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Roy Orbison

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Biography

Born

4/23/1936, Vernon, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Roy Kelton Orbison

Gender

Male

Credits

Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Performance
  - S 4: Ep 9 2nd March 1967
    3/2/67
  - S 3: Ep 12 24th March 1966
    3/24/66
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Promo Video
  - S 3: Ep 37 29th September 1966
    9/29/66
  - S 3: Ep 32 25th August 1966
    8/25/66
  - S 2: Ep 31 5th August 1965
    8/5/65
  - S 1: Ep 52 24 December 1964 - Christmas Special
    12/24/64
  - S 1: Ep 49 3rd December 1964
    12/3/64
  - + 9 More Credits
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Repeat Performance
  - S 2: Ep 7 18th February 1965
    2/18/65
Guest Star (19)

Role
- Austin City Limits
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 0 All Time Legends of Country Music: A Best of Austin City Limits Special
    7/23/96
  - S 8: Ep 2 Roy Orbison
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 147 Show #0965
    1/6/88
- The Last Resort (1987)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 23
    11/13/87
- Saturday Night Live
  himself
  - S 12: Ep 20 Dennis Hopper/Roy Orbison
    5/23/87
- Just Our Luck
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Something Alien This Way Comes
    11/1/83
- SCTV Network 90
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Pledge Week
    7/17/81
- The Dukes of Hazzard
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Great Hazzard Hijack
    3/27/81
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 8: Ep 25 Host: Roy Orbison
    5/16/80
  - S 2: Ep 23 Host: Roy Orbison
    2/15/74
- The Johnny Cash Show
  singer
  - S 1: Ep 15 September 27, 1969
    9/27/69
  - S 2: Ep 13 December 23, 1970
    12/23/70
  - S 1: Ep 26 April 1, 1970
    4/1/70
- Where The Action Is
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 232 Roy Orbison / Shades of Blue / Tina Mason
    8/3/66
  - S 2: Ep 215 July 11, 1966: The Bachelors, Roy Orbison
    7/11/66
  - S 2: Ep 194 The Fortunes / Roy Orbison
    6/10/66
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 39 Roy Orbison / The Sunrays
    6/4/66
- Shivaree
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 37 Show 69: May 21, 1966 (broadcast only on KABC-7)
    5/21/66
  - S 2: Ep 36 Show 68: May 14, 1966 (broadcast only on KABC-7)
    5/14/66
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (UK)
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 23 February 27, 1965
    2/27/65
  - S 4: Ep 32 May 2, 1964
    5/2/64
  - S 4: Ep 4 October 19, 1963
    10/19/63
- Ready Steady Go!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 25 February 19, 1965: Donovan, Georgie Fame, Roy Orbison, The Searchers, Crispian St. Peters
    2/19/65
  - S 1: Ep 38 April 17, 1964: Roy Orbison, Dave Berry, The Fourmost, Kathy Kirby, Helen Shapiro
    4/17/64
- Top of the Pops (UK)
  Promo Video
  - S 1: Ep 46 12th November 1964
    11/12/64
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Show 5: October 14, 1964 - The Everly Brothers, Adam Faith, The Hondells, Manfred Mann, Roy Orbison
    10/14/64
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 3 October 11, 1964: Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Juliet Prowse, The Harlem Globetrotters
    10/11/64
- American Bandstand
  Himself, guest host
  - S 6: Ep 233 AB-1567: Roy Orbison
    7/24/63
- The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 47 Roy Orbison, The Crests, Anita Bryant, Donnie Brooks
    7/23/60

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Trivia
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- Roy is buried at Westwood Memorial Park, located in Los Angeles, California.
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- Roy Orbison married his first wife, Claudette Frady, in 1957, and they had three children together.
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- Roy formed his first band when he was 13, "The Wink Westerners." Together, they would play for local radio stations and schools.
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Quotes
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- Roy Orbison: I thought maybe in 1964 I could have been swamped by The Beatles. But it turned out the other way round and I was voted Number One vocalist in 1965.
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- Roy Orbison: Whether I'm in London, Sydney or Hong Kong, it makes no difference. There is always someone who knows me. I must be one of the most unloneliest people in the world!
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- Roy Orbison: There was a lot of loneliness in West Texas where I grew up. We used to say it was the center of everything, five hundred miles away from anything.
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