In 1964, a 13-year-old student at London's Barbara Speake Stage School was hired as an extra for the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night.
— Hot Pepper (@Hot_Pepper76) September 27, 2026
He was sent to the Scala Theatre and placed in the audience while the Beatles filmed their concert sequence.
His job was simple: be one… pic.twitter.com/XwpAKMj82n
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In 1964, a 13-year-old student at London's Barbara Speake Stage School was hired as an extra for the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night.
He was sent to the Scala Theatre and placed in the audience while the Beatles filmed their concert sequence.
His job was simple: be one of the screaming young Beatles fans.
When the movie came out, he looked for himself but couldn't find the footage.
Thirty years later, producer Walter Shenson gave him the unused film from that day. He went through it until he finally found his 13-year-old self in the audience.
The performance was "You Can't Do That," which had been cut from the finished film.
The kid in the middle of this photo went on to have quite a music career of his own.
That 13-year-old was Phil Collins.
