Cast & creator
Jerry Garcia
Best known for Basketball: A Love Story, Classic Albums, History 101
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group. As one of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders-Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson). He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story. Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Garcia, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia
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television credits
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1966–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Classic Albums
Self
1997
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020America's Top 10
Self
1980
Zabriskie Point
Original Music Composer
1970
Last Days at the Fillmore
Self - Performers(as The Grateful Dead)
1972
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (voice)
2022
Gimme Shelter
Self
1970
The Source
Self
1999
Woodstock
Self
1970Chromatic
Music
1972
The Journey
Self
2001
Long Strange Trip
Self (archive footage)
2017
Infrared Sightings
Music
1995
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
Self
2009
Heartbeeps
Phil (voice)
1981
Deathsport
Musician
1978
Grateful Dead
Self
1995
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
Self
2003
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Self
1997
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
Self
1986
WBCN and the American Revolution
Self (archive footage)
2019
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
Self - Performer
1977
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Self
1978
Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72
Self
2022
All Tomorrow's Parties
Self (archive footage)
2009
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Self
2014
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
Self
1970
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Grateful Dead
2002
The Grateful Dead Movie
Self
1977The Grateful Dead Movie
Director
1977The Grateful Dead Movie
Editor
1977
Grateful Dead: So Far
Self - Guitar
1987Grateful Dead: So Far
Director
1987
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Self
2000
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Self
1993
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)
2019
Truckin' With The Dead
Self
1993
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
Self
2011
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Self
2000Long Strange Trip
Self (archive footage)
2017
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
Self - Performer
1989
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Self - Grateful Dead
1981
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
Self
1989
Festival Express
Self
2003
The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
2004The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
Director
2004
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
Self
2005Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up
Director
2025
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
Self
2019
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
Self
1989
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
Self
2001
The Hippie Temptation
Dirty Hippie
1967
Grateful Dead: England 1970
1970
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
Self
2013
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
Self
2002
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
Self
1987
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
Self
2023
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
Self - Band Member
2017
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
Self
2008Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Self
2006
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Self
1994
The Last Great Traffic Jam
2005Sister's Keeper
Olest Brother
2007
In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
1990
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
Self
2012
Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
1989
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
Self
1989
Hells Angels Forever
Self
1983Introducing... Roy Buchanan
1971
Woodstock: Untold Stories
self
2009Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
Self
2015
Deadheads: An American Subculture
Self
1990
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Self (archive footage)
2011
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
Self
2005
The Acid Test
Self
1966Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
Self
1972
Grateful Dawg
Self
2000Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2008
Conversations With The Deadheads
Stutter.
Music
2020Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2005
DEADHEADS
2016