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Phil Ochs (1940–1976)

Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer

Known for Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010), Made in U.S.A. (1987), Melvin and Howard (1980), A Previous Engagement (2008)

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Dec 19, 1940 (died Apr 9, 1976) | 5' 10½" (1.79m)

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38 titles

Past Film & Video (14 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (2017) Performer ("William Moore") Performer ("William Moore") See fewer		$6K	$21K	$21K
Something in the Air (2012) Writer ("Ballad of William Worthy") Writer ("Ballad of William Worthy") See fewer		$13K	$85K	$1.3MM
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010) Self (archive footage), Lyrics ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Music ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Performer ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Bwatue", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Writer ("There But for Fortune", "Bwatue") Self (archive footage), Lyrics ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Music ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Performer ("Love Me I'm a Liberal", "There But for Fortune", "Ringing of Revolution", "Cannons of Christianity", "Changes", "Tape from California", "Pleasures of the Harbor", "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", "The Party", "The War is Over", "When in Rome", "Crucifixion", "Another Age", "I'm Going to Say It Now", "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", "My Life", "Rehearsals for Retirement", "The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns", "My Kingdom for a Car", "No More Songs", "One Way Ticket Home", "Here's to the State of Mississippi/Richard Nixon", "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land", "Jim Dean of Indiana", "I Ain't Marching Anymore", "Ballad of William Worthy", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Boy in Ohio", "Bound for Glory", "Bwatue", "Chords of Fame", "Draft Dodger Rag", "El Cigaretto", "Flower Lady", "Hazard, Kentucky", "Links on the Chain", "Lou Marsh", "On My Way", "Santo Domingo", "Talking Birmingham Jam", "That was the President", "Talking Vietnam", "That's What I Want to Hear", "Too Many Martyrs", "We Seek No Wider War"), Writer ("There But for Fortune", "Bwatue") See fewer		$18K	$264K	$264K
East of the Highway (2010) (Short) - Inspired By Inspired By See fewer	$2K
Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009) Writer ("Here's to the State of Mississippi") Writer ("Here's to the State of Mississippi") See fewer
A Previous Engagement (2008) Performer ("No More Songs", "Cross My Heart"), Writer ("No More Songs", "Cross My Heart") Performer ("No More Songs", "Cross My Heart"), Writer ("No More Songs", "Cross My Heart") See fewer	CAD 8MM
Steal This Movie (2000) Performer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore", "When I'm Gone") Performer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore", "When I'm Gone") See fewer			$76K	$79K
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992) Writer ("Iron Lady") Writer ("Iron Lady") See fewer
Berkeley in the Sixties (1990) Self (archive footage), Performer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore") Self (archive footage), Performer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore") See fewer
Made in U.S.A. (1987) Writer ("Draft Dodger Rag") Writer ("Draft Dodger Rag") See fewer
Chords of Fame (1984) Self (archive footage), Composer Self (archive footage), Composer See fewer
Melvin and Howard (1980) Performer ("My Kingdom for a Car"), Writer ("My Kingdom for a Car") Performer ("My Kingdom for a Car"), Writer ("My Kingdom for a Car") See fewer	$7MM		$4.3MM	$4.3MM
The War at Home (1979) Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") See fewer
The Big T.N.T. Show (1966) Writer ("There But For Fortune") Writer ("There But For Fortune") See fewer

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Past Television (8 titles)	Episodes
The Vietnam War (2017) (TV Mini-series) - Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") (1 episode, 2017), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") (1 episode, 2017) Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") (1 episode, 2017), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") (1 episode, 2017) See fewer The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) (Sep 19, 2017) Season 1, Episode 3 - Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") See fewer	1
50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary (2014) (TV Movie) - Writer ("There But for Fortune") Writer ("There But for Fortune") See fewer
Nova (1988) (TV Series) - Composer ("Crucifixxion") (1 episode, 1988), Performer ("Crucifixxion") (1 episode, 1988) Composer ("Crucifixxion") (1 episode, 1988), Performer ("Crucifixxion") (1 episode, 1988) See fewer Who Shot President Kennedy? (Nov 15, 1988) Season 15, Episode 19 - Composer ("Crucifixxion"), Performer ("Crucifixxion") Composer ("Crucifixxion"), Performer ("Crucifixxion") See fewer	1
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) (TV Movie) - Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") Performer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"), Writer ("I Ain't Marching Anymore") See fewer
Katherine (1975) (TV Movie) - Performer ("Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"), Writer ("Outside of a Small Circle of Friends") Performer ("Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"), Writer ("Outside of a Small Circle of Friends") See fewer
Eikan pumppu (1967) (TV Movie) - Writer ("There But For Fortune") Writer ("There But For Fortune") See fewer
Bandstand (1966) (TV Series) - Writer ("There But For Fortune") (1 episode, 1966) Writer ("There But For Fortune") (1 episode, 1966) See fewer Episode dated 7 May 1966 (May 7, 1966) Writer ("There But For Fortune") Writer ("There But For Fortune") See fewer	1
Shindig! (1965) (TV Series) - Writer ("There But for Fortune") (2 episodes, 1965), Writer ("There But For Fortune") (1 episode, 1965) Writer ("There But for Fortune") (2 episodes, 1965), Writer ("There But For Fortune") (1 episode, 1965) See fewer Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Larry Hovis, Martha and the Vandellas, Righteous Brothers (Dec 30, 1965) Season 2, Episode 30 - Writer ("There But for Fortune") Writer ("There But for Fortune") See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3

Self (9 titles)
The Day the Music Died (1977) Self Self See fewer
A War is Over (1975) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
The Midnight Special (1974) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1974) Self (1 episode, 1974) See fewer Guest Host: Curtis Mayfield; guests: The Impressions, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Phil Ochs, Status Quo, Sugarloaf (Apr 19, 1974) Season 2, Episode 32 - Self Self See fewer
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1972) Self Self See fewer
Love It or Leave It (1971) Self / Troubador Self / Troubador See fewer
The David Frost Show (1970) (TV Series) - Self (3 episodes, 1970) Self (3 episodes, 1970) See fewer Episode #2.187 (May 19, 1970) Season 2, Episode 187 - Self Self See fewer See more See fewer Loading
The Revolution Is in Your Head (1970) Self Self See fewer
Last Summer Won't Happen (1968) Self Self See fewer
Upbeat (1964) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1964) Self (1 episode, 1964) See fewer Episode #1.3 (Aug 29, 1964) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer

Archive Footage (7 titles)
1968: The Year That Changed America (2018) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2018) Self (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Part Two: Spring (May 27, 2018) Season 1, Episode 2 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
The Resurrection of Victor Jara (2015) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2012) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
American Masters (2012) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2012) Self (1 episode, 2012) See fewer Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (Jan 23, 2012) Season 26, Episode 1 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Democracy Now! (2011) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2011) Self (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Episode dated 6 January 2011 (Jan 6, 2011) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement (2008) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1995) Self (1 episode, 1995) See fewer Plugging In (Apr 3, 1995) Season 1, Episode 5 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer

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