Bernie Worrell
Birthday
1944/04/19
Day of death
2016/06/24 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
George Bernard Worrell, Jr.
Biography
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American musician and record producer. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Worrell was a child musical prodigy. He later studied at the Juilliard School and received a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967. After meeting George Clinton, frontman of the Parliaments, Worrell relocated with them and their backing band, the Funkadelics, to Detroit, Michigan; both groups became collectively known as Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell co-wrote and played...Read more
Acting
(1984) Stop Making Sense
as Self - Keyboards
(2005) Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
as Himself
(2004) Moog
as Self
(1988) Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
as Self
(2015) Ricki and the Flash
as Billy
(2002) Rising Low
as Himself
(2014) Finding the Funk
as Self
(1980) Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
as Self - Keyboards
(1976) Parliament Funkadelic - The Mothership Connection
as Himself
(2012) Beware of Mr. Baker
as Self