Syd Barrett
January 6, 1946 (78 years old) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and painter. Best known as a founder of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band. Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist, and was briefly hospitalized amid speculation of mental illness.
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- 2024 · Astronomical Echoes as Self
- 2023 · Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972 as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation as Self
- 2014 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2 as himself
- 2014 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1 as himself
- 2011 · Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour as Self
- 2010 · Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd as Self
- 2008 · A Technicolor Dream as Himself
- 2008 · Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review as Syd Barrett
- 2007 · The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983 as Self
- 2006 · Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes as Self
- 2005 · Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb as Self
- 2005 · Pink Floyd London '66-'67 as Self - Guitar
- 2005 · Pink Floyd: Live Anthology as Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1 as Self
- 2003 · The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Pink Floyd: The Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Psychedelia as Self
- 1967 · Tonite Let's All Make Love in London as Self
- 1967 · It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down! as
- 1966 · Syd Barrett's First Trip as Himself
- Future · Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968 as