- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 3, 1919
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- January 27, 2014
Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.
Filmography
movieNewport and the Great Folk Dream
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieDown By The Riverside
2023
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieReMastered: The Lion's Share
2019 · Himself (archive footage)
movieWoody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
2019 · Self
moviePete and Toshi Get a Camera
2015
movieThe Winding Stream
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieFreedom Summer
2014 · Self
movieBig Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain
2013 · Self
movieGreenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013 · Self
moviePalme
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieGive Me the Banjo
2011 · Self
moviePhil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2011 · Self
movieGasland
2010 · Self (archive footage)
movieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009 · Self
movieDown the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan
2008
movieThe Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan: Live at the Newport Folk Festival
2007 · Self
movieElla Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian
2007 · Self
moviePete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007 · Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
moviePolis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
movieWoody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
2006 · Self
movieNo Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 · Self
movieIsn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004 · Himself
movieBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003 · Self
movieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002 · Self
movieStrange Fruit
2002 · Self
A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
movieA Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes
2001 · Himself
movieThe Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000 · Self
movieThe Internationale
2000 · Self
moviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
movieAn Act of Conscience
1997 · Self
movieMountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
1996
movieTribute to Harry Chapin
1991
movieSesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieI’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
movieIzzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989 · Self
Pete Seeger at Home
moviePete Seeger at Home
1989 · Himself
movieSesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Self
movieBBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988 · Self
Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
movieDreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning
1988
The Arlo Guthrie Show
movieThe Arlo Guthrie Show
1987 · Self
movieChords of Fame
1984 · Himself
movieWoody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 · Self
movieSeeing Red: Stories of American Communists
1983 · Self - Folksinger
tvReading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982 · Self
movieCanto Libre - den fria sången
1980 · Self
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
moviePete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert
1978
moviePhil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977 · Self
tvAll You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
1977 · Self (archive footage)
Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
moviePete Seeger: A Song and A Stone
1972 · Self
movieThe Foolish Frog
1971 · Narrator (voice), Writer
The Smothers Brothers Summer Show
tvThe Smothers Brothers Summer Show
1970
movieTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970 · Himself
movieAlice's Restaurant
1969 · Himself
tvThe Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieFestival
1967 · Self
movieAfro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison
1966 · Director
movieThe Creative Person: The Folksinger
1965 · Self
tvRainbow Quest
1965 · Self - Host
movieSinging Fishermen of Ghana
1964 · Cinematography, Director
Tonight in Person
tvTonight in Person
1963 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieThe Streets of Greenwood
1962
Wasn't That a Time
movieWasn't That a Time
1962 · Self
movieLines: Horizontal
1962 · Music
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieCattle Ranch
1961 · Music
movieIndian Summer
1960 · Musician
tvThe David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
movieThe End of the Line
1959 · Music
movieTo Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 · Self
movieThe Fight for Maritime Unity
1946 · Music
Pick a Bale of Cotton
moviePick a Bale of Cotton
1945 · Editor
movieI Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
— · Self
movieTHE MANY COLORED PAPER
— · Himself, Director