Mal Evans
Biography
Mal Evans worked for the Beatles as a road manager and personal assistant, joining them in 1963 and staying until the group broke up in 1970. He grew up in Liverpool, where he worked as a telephone engineer and part-time bouncer at the Cavern Club before Brian Epstein hired him as an assistant roadie alongside Neil Aspinall. He was present on all their tours and later at nearly every recording session, and the Beatles occasionally used him as an extra musician, including on most of their albums from Rubber Soul onwards. He also appeared in several of their films, including Let It Be (1970), and played anvil on early takes of Maxwell's Silver Hammer. After the split he produced records for acts such as Badfinger, whose No Matter What reached the Billboard top 10 in December 1970, and he cowrote You and Me (Babe) with George Harrison for Ringo Starr's 1973 album Ringo.
40years old at death
- Born Liverpool
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Malcolm Frederick Evans
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 52 years1970 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertIMDb rating 8.9
- 2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine AlbumIMDb rating 7.6
- 1970Let It BeIMDb rating 7.6
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First role
Evans became friends with George Harrison, who suggested him to Ray McFall, the Cavern Club's manager, when a doorman was needed. At 27, Evans got the job, partly because his burly 6 ft frame helped him hold back unruly fans.
Own stunts
Evans played tambourine on "Dear Prudence" and trumpet on "Helter Skelter", where he and Lennon performed a double solo, despite the fact that neither of them was skilled on the instrument.
Getting ready for a role
Evans also worked on the White Album out-take "What's the New Mary Jane". On "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" he hit an anvil, since Starr could not raise the hammer high enough for the right sound and to keep time with the song.
Getting ready for a role
On "A Day in the Life," Evans was in charge of an alarm clock and counted the measures during the original 24-bar pause. He also was among the five piano players who struck the song's final chord at the same time.
Getting ready for a role
Evans sang in the chorus of "Yellow Submarine" and added single organ notes to "You Won't See Me." McCartney showed him where the notes were, then nodded for him to play and shook his head to stop him.
Mal Evans movies on Netflix
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Films together
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Linda McCartneyThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022) and Let It Be (1970)
- Billy PrestonThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022) and Let It Be (1970)
- Michael Lindsay-HoggThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022) and Let It Be (1970)
- Maureen StarkeyThe Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022) and Let It Be (1970)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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