Bernie Worrell

George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American musician and record producer. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Worrell was a child musical prodigy. He later studied at the Juilliard School and received a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967. After meeting George Clinton, frontman of the Parliaments, Worrell relocated with them and their backing band, the Funkadelics, to Detroit, Michigan; both groups became collectively known as Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell co-wrote and played piano and synthesizers on many of their recordings, as well as writing horn and rhythm arrangements. In the 1980s, Worrell performed and recorded with Talking Heads, appearing on the live album The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, the studio album Speaking in Tongues, and in the band's concert film, Stop Making Sense. In 2016, the New England Conservatory of Music awarded Worrell an honorary Doctor of Music degree. Worrell died at his home in Everson, Washington, on June 24, 2016, at the age of 72, from a combination of prostate cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer.

Known For: Acting

Born: Long Branch, New Jersey, USA, 1944-04-19

Died: 2016-06-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre	Self - Keyboards	90
2	1984	Stop Making Sense	Self - Keyboards	83
3	1988	Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant	Self	78
4	2002	Rising Low	Himself	65
5	2004	Moog	Self	49
6	2005	Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove	Himself	0
7	2012	Beware of Mr. Baker	Self	74
8	2014	Finding the Funk	Self	72
9	2015	Ricki and the Flash	Billy	58

Bernie Worrell

Film

Television