Chet Atkins


Biography

Chet Atkins worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. He worked in series television while getting his start in acting, including a part on "Austin City Limits" (PBS, 1974-2015). He appeared in a number of television specials, including "The Boots Randolph Show" (1972-73), "Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl" (NBC, 1976-77) and "Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years" ...

Biography

Chet Atkins worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. He worked in series television while getting his start in acting, including a part on "Austin City Limits" (PBS, 1974-2015). He appeared in a number of television specials, including "The Boots Randolph Show" (1972-73), "Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl" (NBC, 1976-77) and "Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years" (CBS, 1979-1980). Atkins also contributed music to "Stroszek" (1977). In the eighties and the nineties, Atkins devoted his time to various credits, such as "23rd Annual Music City News Country Awards" "In the Hank Williams Tradition" (PBS, 1988-89) and "Leo Kottke: Home & Away" (PBS, 1988-89). He also worked on "Josh and S.A.M." (1993). Atkins's music was most recently featured in the Reese Witherspoon dramatic adaptation "Wild" (2014). Atkins had a number of different projects under his belt in the nineties through the early 2000s, including "The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman" (CBS, 1993-94), "Chet Atkins: Read My Licks" (The Nashville Network, 1994-95) and "The 28th Annual Country Music Association Awards" (CBS, 1994-95). His credits also expanded to "Surviving Christmas" with Ben Affleck (2004).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995)
Himself
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)

Music (Feature Film)

Wild (2014)
Song
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Song Performer
Michael (1996)
Song Performer
Michael (1996)
Song
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
Song Performer
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)
Song Performer ("Imagine")
Stroszek (1977)
Song

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story (1995)
Other

Cast (Special)

The 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1999)
Presenter
Ryman Country Homecoming (1999)
Ryman Country Homecoming III (1999)
The Best of Chet Atkins From Austin City Limits (1998)
Performer
CMA 40th: A Celebration (1998)
The 1997 Billboard Music Awards (1997)
Grand Ole Opry Musical Salute to Minnie Pearl (1996)
Neil Diamond... Under a Tennessee Moon (1996)
Performer
Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996)
The 30th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1996)
Presenter
The Life & Times of Roy Acuff (1995)
Interviewee
Women of Country (1995)
Host
The 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1994)
Performer
The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman (1994)
The 28th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1994)
Presenter
Chet Atkins: Read My Licks (1994)
Rhythm, Country & Blues: An "In the Spotlight" Special (1994)
Hats Off to Minnie Pearl: America Honors Minnie Pearl (1992)
1992 Grammy Awards (1992)
Presenter
A Celebration of Eddy Arnold (1992)
Making of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," The (1992)
Country Music Hall of Fame 25 (1992)
The 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1991)
Performer
The Grand Ole Opry 65th Anniversary Celebration: The New Tradition (1991)
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1991)
Performer
The Best of Cinemax Sessions (1990)
In the Hank Williams Tradition (1990)
23rd Annual Music City News Country Awards (1989)
Performer
Leo Kottke: Home & Away (1989)
The 23rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1989)
Performer
The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1988)
Performer
A Prairie Home Companion: The 2nd Annual Farewell Performance (1988)
Country Music Legends (1987)
A Session With Chet Atkins, Certified Guitar Player (1987)
The 60th Anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry (1986)
A Prairie Home Companion (1986)
The Academy of Country Music's 20th Anniversary Reunion (1986)
Star Tour Australia (1986)
The 19th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1985)
Performer
Elvis Memories (1985)
Country Comes Home (1984)
Roy Acuff -- 50 Years the King of Country Music (1982)
Fifty Years of Country Music (1981)
Music City News Top Country Hits of the Year (1981)
An Evening With the Statler Brothers (1981)
Country Comes Home (1981)
Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years (1980)
Ann-Margret... Rhinestone Cowgirl (1977)
The Boots Randolph Show (1972)

Music (Special)

Ryman Country Homecoming (1999)
Music
Ryman Country Homecoming III (1999)
Song Performer ("Alabama Jubilee")
CMA 40th: A Celebration (1998)
Music
Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996)
Song Performer
Rhythm, Country & Blues: An "In the Spotlight" Special (1994)
Song Performer
Making of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," The (1992)
Song Performer
Hats Off to Minnie Pearl: America Honors Minnie Pearl (1992)
Song Performer
A Celebration of Eddy Arnold (1992)
Song Performer
The 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1991)
Song Performer
In the Hank Williams Tradition (1990)
Song Performer ("I Can'T Help It (If I'M Still In Love With You)" "I Saw The Light")
The Best of Cinemax Sessions (1990)
Song Performer

Music (TV Mini-Series)

The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat (1990)
Music

Life Events

Bibliography