Loudon Wainwright III



First NameLoudon
Last NameWainwright III
Age65
Date of BirthSeptember 5, 1946
BirthplaceChapel Hill, North Carolina
Height6' 2" (188 cm)
Star SignVirgo
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategorySinger
Claim to FameKnocked Up
Music GenreFolk
Music StylePop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
Music MoodWry, Literate, Intimate, Poignant, Silly, Gentle, Bittersweet, Wistful, Humorous, Raucous, Reflective, Autumnal, Playful, Yearning, Warm
InstrumentGuitar, Vocals

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is a Grammy Award-winning, American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.


Lucy Rank
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to be the LucyWho "Star of the Day"


Filmography

Selected Loudon Wainwright III film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2010
Certainty
Tom

2009
Grandpa Goodman

2007
Dr. Howard

2006
Nominee Ben Connelly

2005
Uncle Dale

2004
Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2

2003
Beamen

2001
Minister

2001
Dr. Weidlinger

2001
Undeclared
Hal Karp

2000
Guitar Guy

1997
Jerome Trouper

1993
Musical Guest

1991
Soldier Soldier
Norman

1989
Ferretti

1985
Gary

1979
The T.V. Show
Dead Man on Telethon/Spinal Tap Keyboardist

1978
America 2-Night
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1972
Capt. Calvin Spalding

Composer Credits

2010
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
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2007
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
Zombie Bankers
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2007
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2006
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2006
Yoga, Inc.
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2004
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2000
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1991
Damned in the U.S.A.
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1972
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