Peter Yarrow
Actor
- Born
- May 31, 1938 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- January 7, 2025 (age 86)
Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 - January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's greatest hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He was also a political activist and supported causes that ranged from opposition to the Vietnam War to support for school anti-bullying programs.
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Known for
While We're Young
March 27, 2015
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
July 21, 2005
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
August 26, 1968
Puff, the Magic Dragon
October 30, 1978
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
December 7, 2007
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
March 24, 1970
Festival
October 23, 1967
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
January 18, 2013
You Are What You Eat
September 24, 1968
Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On
March 23, 2004
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
November 17, 1979
Peter, Paul & Mary: The Holiday Concert
December 23, 1988
Acting21
- 2024Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame: Inaugural Induction Ceremony as Self - interviewee / performer
- 2015While We're Young as Ira Mandelstam
- 201450 Years with Peter Paul and Mary as Himself
- 2013Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation as Self
- 2013Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
- 2007The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival as Self
- 2005No Direction Home: Bob Dylan as Self
- 2004Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On as Self
- 1993Peter, Paul and Mommy, Too as Self – Vocals / Guitar