Acting
Brian Wilson
Also Known As: Brian Douglas Wilson, The Beach Boys, Beach Boys
Birth Date
June 20, 1942
Death Date
June 11, 2025
(passed away at 82)
Place of Birth
Inglewood, California, USA
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Biography
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 — June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. He originally functioned as the band's songwriter, producer, co-lead vocalist, bassist, keyboardist, and de facto leader. Wilson was considered a major innovator in the field of music production, the principal originator of the California Sound, one of the first music producer auteurs, and the first rock producer to use the studio as its own instrument. The unusual creative control Capitol gave him over his own records effectively set a precedent that allowed other bands and artists to act as their own producers or co-producers. He was a major influence on the retrospectively-termed "sunshine pop" and Flower Power music that proceeded.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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2015 • 1 episode
Saturday Night Live
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1975 • 1 episode
Full House
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1987 • 1 episode
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003 • 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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1992 • 3 episodes
Omnibus
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1967 • 1 episode
The Dick Cavett Show
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1968 • 1 episode
Champs-Elysées
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1982 • 1 episode
Duck Dodgers
Brian Wilson (voice)
2003 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
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1948 • 2 episodes
Behind the Music
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1997 • 1 episode
Hack
Raymond Henley
2002 • 1 episode
Goldene Kamera
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1984 • 1 episode
Classic Albums
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1997 • 1 episode
The Kennedy Center Honors
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1978 • 1 episode
Legends
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2006 • 1 episode
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
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2026 • 1 episode
Love & Mercy
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2015
Olympic Gala
1984
The Beach Boys
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2024