Cast & creator
Billy Preston
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Saturday Night Live
William Everett Preston was an American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, The Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
Also known as: William Everett Preston
40
film credits
18
television credits
56
1958–2026 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Dinah!
Self
1974
Classic Albums
Self
1997
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Rock Concert
Self
1973
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Musikladen
Self
1972Na sowas!
Self
1982Okay
Self
1979Bio’s Bahnhof
Self
1978
The Beatles: Get Back
Self
2021
Blues Brothers 2000
The Louisiana Gator Boys
1998
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
2023Good News
Billy
1997
Rollin' On The River
1971
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Self
1990
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper
1978Motown Returns to the Apollo
1985
Ticker
Blues Band Organ
2001
Let It Be
Self (uncredited)
1970
Concert for George
Self
2003
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Derby Stallion
Will Gentry
2005The Derby Stallion
Original Music Composer
2005
The Price of Fame or Fame at any Price
Self
1969
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
1972
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Self
2026
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival
Self
2004
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
Self
1977
Motown at the BBC
Self
2009
The Rolling Stones: Black and Blue
2025
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973
Self
1973
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
2004
Flash and the Firecat
Music
1975
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
2005
St. Louis Blues
Will Handy as a Boy
1958
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s
Self
2017
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1975
Self
2006
The Rolling Stones: L.A. Friday (Live 1975)
Self
1975
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent
Self (archive footage)
2005
The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten
Marvelous Mose (voice)
1990
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980
Self
2007
Eric Clapton: One More Car One More Rider
Self - Hammond B-3 Organ, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
2001
Blame It on the Night
Billy Preston
1984
Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J
Self
2004
The Compleat Beatles
Self
1982
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969
Self
2014
Stony Island
Self
1978
Billy Preston: In Concert - Ohne Filter
Self
1990
George Harrison: Live in North America 1974
1974
Kings of Soul
Self (archive footage)
2015
Alan Simon – Gaia
Self
2003