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