- Born
- Birth nameLoudon Snowden Wainwright III
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Loudon Snowden Wainwright III was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine. LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s. Part of the "New Bob Dylan" scene in the late '60s, early '70s (and subject of a humorous ode to Dylan on the singer's 50th birthday). Probably best known for song "Dead Skunk"; continues to put out new albums and to tour.- IMDb mini biography by: leroy6@worldnet.att.net
- SpousesRitamarie Kelly(2005 - ?) (1 child)Kate McGarrigle(1971 - 1977) (divorced, 2 children)Suzzy Roche(? - present) (1 child)
- Children
- Was David Letterman's first sidekick.
- Father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright (by Kate McGarrigle), Lucy Wainwright (by Suzzy Roche) and Alexandra (by Ritamarie Kelly). Ex-brother-in-law of Jane McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle. Son Rufus Wainwright wrote a song about an argument he once had with his father; it was entitled "Dinner At Eight".
- Played guitar and sang on three episodes of the third season of M*A*S*H (1972) as "Capt. Spalding". Songs included "North Korea Blues (Oh, Tokyo)", featured prominently throughout the episode "Rainbow Bridge". In 2004, he played one of the Cocoanut Grove singers (lead singer in tune "Happy Feet") in the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Aviator (2004), which also starred M*A*S*H (1972) alum Alan Alda. Wainwright's two children played the other lead singers (of different eras) in The Aviator (2004).
- Went to the same prep school that was featured in Dead Poets Society (1989).
- Was the resident singer when he appeared with Jasper Carrott in Carrott's UK show, Carrott Confidential (1987), in the late 80s. It was the first time he was seen by a British audience on TV.
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