Phil Ochs
Born: 1940-12-19 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Died: 1976-04-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and 1970s and released eight albums.
Filmography
2013
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Berkeley in the Sixties as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Chords of Fame as Himself
1978
- Renaldo and Clara as Self
1977
- The Day the Music Died as Self
1969
1968
- Last Summer Won't Happen as Himself