Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 17, 1944
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist, and autoharpist, who is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000; for his impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969; and for his No. 1 hit in 1976, "Welcome Back".
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2021 | Fanny: The Right to Rock | Self |
2021 | Sayonara America | |
2019 | Echo in the Canyon | Self |
2013 | Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation | Self |
2007 | The Lovin' Spoonful: Do You Believe in Magic | |
2004 | The Fingerpicking Blues of Mississippi John Hurt | Host |
1996 | Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival | Self |
1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll | Self |
1994 | Woodstock Diary | Self |
1980 | One Trick Pony | Member of the Lovin' Spoonful |
1978 | The Devil and Daniel Mouse | Daniel Mouse (singing voice) / Rock Show Emcee (voice) |
1971 | Celebration at Big Sur | Self |
1970 | Woodstock | Self |
1970 | Goose Lake International Music Festival | |
1969 | Dragnet | Sgt. Danny Mendez |
1966 | What's Up, Tiger Lily? | Self |
1965 | The Big T.N.T. Show | Self (as The Lovin' Spoonful) |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1987 | Married... with Children | John Sebastian |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Musical Guest |
1973 | Rock Concert | Self |
1968 | Adam-12 | Teddy Grey |
1967 | Dragnet | Nate Calvin |
1967 | Mannix | Vegas Thug |
1967 | Dragnet | Lawrence Shafner |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
1961 | 87th Precinct | Harrison |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Lennie Paris |
1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Pierre Picard |
1952 | Omnibus | Self - Harmonica Player |