gangster-movie ‘Johnny Was’ (2006). He also appeared on educational video-series ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ (2003, 2005, 2007).
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Tommy is a satirical musical drama film which tells the story of a young boy who receives a terrible shock after seeing his stepfather murder his father over an argument. This makes him psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind. However, when he stumbles upon a pinball machine, his life takes a turn as he turns out to be a natural prodigy in the game. He soon becomes a champion and starts attracting a religious following.
Michael is an ordinary school student but his life turns upside down after he is mistaken for a deceased CIA agent having the same name. He decides to play along, but he soon finds himself in danger, as people keep trying to get rid of him.
Lightning Jack is a western comedy film which tells the story of Paul Hogan, an Australian outlaw in the American west, who takes a mute man named Ben Doyle as hostage during a bank robbery. However, over time, they eventually become good friends, and Jack begins to teach him about robbing banks.
