John Cale filmography

John Cale is a Welsh musician, composer and record producer. Although his main field is music (he composed original musical score for many films), he starred in several films as an actor. It began in the sixties in various experimental films (mostly by Andy Warhol, but also by other directors). In 1987, he received lessons from an actor F. Murray Abraham and subsequently played the role of a character named Hubbley in the short film The Houseguest.[1] He later starred in several other films and television series. As a composer, he composes mainly for French drama films. He also participated in a variety of documentary films and television programs. As a director he made one experimental film called Police Car.

John Cale (2010)

Films

As an actor

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1965	Dirt	Piero Heliczer	himself
1965	Venus in Furs	Piero Heliczer	himself
1965	Satisfaction	Piero Heliczer	himself
1966	The Velvet Underground Eat Lunch	Danny Williams	himself
1966	The Velvet Underground	Andy Warhol	himself	Also known as Moe in Bondage.
1966	Sunday Morning	Rosalind Stevenson	himself	short film
1966	The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound	Andy Warhol	himself
1966	The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards	Andy Warhol	himself
1966	The Bob Dylan Story	Andy Warhol
1966	Four Stars (****)	Andy Warhol
1967	Exploding Plastic Inevitable	Ronald Nameth
1989	The Houseguest	Franz Harland	Hubbley
1989	The Equalizer	Robert E. Warren	Aryan Leader	One episode: "Race Traitors"
1989	Wonderland USA	Zoe Beloff
1995	Antártida	Manuel Huerga	himself
2002	N[eon]	Dave McKean	narrator
2008	Salamandra	Pablo Agüero	Dick Winter[2]
2014	The Bridge	Stefan Schwartz	caravan seller	One episode: "Sorrowsworn"[3]
2016	Love Twice	Rob Nilsson	Lester

As a composer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1966	Hedy	Andy Warhol
1966	Mary for Mary	Gerard Malanga
1970	Straight and Narrow	Tony Conrad and Beverly Conrad
1971	Women in Revolt	Paul Morrissey
1972	Heat	Paul Morrissey
1974	Caged Heat	Jonathan Demme
1981	Who Am I This Time?	Jonathan Demme
1986	Something Wild	Jonathan Demme
1989	Dick	Jo Menell
1989	The Houseguest	Franz Harland
1989	Wonderland USA	Zoe Beloff
1991	Paris s'éveille	Olivier Assayas
1992	Primary Motive	Daniel Adams
1993	La Naissance de l'amour	Philippe Garrel
1994	Ah Pook Is Here	Philip Hunt
1994	The Unknown	Tod Browning	The Unknown dates from 1927; Cale composed the music for its projection in 1994.
1994	Life Underwater	Zoe Beloff
1995	Antártida	Manuel Huerga
1995	Mata Hari	Franz Harland
1995	Don't Forget You're Going to Die	Xavier Beauvois
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Mary Harron
1996	Basquiat	Julian Schnabel
1997	House of America	Marc Evans
1997	Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest	Michael Haussman
1998	Somewhere in the City	Ramin Niami
1999	Le vent de la nuit	Philippe Garrel
1999	The Virgin	Diego Donnhofer
2000	The Farewell	Jan Schütte
2000	The King's Daughters	Patricia Mazuy
2000	Love Me	Laetitia Masson
2000	Beautiful Mistake	Marc Evans
2000	Wisconsin Death Trip	James Marsh
2000	American Psycho	Mary Harron
2002	Nye scener fra Amerika	Jørgen Leth
2003	Paris	Ramin Niami
2003	Rhinoceros Eyes	Aaron Woodley
2003	Y Mabinogi	Derek W. Hayes
2003	Con Man	Jesse Moss
2005	About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II	Steve Karras
2005	Process	C.S. Leigh
2011	A Burning Hot Summer	Philippe Garrel
2012	Sport de filles	Patricia Mazuy

Documentary films

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1969	Walden (Diaries, Notes and Sketches)	Jonas Mekas
1986	The South Bank Show	Kim Evans	One episode: "The Velvet Underground"
1987	Put More Blood Into the Music	George Atlas
1989	Words for the Dying	Rob Nilsson
1990	Songs for Drella	Edward Lachman
1993	Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII	Declan Lowney
1993	Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe	Declan Lowney
1995	Dancing Barefoot	Zdeněk Suchý
1995	Nico Icon	Susanne Ofteringer
1995	Rock & Roll	David Espar
1995	Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times	Don Was
1997	Arena: The Banana	Kate Meynell
1997	Synesthesia	Tony Oursler	One episode: "John Cale"
1998	American Masters	Timothy Greenfield-Sanders	One episode: "Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart"
1998	John Cale	James Marsh	It was released in 2006 on DVD as John Cale: An Exploration of His Life and Music
2000	Beautiful Mistake	Marc Evans	Welsh title: Camgymeriad Gwych.
2000	The Making of Camgymeriad Gwych	Juan Gelas	Documentary film about Beautiful Mistake.
2001	Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture	Chris Rodley
2001	Intimate Portrait	Lee Grant	One episode: "Betsey Johnson"
2002	Nye scener fra Amerika	Jørgen Leth
2003	Dal: Yma/Nawr	Marc Evans
2003	JC-03	Grant Gee
2005	Punk: Attitude	Don Letts
2007	A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory	Esther Robinson
2007	Seven Ages of Rock	Francis Whately and Alastair Laurence	Two episodes: "White Light, White Heat: Art Rock" and "Blank Generation: Punk Rock"
2007	Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco & Punk	Benjamin Whalley
2014	LOOP>>60Hz: Transmissions from The Drone Orchestra	Bevis Bowden
2014	Lennon or McCartney	Matt Schichter

References

1. Mitchell, Tim (2003). Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale. London: Peter Owen. p. 169. ISBN 0 7206 11326.
2. "Salamandra". Dubai Film Fest. 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "Sharing Space with the Cartel – Sorrowsworn (The Bridge)". TV Eskimo. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

External links

• John Cale filmography on IMDb