
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known to fans as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail". He is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", "Castles in the Air", and "Wonderful Baby", as well as renditions of Roy Orbison's "Crying" and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You".

The Flight of Dragons
1982 · as The Balladeer (voice)

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022 · as Self

The Real Love
2012 · as Self

The Lost Daughter
1997 · as Bellboy

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979

Garth Live from Central Park
1997 · as Self - Guest

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013 · as Self

Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died
1999 · as Self

When Woodstock Was Young
2009 · as Self

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982 · as Self

Buddy Holly: Rave On
2017 · as Self

Don McLean: Starry, Starry Night
2001 · as as himself

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Flashback to 1973
as Self

Don McLean: American Pie
2017 · as Self

Till Tomorrow: Don McLean
as Self