- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- January 23, 1976
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Filmography
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieBritain on Film: Black Britain
2017 · Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
movieFred Baker - filmmaker
2007
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
movieOur Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007 · Self (archival footage)
movieHoward Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006 · Self
movieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 · Joe
movieWhite Sings Robeson
2001
moviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
movieScandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Self (archive footage)
moviePaul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998 · Himself (archive footage)
moviePaul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991 · Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
movieI’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
movieMusical Comedy Tonight III
1985
moviePaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979 · Himself (archive footage)
movieThe Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977 · Self
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
movieSong of the Rivers
1954 · Voice of Singer, Writer
movieSouth Africa Uncensored
1951 · Narrator
movieMining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949 · Himself
movieEasy to Get
1947 · Self
movieTales of Manhattan
1942 · Luke
movieNative Land
1942 · Narrator
movieThe Proud Valley
1940 · David Goliath
movieBig Fella
1938 · Joe
movieJericho
1937 · Cpl. Jericho Jackson
movieKing Solomon's Mines
1937 · Umbopa
My Song Goes Forth
movieMy Song Goes Forth
1937 · Self
movieSong of Freedom
1936 · John 'Johnny' Zinga
movieShow Boat
1936 · Joe
movieSanders of the River
1935 · Bosambo
movieEmperor Jones
1933 · Brutus Jones
movieBlack and White
1932 · Music
movieBorderline
1930 · Pete Varond
movieCamille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 · Alexandre Dumas fils
movieBody and Soul
1925 · Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester