Paul Robeson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 8, 1898
- Died
- January 23, 1976
- Birthplace
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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
The Real Charlie Chaplin 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Britain on Film: Black Britain 2017
as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
Fred Baker - filmmaker 2007
Actor
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson 2007
as Self (archival footage)
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States 2006
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies 2004
as Joe
White Sings Robeson 2001
Actor
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 1999
as Self
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am 1998
as Himself (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist 1998
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist 1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes 1991
as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson 1990
Actor
Musical Comedy Tonight III 1985
Actor
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 1979
as Himself (archive footage)
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest 1977
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Song of the Rivers 1954
as Voice of Singer, Writer
South Africa Uncensored 1951
as Narrator
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 1949
as Himself
Easy to Get 1947
as Self
Tales of Manhattan 1942
as Luke
Native Land 1942
as Narrator
The Proud Valley 1940
as David Goliath
Big Fella 1938
as Joe
Jericho 1937
as Cpl. Jericho Jackson
King Solomon's Mines 1937
as Umbopa
- My Song Goes Forth
My Song Goes Forth 1937
as Self
Song of Freedom 1936
as John 'Johnny' Zinga
Show Boat 1936
as Joe
Sanders of the River 1935
as Bosambo
Emperor Jones 1933
as Brutus Jones
Black and White 1932
Music
Borderline 1930
as Pete Varond
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette 1926
as Alexandre Dumas fils
Body and Soul 1925
as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Credits from TMDB.