Don McLean
🎭 Actor

Don McLean

🎂 Born 2 October 1945 (age 80)
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Popularity Score
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Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".

Known For

The Flight of Dragons
★ 6.7
The Flight of Dragons
1982
The Balladeer (voice)
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
★ 6.0
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022
Self
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
★ 7.0
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
Self
Buddy Holly: Rave On
★ 7.5
Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017
Self

Full Filmography(11 films)

YearTitleRating
1982The Flight of Dragons★ 6.72022The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"★ 6.02013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation★ 7.02017Buddy Holly: Rave On★ 7.52012The Real Love—1979Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker★ 6.72009When Woodstock Was Young—1997The Lost Daughter★ 3.71997Garth Live from Central Park★ 8.51982The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time★ 7.82017Don McLean: American Pie★ 4.3
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