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