
Known for
Music and sound
Born
April 5, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Barstow, California, USA
Stanard "Stan" Ridgway (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo.
Stan Ridgway was born in Barstow, California, in the "high desert", and raised in Los Angeles. He claims to have been a budding ventriloquist who spent his first night in jail at the age of 12 for stealing street signs. Ridgway also had a childhood fascination with folk music, pestering his parents until they bought him a banjo at the age of 14.
The band was named over-linking by Ridgway before their first show, i...
2005
as Himself, Music, Songs
2004
as Communications Officer (voice)
2001
2000
Original Music Composer
1999
Original Music Composer
1999
Original Music Composer
1999
Music
1998
Songs
1995
as Himself
1994
1991
Original Music Composer
1984
1982
1981
as Self