Richard Manuel

Richard Manuel was born on Apr 03, 1943 in Canada. Richard Manuel's big-screen debut came with Eliza's Horoscope directed by Gordon Sheppard in 1975, strarring Richard, Bearded Composer. Richard Manuel is known for Raging Bull directed by Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro stars as Jake La Motta and Cathy Moriarty as Vickie La Motta. The upcoming new movie Richard Manuel plays is Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel which will be released on Jun 05, 2010.

Richard Manuel was one of the leaders of the rock group The Band. Known as the "funny" one, Manuel was also very frail and was prone to drug use. He sang some of the group's most prominent songs, "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)", "Tears of Rage", "Whispering Pines" and "I Shall Be Released". After starring in a few films and The Band's masterpiece concert La dernière valse (1978), Manuel hung himself by a shower curtain rod in his motel room in 1986.