Paul Robeson
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 8, 1898 (128 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 and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Known For
| 2021 | The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Britain on Film: Black BritainSelf (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11") | |
| 2007 | Fred Baker - filmmaker | |
| 2007 | Our Paul: Remembering Paul RobesonSelf (archival footage) | |
| 2006 | Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United StatesSelf | |
| 2004 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the MoviesJoe | |
| 2001 | White Sings Robeson | |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I StandSelf | |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I AmHimself (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & ActivistSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-StokesSelf (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson | |
| 1985 | Musical Comedy Tonight III | |
| 1979 | Paul Robeson: Tribute to an ArtistHimself (archive footage) | |
| 1977 | The Tallest Tree in Our ForestSelf | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2Self/Cameo (archive footage) | |
| 1954 | Song of the RiversVoice of Singer | |
| 1951 | South Africa UncensoredNarrator | |
| 1949 | Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11Himself | |
| 1947 | Easy to GetSelf | |
| 1942 | Tales of ManhattanLuke | |
| 1942 | Native LandNarrator | |
| 1940 | The Proud ValleyDavid Goliath | |
| 1938 | Big FellaJoe | |
| 1937 | King Solomon's MinesUmbopa | |
| 1937 | JerichoCpl. Jericho Jackson | |
| 1937 | My Song Goes ForthSelf | |
| 1936 | Show BoatJoe | |
| 1936 | Song of FreedomJohn 'Johnny' Zinga | |
| 1935 | Sanders of the RiverBosambo | |
| 1933 | Emperor JonesBrutus Jones | |
| 1930 | BorderlinePete Varond | |
| 1926 | Camille: The Fate of a CoquetteAlexandre Dumas fils | |
| 1925 | Body and SoulReverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester |
| 1954 | Song of the RiversWriter |