Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was a British musician, impresario, visual artist, performer, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way.Raised unconventionally by his grandmother after his father Peter McLaren left the family home, McLaren attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries, the Situationists.With a keen eye for trends, McLaren realised in the 1970s that a new youth style was needed, and largely initiated the punk movement, to which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique 'SEX', operated with his girlfriend Vivienne Westwood. After a spell advising the New York Dolls in the US, McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, to whom he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, "God Save the Queen", satirising the Queen's Jubilee was typical of McLaren's shock-tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.McLaren also performed as a solo artist, initially popularising hip hop and world music and later diversifying into funk and disco, the dance fashion for "vogueing" and merging opera with contemporary electronic musical forms.In his later years, he lived in Paris and New York, and died of peritoneal mesothelioma in a Swiss hospital. When accused of turning popular culture into a cheap marketing gimmick, he joked that he hoped it was true.
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, The Filth and the Fury, Who Killed Bambi?, Fast Food Nation, Sid!: By Those Who Really Knew Him, Sosueme, Just Another Girl, Chaos!: Ex Pistols' Secret History: The Dave Goodman Story
TV Shows
The Baron (2008)
Star Sign
Aquarius
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(December 16, 1999) Declares candidacy for Mayor of London, based on his "Manifesto for London" published in The New Statesman.
Before managing The Sex Pistols, he had taken control of the 'New York Dolls'. Within a year, the Dolls (who had been a successful proto-punk band in the New York glam scene) were finished. Among his "innovations" for the band was to dress them up in red leather outfits on a stage bededcked with Soviet flags and pictures of Marx and Lenin.
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2001
Scratch
2001
Documentary performer: "Buffalo Gals", "D' Ya Like Scratchin' with the Red River Valley" / writer: "Buffalo Gals", "D' Ya Like Scratchin' with the Red River Valley" - as M. Robert Andrew McLaren
Janet: The Velvet Rope
1998
TV Movie documentary writer: "Velvet Rope" - uncredited
Another Nine & a Half Weeks
1997
performer: "La Main Parisienne" / writer: "La Main Parisienne" - as McLaren
Mi vida loca
1993
writer: "Hey D.J."
Carry on Columbus
1992
producer: "CARRY ON COLUMBUS" / writer: "CARRY ON COLUMBUS"
The Cutting Edge
1992
performer: "Lauretta" / writer: "Lauretta"
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
TV Movie performer: "Magic's Back", "Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" / producer: "Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" / writer: "Magic's Back"
The Five Heartbeats
1991
writer: "Aladdin's Scratch"
Paris Is Burning
1990
Documentary performer: "Deep in Vogue" / writer: "Deep in Vogue"
No Small Affair
1984
performer: "Eiffel Tower"
Graffiti Rock
1984
TV Movie writer: "Hey DJ"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1998
TV Movie documentary music producer
The Odyssey
1997
TV Series music consultant - 2 episodes
Butterfly: The European Myth of the Oriental Woman
1993
TV Movie documentary songs
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
TV Movie music producer: Alison Limerick - as McLaren
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lust
2002
Short
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1998
TV Movie documentary
Catwalk
1995
Documentary
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
TV Movie
Narrator
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980
The Embezzler
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
TV Movie
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
TV Movie written by
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fast Food Nation
2006
producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marie Antoinette
2006
thanks
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Question Time
2000
TV Series
Himself
Top Ten
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
The Filth and the Fury
2000
Documentary
Himself
ABBA: The Winner Takes It All
1999
Video documentary
Himself
The 11 O'Clock Show
1999
TV Series
Himself
Young Guns Go for It
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The London Programme
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Omnibus
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jo Whiley
1998
TV Series
Himself - Special Guest
Undressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Punk and the Pistols
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Danny Baker Show
1994
TV Series
Himself
Eurotrash
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Micky Love
1993
TV Movie
Himself
The Word
1991
TV Series
Himself
The South Bank Show
1990
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross
1987
TV Series
Himself
Arena
1984
TV Series documentary
Himself
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
1983
Video documentary
Himself
Riverside
1982
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1981
TV Series
Himself
Dressing for Pleasure
1977
Documentary short
Himself
Punk '76
2013
Documentary
Himself
Life Remote Control
2011
Documentary
Himself
Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Welcome to the 80's
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Podge and Rodge Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
Sex Pistols: Agents of Anarchy
2009
TV Movie documentary
British Style Genius
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Story of the Guitar
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Baron
2008
TV Series
Himself
Miradas 2
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Never Mind the Sex Pistols, an Alternative History
2007
Video documentary
Himself
British Film Forever
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Final 24
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Sex Pistols Manager
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Eating with...
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Devils Challenge
2005
TV Movie documentary
The Devil
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments
2004
TV Special documentary
Himself
Blood on the Turntable
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Madness of Prince Charming
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Classic Albums: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
2002
Video documentary
Himself - Manager
The 100 Greatest Films
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
25 Years of Punk
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 10 Commandments of Creativity
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
I Love 1970's
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee / Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion