Donovan

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Donovan Philips Leitch, better known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish-born singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

10 May 1946, 79 years old

Known For

Dont Look Back

My Generation

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Pied Piper

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

David Wants to Fly

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Festival

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard

Self

2025

My Generation

Self (archive footage)

2017

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

2017

The Music of David Lynch

Self

2016

Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC

Self

2015

The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond

Self

2014

Meditation, Creativity, Peace

Self

2012

Carnaby Street Undressed

Self

2011

Acoustic at the BBC

Self

2011

David Wants to Fly

Self

2010

Sunshine Superman: The Journey of Donovan

2008

Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.

Himself

2007

There Is an Ocean

2005

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

Himself

1997

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Self

1996

The Wind in the Willows

1991

Walking After Midnight

Self

1988

Superstars in Concert

Self

1984

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Self

1982

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

Self

1979

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Our Guests at Heartland

1978

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

Self / Host

1977

The Pied Piper

1972

Donovan In Concert - BBC 1972

1972

The Old Fashioned Picture Book

Himself

1971

Cucumber Castle

Donovan

1970

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

Self

1970

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Singer in Youth Hostel

1969

Andy’s Love Concert

Self

1969

All My Loving

Self

1968

Festival

Self

1967

Donovan: Live on the Bouton Rouge Show

1967

Dont Look Back

Self

1967

The Lost Paths

Himself

1967

The Battle of the Mods

Self (uncredited)

1966

A Boy Called Donovan

Himself

1966

The Big T.N.T. Show

Self

1965

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Self

1965

New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert

1965