Ronnie Hawkins
Biography
Ronnie Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer who spent most of his career in Canada and was long a fixture of the Ontario music scene. Born in Huntsville, Arkansas, and raised in a family of road musicians, he sang at local fairs as a boy and formed his first band, the Hawks, while still in high school. Working out of Toronto, the group signed with Roulette Records in 1959, and the single Forty Days became his biggest hit. He recorded more than 25 albums and was known as a talent scout and mentor; Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson left his band in 1964 to form the Band. He appeared in films including The Last Waltz (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980) and Snake Eater (1989), hosted the television show Honky Tonk, and won a Juno Award in 1984 for the album Making It Again.
87years old at death
- Born Huntsville
- Died Peterborough
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Ronald Cornett Hawkins (birth name)Also credited as Ronald Hawkins
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 41 years1978 to 2019
Genres
- Documentary50%, 3 films
- Biography33%, 2 films
- History33%, 2 films
- Action17%, 1 film
- Adventure17%, 1 film
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Own stunts
Hawkins's stage show featured back flips and a "camel walk" that came three decades before Michael Jackson's similar moonwalk. His stage persona earned him the names "Rompin' Ronnie" and "Mr. Dynamo."
A first
Hawkins's band put out a first single, Forty Days, a thinly veiled take on Chuck Berry's Thirty Days, backed with Mary Lou by Young Jessie. It became his biggest hit, climbing to number 26 on the US pop charts.
Ronnie Hawkins movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019as The Shitkicker
IMDb rating 7.58.8K votes
Most often with
Martin Scorsese directed two of these films. Bob Dylan appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bob Dylan's page
Eric Clapton's page
Levon Helm's page
Robbie Robertson's page
Joni Mitchell's page
Garth Hudson's page
All films by Martin Scorsese
Also two films together3 more actors
- Rick DankoOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2019) and The Last Waltz (1978)
- Richard ManuelOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2019) and The Last Waltz (1978)
- Van MorrisonOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2019) and The Last Waltz (1978)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Officer of the Order of Canada | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.