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Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

08/04/1898

Day of Death

23/01/1976
(78) years old

Place of Birth

Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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 an... Read More

Known For

The Real Charlie Chaplin

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Britain on Film: Black Britain

Britain on Film: Black Britain

Fred Baker - filmmaker

Fred Baker - filmmaker

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

White Sings Robeson

White Sings Robeson

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

Filmography

Cast

2021

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2017

Britain on Film: Black Britain

as Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No...

2007

Fred Baker - filmmaker

2007

Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

as Self (archival footage)

2006

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's Histor...

as Self

2004

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's ...

as Joe

2001

White Sings Robeson

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Self

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Bla...

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

as Himself (archive footage)

1994

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance M...

as Self (archive footage)

1991

The Great Concert of Nations, or The Bre...

as Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) ...

1990

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robe...

1985

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1979

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

as Himself (archive footage)

1977

The Tallest Tree in Our Forest

as Self

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love...

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

1954

Song of the Rivers

as Voice of Singer

1951

South Africa Uncensored

as Narrator

1949

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

as Himself

1947

Easy to Get

as Self

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Luke

1942

Native Land

as Narrator

1940

The Proud Valley

as David Goliath

1938

Big Fella

as Joe

1937

Jericho

as Cpl. Jericho Jackson

1937

King Solomon's Mines

as Umbopa

1937

My Song Goes Forth

as Self

1936

Song of Freedom

as John 'Johnny' Zinga

1936

Show Boat

as Joe

1935

Sanders of the River

as Bosambo

1933

Emperor Jones

as Brutus Jones

1930

Borderline

as Pete Varond

1926

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

as Alexandre Dumas fils

1925

Body and Soul

as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother...

Crew

1954

Song of the Rivers

as Writer

1932

Black and White

as Music